Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this time lag , combined with dilution by water already in the aquifer , means that if a pollutant enters the ground , it may not affect water supplies for many years . |
| 2 | But Mr Bond was vague on details , because the rules of the race are that once a boat has started , it may not make contact except with officials until the event is over . |
| 3 | Be aware , too , that behaving this assertively may get agreement from people and acquiescence but it may not get dedication and loyalty . |
| 4 | Furthermore , Parliament is limited in its actions , since it should not pass legislation which conflicts with the regulation . |
| 5 | Gene transduction with these agents is essentially restricted to dividing cells , but although this could limit applications for other genetic disorders , it should not restrict gene therapy for cancer , where the target population of malignant cells is expanding . |
| 6 | If a project is a genuine community-based initiative creating jobs and providing a service for the community , and if its management and accounts are in order , it is utterly unacceptable that it should not receive funding on the basis of its alleged political associations . |
| 7 | The planners realised that if a quiet residential street is designed using the same process as that used in designing a main road , it should not cause surprise if cars drive along it as though it were a highway . |
| 8 | There are none which tell us why it should not become zero . |
| 9 | What the media should not do is cause friction and division within society and especially it should not encourage opposition or resistance to government decrees . |
| 10 | While I would agree that it can only help your proficiency , it should not stifle creativity . |
| 11 | On passing a sentence of imprisonment of two years or less the Act empowered a court to suspend the sentence by ordering that it should not take effect unless during a specified period the offender committed another offence punishable by imprisonment . |
| 12 | With no fewer than 70 countries taking television coverage , it should not lack exposure — not , that is , while Scotland last ! |
| 13 | self-contained — it must not need information from another part of the problem . |
| 14 | it must not jeopardise money advisers ' independence |
| 15 | ‘ People may think there 's something sardonic about Leeds United fans walking round with words like ‘ peace ’ and ‘ love ’ on their backs , ’ says T-shirt designer Moose , ‘ It might not solve football 's hooligan problem , but at least they look a lot better than wax-coats and ski-hats . |
| 16 | It 'll not set fire . |
| 17 | It could not prevent conflict and the outbreak of armed clashes between England and France , but it meant that considerable efforts were made , on both sides , to avert disputes or to seek a speedy reconciliation . |
| 18 | Sainsbury 's felt it could not justify investment at either of these locations and instead surprised everyone by buying land at Parc Menai which has already got planning consent for a hotel and conference centre . |
| 19 | It could not require installation of control devices on vehicles sold in the county until a satisfactory device was available — and no such device was available . |
| 20 | Thus the silk industry of Valencia , frequently noted by travellers as one of the most promising features of the economy , apart from a period of prosperity between 1835 and 1852 , remained relatively stagnant throughout the nineteenth century ; in the late eighteenth century a technically advanced industry , in the nineteenth it could not keep pace with Lyons . |
| 21 | On Jan. 23 Sikh militants ambushed Joshi 's cavalcade near the town of Jullunder in Punjab , killing five people , after the BJP rejected a last-minute appeal by the government to call off the march on the grounds that it could not guarantee protection against attacks by Sikh and Kashmiri militants . |
| 22 | It could not get hold of me and stifle me ; for it would employ only my hands and a certain section of my knowledge ; the rest of me would be free : after office hours my escape would be absolute ; and then the holidays would enable me , according to my powers and my wishes , to live another life as different as that of Jekyll from that of Hyde . |
| 23 | but many of those who were ready to benefit from it could not read Latin , which had been the normal basis for scholarly interchange . |
| 24 | Mr Michael Grade , the channel 's chief executive , yesterday called on the Government to explain why it could not trust ITC appointments . |
| 25 | It is also fair to suggest that the Labour Party benefited from the rising unemployment of the 1920s for it claimed , successfully in the 1920s , that although it could not solve unemployment , which was a product of a capitalist society , it would at least ensure that the unemployed were guaranteed a level of benefits which would ensure healthy life . |
| 26 | It is assumed that the UK group satisfies the small group criteria in s 249 and since it is not an ineligible group for the purposes of s 248 , it need not prepare group accounts . |
| 27 | ’ But it ca n't make life any easier for you at the moment . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It ca n't change colour all by itself ! |
| 29 | It ca n't change gear or anything — ‘ |
| 30 | It ca n't draw power from the serial port , however . |