Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not [prep] course " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although my wrist is not quite right , I could not of course have let anyone else write this particular letter … . |
| 2 | Because future bonuses depend on future profits earned by the GRE Life Fund , we can not of course tell you precisely what your lump sum payment would be . |
| 3 | We can not of course attract and keep customers if we do not produce what they want to buy , if we do not control costs , if we do not hire the right kind of people , or if we fail to motivate them . |
| 4 | They can not of course do that , this letter described by the director of social services as a disgrace . |
| 5 | Thomas Sherer seems to have worked conscientiously as Fox 's deputy , but he could not of course carry out his own functions as Examiner and these had to be performed by deputies , described as ‘ men of small credit ’ and ‘ young men unsworn ’ . |
| 6 | Marigold , his wife , he would not of course have permitted to give womb-room to such a foreign body or to take the pill or consider any so-called reversible tube-tyings . |
| 7 | The Central Authority system has many advantages , but it can not of course ensure effective or speedy service . |
| 8 | It can not of course be the case that syntactic variables do not pattern socially or stylistically ; some of them plainly do , as the work of , for example , Cheshire has shown . |