Example sentences of "they [modal v] n't be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think if a museum gets to be talked about ‘ Oh , well , they 've sold this and they 've sold that ’ I for one would want to make very sure that whatever I gave them could n't be sold . |
| 2 | Whilst working on the drama series A Little Princess with a dozen twelve-to fourteen-year-old girls , I noted that although they were all sweet kids most of them would n't be seen dead without their eyeliner . |
| 3 | The relative importance of these items to those who wrote and kept them ca n't be assessed in terms of size or splendour . |
| 4 | Some of them ca n't be broken though . |
| 5 | Most of them ca n't be played because they 're so fragile and if they were restored they would n't make their original sound . |
| 6 | ‘ Our passengers are not dumbos , therefore they must n't be babied along . |
| 7 | The Government sent the children out of the cities so they should n't be bombed . |
| 8 | Is n't this going to make it difficult now , I mean with jobs the way they are , does this mean tat people can come in from erm E C countries and er there is no reason why they should n't be given a job erm against somebody who lives in this country ? |
| 9 | They should n't be worn all day long because they do n't provide the support young feet need . |
| 10 | They should n't be called newspapers , they are full of nothing but sex . ’ |
| 11 | They should n't be turned down because some councillor decides he does n't like the colour of the windows and doors . ’ |
| 12 | They should n't be programmed for a pattern during these exercises , in other words they would be turned off , or they too will respond to the pattern and show a different needle movement . |
| 13 | They should n't be informed and I think that 's wrong . |
| 14 | It is the logic of the asylum to sell scanners without restriction and then say they should n't be used for the purpose most people buy them . |
| 15 | Okay so I think that erm some of Mill 's system he has given us and accounted them a type of theory of democracy but seems to me deeply by between two ideas , one is that everyone will have a say in government and the other is they should n't be allowed decisive say if they are going to say the wrong thing so that on the one hand we have democratic equality of a source , on the other hand we have an independent theory of the good and a democratic process should be allowed to disrupt the good of the nation and Mill just does n't seem to be able to put these two elements in erm proper coherent fashion . |
| 16 | Erm , yes Chairman , the , the suggestion of the recommendation if you like , that er , Reginald 's erm , proposal it is , er to participate is , is er , rejected by er , I do n't particularly feel that way about it , that erm , if , apart from the fact that the contribution is sizable , and I do n't think that we 'll get all that many applications from the Regional District Council anyway , but erm , I would n't see harm at all of both Oswestry and Bridgenorth being allowed to send a representative if there were any applications , it 'd be good for their area , er , and er , even if they were n't allowed to vote on it , and I suppose they should n't be allowed to vote on it , erm , I , I would see it as erm , another attempt , another avenue to , towards partnership between District Council and the County Council development . |
| 17 | well this a science orientated college and they should n't be allowed to get out of control . |
| 18 | They should n't be allowed to do this to people . |
| 19 | Yes , that 's one place they should n't be allowed |
| 20 | Obviously they could n't be ridden on a mountain , but magazine articles and newspaper features began treating them as a status symbol , and so every airhead on a salary of over £20,000 a year rushed out to buy one and take it up a mountain . |
| 21 | When they arrived at her close he took her inside , along past the stairs to where it was dark and they could n't be seen by the rest of the close . |
| 22 | There was n't too much room , but at least they could n't be seen . |
| 23 | They could n't be relied on to cope with the situation and our safety at the same time . |
| 24 | If they could n't be destroyed then they must be neutralized or kept in a stage of siege . |
| 25 | A large proportion of Whitely 's inmates had also come via other gaols throughout the country ; prisons where they could n't be handled adequately . |
| 26 | That humour , that humanity ; they could n't be lost . |
| 27 | It would have meant the hole was stopped , they could n't be pushed into it themselves . |
| 28 | True , what he had felt for Kee was at the time a stronger passion , and so far as charm went they could n't be compared . |
| 29 | One day , soon after he arrived in the dale he had reason to go to another farm and overheard a conversation between two old ladies.p They were lamenting that it was a sad day because outsiders were coming into the dale and taking over farms and was n't it a shame they could n't be let to locals . ’ |
| 30 | They could n't be expected to argue with that . |