Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [modal v] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ignores the fact that tall girls would probably have feet of commensurate size : foot fetishists would not find size-seven brogues as attractive as court slippers several sizes smaller . |
| 2 | Japan 's computer-obsessed otaku kids ca n't tell you because they do n't like talking to other people , but plug into their networks and you 'll find a mine of useless information |
| 3 | They were managed by the east German railway ( Deutsche Reichsbahn ) until the mid-1980s ; west Berliners would not use them , and the Reichsbahn would not invest . |
| 4 | Except by special permission candidates shall not bring written , printed or similar material to their examination places , and any candidate found to be in possession of such unauthorised material shall be reported to the Secretary of the University in the first instance . |
| 5 | The players are n't good enough and Goodison Park fans ca n't believe what they 're seeing . |
| 6 | The Swedish government welcomed the positive opinion , and reiterated its view that neutrality or defence considerations would not form an obstacle to Sweden 's accession to the EC . |
| 7 | Is Phillips getting to parts that other auction houses can not reach ? |
| 8 | Shareholders benefit from a dividend total lifted from 18.8p in 1991 to 19.1p , after a final of 12.9p , but holders of L&G investment policies will not do so well . |
| 9 | Like the professed intention of the parties , the Rent Acts can not alter the effect of the agreement … |
| 10 | He said that involvement in Association activities should not interfere with promotional prospects or a proper career path . |
| 11 | In effect , these and other private boutiques are doing the caring and monitoring that investment institutions can not do for themselves : the boutiques ' finance comes from pension funds , insurers and big companies . |
| 12 | Nu said openly that , ‘ although the London agreement looked very well on paper he strongly suspected that HMG had first of all made sure that the frontier peoples would not agree to any form of union with Burma ’ . |
| 13 | Five thousand ambulance drivers can not do their own negotiating — they need representatives to do it for them . |
| 14 | The foregoing discussion has tried to make and illustrate the point that research methods can not stand in isolation from the theoretical and conceptual issues which constitute the social sciences . |
| 15 | Actively to create room for such development work seems essential precisely because field workers who are hard pressed by a burden of routine and less focused casework demands can not create such room for themselves . |
| 16 | Assuming , as it seems safe to do , that the opposition parties would not support B as Prime Minister in the Commons , his parliamentary majority just does not exist . |
| 17 | SIR , Glentoran Football Club supporters can not blame manager Robert Strain for the team 's pathetic continuation of form from the previous 92/ season . |
| 18 | At a round of talks in Madrid on June 22-23 the US side proposed that any country should have the right to resume mining if the signatory nations could not reach agreement within three years . |
| 19 | Since the postgraduate schools would n't have me , it had to be audio typing . |
| 20 | And travelling maintenance crews may not turn up from one year to the next because of the immense areas they have to cover . |
| 21 | There is still the limitation however that this relates only to investment trust savings schemes , such that investment trusts can not advertise their shares directly . |
| 22 | Compliance with the procedural rules of the lex fori will not ensure that enforcement , for State B may impose its own requirements and is likely to scrutinise default judgments with particular care . |
| 23 | Hence the presence of entry barriers may not mean there are too few firms in the industry , there may actually be too many ( von Weizsacker , 1980 ) . |
| 24 | One problem it would address is the proportion of grants — as much as 10 per cent — that are lost to currency conversions because French research institutes can not hold foreign currencies . |
| 25 | Gale force winds could not blow away the players ' enthusiasm but they did make it very hard work . |
| 26 | The enemy models may not fight back as they are too surprised to react in time to return blows . |
| 27 | Meantime , the Irish stay sober to win professionally , but their club amateurs ca n't wait to get back to the 19th hole . |
| 28 | A survey last year showed that a frightening proportion of child car seats would not do their job properly as they had n't been fitted correctly . |
| 29 | The Elector Counts could not have done otherwise even if they had wanted ; the people demanded it , and were not to be denied . |
| 30 | The Elector Counts can not agree upon a successor and the Empire divides into self-governing provinces . |