Example sentences of "[vb -s] that one [vb mod] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Humphrey emphasises that one can not rule out the possibility of auto workers being a conservative force in the future , he does demonstrate that , at this particular historical-political conjuncture , their militant action provided a catalyst for change for the working class . |
| 2 | She brings home everything except potatoes and anyone who says that one ca n't get fresh vegetables in London must do her shopping by telephone , she is convinced . |
| 3 | ( This , in passing , shows that one can not reduce the potential meaning of to the notions " future " , " potential " , " unrealized " or " hypothetical " . ) |
| 4 | It shows that one need not lose hope . |
| 5 | The key to this is the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics , which states that one can not measure both the position and speed of a particle to great accuracy ; the more accurately you measure the position , the less accurately you can measure the speed , and vice versa . |
| 6 | It also follows that one can not talk specifically about ‘ marked theme ’ in FSP theory , since the question of producing a marked theme by putting an element in initial position in the clause assumes that initial position is reserved for theme . |
| 7 | Nor does it mean that failure to achieve total abstinence from all potentially mood-altering substances and behaviours means that one can not achieve a considerable measure of recovery . |
| 8 | For one has to recognize that if one had their desires one would not accept principles which rode roughshod over their satisfaction , and this implies that one should not accept them at all , since one can not universalise them to that hypothetical situation in which one would be forced to reject them . |
| 9 | Of course , extra space-time dimensions are a commonplace of science fiction ; indeed , they are almost a necessity , since otherwise the fact that relativity implies that one can not travel faster than light means that it would take far too long to travel between stars and galaxies . |
| 10 | In direct criticism of Wolfenden , he argues that one can not make a simple distinction between public and private morality . |
| 11 | First , he stresses that one should not view strategic decisions as emerging randomly . |