Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony Benn 's agent , Tom Vallins , says Benn has fought on the party manifesto ‘ though it may not represent all his own individual opinions ’ . |
| 2 | In practical terms it may not make much difference to consumers when they do that . ’ |
| 3 | Presumably this will make it easier for voters in the Tory heartlands to shop abroad and avoid duty , though it may not do much for the Conservative vote in Kent . |
| 4 | It may not last more than another few years . |
| 5 | Alternatively , the infection may be confined to the inside of the mouth , where it may not produce any symptoms , or may cause ulceration which is difficult to distinguish from ‘ aphthous ’ ulcers ( the small mouth ulcers that are so common and so difficult to treat ) . |
| 6 | If the catapult is moved other than to pivot to face the target , then it may not shoot that turn . |
| 7 | ‘ It may not look much but my profits are high . |
| 8 | The Prime Minister says it may not happen this summer . |
| 9 | However it may not destroy all the eggs , which can cause reinfection . |
| 10 | And of course , er Chris was astonished when I told him , and he said but why , you know , mum it should n't do that , it should re be retained , you know |
| 11 | It should n't affect most of them , because manufacturers tend to use disks made in the US , which wo n't be subject to duty , and the EC ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ But it should n't last more than a week or so . |
| 13 | I think it w it can get a little bit over elaborated and I think that may be well fear of the C C Q or fear of the buyer 's guide but it , it should n't cause any problems in the real world and I think the more you do then you 'll realize that er they 're not gon na say oh my goodness me stop , leave now , I must speak to an independent financial adviser . |
| 14 | It should n't take more than an hour to type up . |
| 15 | Coun Caroline Seymour told the full council that it should not offer any preferred route to the public inquiry due in May . |
| 16 | Profit-sharing systems may need to be changed to reflect differences , though if a firm is committed to a practice area it should not penalise those lawyers who pursue it . |
| 17 | She believed that private medicine ought not to coexist by the side of the Health Service ; or perhaps more fairly , that if it did exist it should not derive any benefits from the Health Service , and that none of the resources of the Service ought properly to be available to private practitioners . |
| 18 | Consultation in the creation of policy is essential , but it should not become such an end in itself that decisions become imprisoned in a wheel of endless debate . |
| 19 | Complete or partial tenders will be requested to meet the objectives which are that the service will be available for non-commercial traffic in connection with academic , government and industrial research activities and , in doing so , it must not contravene any European or national laws or regulations . |
| 20 | It must n't do that . |
| 21 | It might not hold all I 'd hoped for , but … ’ |
| 22 | However , although the availability of new and more contemporary data generates much activity , interest , and publishable analyses , it might not cast much more light on the resource allocation problem for the reasons outlined above . |
| 23 | ‘ It might not seem much of a dream to anyone else , ’ she says , ‘ but to us this one simple thing really does mean everything . ’ |
| 24 | This is something to bear in mind when choosing your hotel room in a Basque village : it is picturesque assuredly to have a view of the frontón from your window , but it might not seem such a good idea if they start playing when you want to go to sleep . |
| 25 | Remember that they want your custom , although at times it might not seem that way ! |
| 26 | Adopting a Formalist approach to the nineteenth-century realist novel would certainly involve a thorough-going change of mental habit , and the critic would have to work harder than s/he does when reading Joyce to see round the fabula and the realistic motivation ; but this is not to say that it might not produce some interesting results . |
| 27 | Perhaps then the current expanding universe resulted not from a big bang singularity , but from an earlier contracting phase ; as the universe had collapsed the particles in it might not have all collided , but had flown past and then away from each other , producing the present expansion of the universe . |
| 28 | So it might not have all the latest |
| 29 | ‘ It 'll not do any good . |
| 30 | It rained that Summer and when you thought it could not rain any more , it rained again . |