Example sentences of "they [vb mod] not [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular we discuss two aspects of the interpretation of definite pronouns , which we call role mapping and name mapping , and suggest that either one of them may not occur in the interpretation of any particular sentence . |
| 2 | For most months I have included titles that I think are worth ‘ having a go ’ with , although they may not figure in the first rank . |
| 3 | They may not bask in the limelight when results are good , but their vital contribution to organisation , sponsorship and training are a key factor in sporting success or failure . |
| 4 | They may not deal in equity shares nor in securities convertible into equity shares . |
| 5 | Why is that happening , because we like to assume in this country that we have enough safety nets to catch those people , to ensure while they may not live in the lap of luxury at least they do n't have to go without . |
| 6 | If any employee is threatened with violence in order that the assailant(s) may obtain money they are carrying in the course of duty , they must not act in any way likely to place themselves or others in danger . |
| 7 | Shingles are fixed in much the same way as timber cladding , except that special nails have to be used ( which are supplied with them ) and they should not come in contact with the metals usually used on flashings . |
| 8 | However , if you are committed to jumping a fence , they should not get in the way . |
| 9 | When in 1861 Louisa Twining proposed to a government Select Committee that women should be allowed to stand for election as Poor Law Guardians , she agreed that they should not interfere in the male province of finance and administration , and should not have any say over the treatment of male paupers . |
| 10 | This notice warns customers that they should not deal in derivatives unless they understand the nature of the contract they are entering into and the extent of their exposure to risk . |
| 11 | ‘ They 'll not arrive in five minutes , ’ Maggie calculated , hugging her face . |
| 12 | If innkeepers did not have a right of sale they would be left with the property of guests which they could not realise in order to satisfy the debt . |
| 13 | In a sharply critical personal statement in the House of Commons on Nov. 13 he said that the so-called Madrid conditions for UK entry into the ERM , agreed by the European Council in June 1989 [ see pp. 36740-41 ] , had come into existence only after he and the then Chancellor of the Exchequer , Nigel Lawson , had made it clear that they could not continue in office unless a specific commitment to join the ERM was made , and he accused the Prime Minister of increasingly risking leading herself and others astray in matters of substance as well as of style . |
| 14 | These last did in Scotland what they could not do in England , causing Protestant zealots , whom Ewing also disliked , to oppose the Oxford men with constant litigation . |
| 15 | He begged his uncle to let him meet Cathy for a walk or a ride on the moors between the Grange and Wuthering Heights , as they could not meet in either house . |
| 16 | But I have had patients who were so badly affected that they could not travel in any enclosed vehicle — car , bus or train — had to leave the bathroom door open while they bathed , could not enter a cinema , theatre or even a small local shop . |
| 17 | They could not travel in that weather . |
| 18 | It stated the soldier 's undying love for his wife but also made it plain that he realised that they could not live in harmony , so they had better not see each other . |
| 19 | But they will benefit from treatment they could not get in Sarajevo . |
| 20 | By the middle years of the fifteenth century litigants in civil suits before the Parlement of Paris could send word that they would not appear in person because they were engaged in war for the public good ( ‘ in expedicione causa rei publice ’ ) or were being detained as prisoners by the enemy . |
| 21 | But the cable operators told the government that they would not invest in cable unless they could have pay-TV as a sweetener . |
| 22 | True , politicians are by nature optimists , otherwise they would not persist in a trade that offers more kicks than ha'pence . |
| 23 | The majority of drivers — by Niki 's account , or a minority , if you believe James Hunt — had already decided they would not race in the appalling conditions at the Fuji track . |
| 24 | On May 3 all seven registered political parties decided that they would not participate in the proposed assembly , in view of the Military Council 's determination to continue the suspension of political activity . |
| 25 | Following this decree , a meeting of representatives of 130 opposition parties said that they would not participate in the conference unless it had sovereign powers . |
| 26 | On Feb. 10 , 15 of the 23 parties which had contested the municipal elections had said that they would not participate in the legislative elections . |
| 27 | In a veiled reference to a recent Kurdish motion endorsing the creation of a de facto Kurdish state in northern Iraq [ see p. 39164 ] , they pledged to co-operate in maintaining Iraq 's territorial integrity but stressed that they would not interfere in the internal affairs of Iraq 's Kurdish , Sunni and Shia populations . |
| 28 | And they wanted to know how they could immunize themselves , so that they would not succumb in their turn . |
| 29 | These are needs that they would not develop in the wild state , so they exist only in some horses . |
| 30 | Old-fashioned or external sanitary towels , as anyone who has had the misfortune to make use of them will know , are dreadfully uncomfortable : they will not stay in place , they leak , and they chafe . |