Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that was n't the end of it ; they had made up their minds to sample every diversion that Wickhams had to offer , and went on to explore the entire store , from Haberdashery , where Mabel bought some knicker-elastic , to Hardware , where Florrie could not resist a patent vegetable slicer which was being demonstrated by a lady in a snowy white apron , who showed them how the little gadget peeled apples , chipped potatoes , sliced onions and generally made itself invaluable to the busy housewife . |
| 2 | Where cars will not drive through your night . |
| 3 | where winter will not scatter them |
| 4 | Where vendors can not agree on where the problem lies , they will at least inform the customer in writing of the reason . |
| 5 | In rural locations , where development may not have been envisaged , such utilities may cross sites in unfavourable positions , severely restricting the layout . |
| 6 | There is , in fact , virtually no area at all where rabbits can not exist — they can support themselves on the edge of suburban Britain and maintain vast colonies on the most inhospitable heathland . |
| 7 | Elite theorists argue more generally than pluralists that where elites can not act with a considerable degree of autonomy in deeply divided societies , centrifugal tendencies are much more likely than centripetal ones ( Nordlinger , 1972 ) . |
| 8 | The community is confined to inaccessible cliffs or sides of ravines where grazing and burning are unlikely , but where trees can not grow . |
| 9 | However , where kinsmen could not help , a variety of intermediary entrepreneurs had a financial interest in doing so . |
| 10 | There are situations , however , where information will not do our thinking for us . |
| 11 | On the local level , where a much greater chance of agreement could be assumed and where Hughes could not veto their action , political work was easier . |
| 12 | Toys should become the owners ' possession and be placed where Fido can not get them . |
| 13 | Even where practices may not differ over time , or place , there may be an inconsistency about them or a lack of knowledge about them , or a long-standing dispute about them , which could make it equally difficult to argue that following or not following a practice was or was not constitutional or legitimate . |
| 14 | Mira can not enter Phillario 's world on the strength of her intellect , because her features are too plain ; although Corydon will not attack her appearance , he has no appreciation of her intellect since he believes that plays are wicked . |
| 15 | And then if that was n't exciting enough , Swindon fell foul of the new back pass rule , although Swindon would n't agree this panic clearence constituted a back pass ? |
| 16 | tines longer than 30cm will not fit conveniently on conventional sized paper ( A4 ) and it may well be that because of this many pupils had relatively little experience of measuring or drawing such lines . |
| 17 | The church was very full and although Amabel could not speak to everyone on her progress to the front pew she paused before taking her seat and smiled sweetly , generally , at the congregation , hoping that no one would feel left out . |
| 18 | Although CBT may not cover the full range of expert decision support facilities such systems incorporate additional , purely training features such as teaching , practice and checking . |
| 19 | Although Maggie could n't make out the exact words , she knew they were from both sides . |
| 20 | Then she pulled on gloves , so Simon would n't see that the ring was missing . |
| 21 | My job was to clear it all up so Dolph would n't mess up his trainers . ’ |
| 22 | Although Sun will not sell the Open Terminals directly , it will cooperate with Labtam , as its preferred partner , on contracts that stipulate the supply of X-terminals to be used in conjunction with Sun equipment , and has sanctioned Labtam to use its worldwide distribution network as an outlet for the things . |
| 23 | That Joan uses less Creole than Carol should not obscure the fact that in the course of the conversation , Joan accommodates to Carol by using increasingly more Creole features . |
| 24 | Although Robert might not know the beau monde here , Lionel did . |
| 25 | Although linking pensions to prices rather than incomes may not produce a great difference in one year , after twenty-five years , assuming incomes rise by 2 per cent per annum faster than prices , the price-linked pension will be worth only approximately 60 per cent of the earnings-linked pension . |
| 26 | Although platelets can not synthesize prostacyclin they do possess the enzyme 9-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase ( Wong et al , 1980 ) . |
| 27 | It was no good pretending , his father said , it was no good having birthday celebrations in the Queen Victoria Hotel just so Stephen would n't know . |
| 28 | After a month of storage in a tank or lagoon , the slurry should be safe enough for spreading — although cattle should not graze on it for a month . |
| 29 | His father had n't carved before him , so Cliff would n't carve . |
| 30 | She pulls out the plug , and the water drains , so Miranda can not swim any more , and lies there , feeling the water suck away from her . |