Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [not/n't] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This also permits the company 's affairs to be placed in the hands of those who are equipped with the special abilities and skills which are necessary for effective management and which many shareholders may not themselves possess ’ . |
| 2 | Private parties may not themselves originate requests , but a party 's lawyer may do so if the law of the state of origin so allows , as is the case with attorneys in several States of the U.S.A. |
| 3 | When one speaks of the intention of the parties to the contract one is speaking objectively — the parties can not themselves give direct evidence of what their intention was . |
| 4 | Of course , corporate crime is actually carried out by individuals ; organisations can not themselves plan and commit crimes . |
| 5 | Thirdly , the directive that care managers should not themselves give direct care runs counter to the core of good social work practice and creates a new corps of care administrators , thereby reducing the number of staff available to give direct care . |
| 6 | You and your questions ca n't you see I 'm busy ? |
| 7 | Er I 'm not sure er er I 'm sure there 's a place for them you know and someone wants them that 's lovely but we 're not hearing enough really of the Beautiful Dreamers would n't you agree ? |
| 8 | Maintaining the countryside in a pristine ‘ rural ’ state merely means consigning a substantial section of its population to a level of material existence which those who propound such policies would not themselves tolerate . |
| 9 | Such groups tend to wield greater power in conflict situations than their members , and indeed the very existence of the groups may be seen to anticipate and perpetuate conflict , to harden and formalise a set of attitudes and values that their individual members may not themselves have recognised or expressed . |
| 10 | They are listed in the data protection registration for PNC and continental police forces can not themselves retrieve information from the PNC . |
| 11 | And say that their wages will not them maintain . ’ |
| 12 | Then next for the Spinner we shall ensue , We 'll make them spin three pound instead of two ; When they bring home their work unto us , they complain , And say that their wages will not them maintain ; But if that an ounce of weight they do lack , Then for to bate threepence we will not be slack . |
| 13 | Is my hon. Friend aware that , under the Criminal Justice Act 1991 , the parents of convicted children will leave themselves liable to meeting an unlimited fine , as levied by a Crown court , if their children can not themselves pay ? |
| 14 | I think let's say you could learn Which ones could n't you learn then do you think ? |
| 15 | The latter use the word which ? or what sort of ? , as in fact do all attributives , whereas the means for questioning the predicate qualifier is normally how ? ; ( 6 ) and ( 7 ) are examples : ( 6 ) they ca n't map the parts inaccessible : which parts ca n't they map ? the book missing was stolen by Twyford : which book was stolen by Twyford ? ( 7 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong : how does Alastair like his beef tea ? we find the prisoner guilty : how do you find the prisoner ? |