Example sentences of "then [pers pn] [modal v] not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , I can not actively engage with a book unless I am mentally free to give myself to it — if my mind is on other practical affairs while I am reading or if my reading competence is inadequate then I shall not be able to submit to the experience . |
| 2 | ‘ I know that if Wyn had not been as strong as she has , then I would not be here today . ’ |
| 3 | If I could n't then I would not be able to write my sort of books for children . |
| 4 | " Tell me what you truly wish to do , Sara , " he said gently , " and if you sincerely desire to sail to Portugal and be married , then I 'll not be standing in your way . " |
| 5 | ‘ Then I will not be curious , though it runs against my nature . ’ |
| 6 | What if she gets dirty , then you 'll not be able to take her to bed |
| 7 | If you have not paid tax , then you would not be able to sign a Certificate of Deduction of Tax and ACET would not be able to reclaim tax on the covenant . |
| 8 | If they had not abandoned you then you would not be here , you would not be wanting to run the width of the compound to drink the shit you would n't give your dog at home . |
| 9 | Then you would not be talking to me like a business client with whom you have experienced an unfortunate misunderstanding . ’ |
| 10 | You are further required as a condition of this appointment to accept that if the appointment is not renewed at the end of the period referred to then you would not be entitled to claim any redundancy payment under the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 or under any analogous provisions , should your appointment not be renewed at the end of the period referred to . |
| 11 | This can cause problems because if you do not pay tax then you will not be able to sign the Certificate on form R190(SD) and ACET would not be able to re-claim basic rate on the payment . |
| 12 | On the other hand , if the reality is that you have mutually agreed to the ending of the contract , then you will not be entitled to dismissal rights . |
| 13 | If you have undercharged yourself when putting your proposals to the opposition and you have not marked the letter without prejudice then you will not be able to charge more when the matter comes to taxation . |
| 14 | If you are convinced that there is nothing after this earthly life and that death is the ultimate finality , then you can not be crying for the one who has died for he can not now be suffering in any way at all . |
| 15 | ‘ Then you can not be producing enough , ’ Mr Stevens said . |
| 16 | Obviously if we were in a contracting sector then we would not be doing so well . |
| 17 | It is true that many sociologists of religion have suggested definitions of their subject matter , but there is no clear agreement and it can be argued that if we were to stick to only one definition then we would not be able to ask — let alone answer — some of the questions in which they are interested . |
| 18 | If our legal system allows companies the ability to make profits and trade unions to bargain collectively for wage increases , then we should not be surprised that companies will wish to exploit profit opportunities and trade unions secure higher wages whenever possible , however inconvenient at times that may be to the government . |
| 19 | ‘ Where there is no vision the people perish ’ — if there are not clear internal channels of communication , and we are not able to talk coherently among ourselves , then we will not be heard and understood outside the Town Hall ; |
| 20 | Sometimes better ( > ) for passive motion ; they want to be carried the whole time but even then they may not be quietened for long and will demand to be carried by someone else . |
| 21 | Er , so that 's okay to an extent , but obviously we 've got an approved list of building societies and banks , which we never used to have , but we 've realized that er since B C C I p particularly and the housing market as bad as it is , there are some building societies and banks who may be in difficulties , and if they go down erm then they may not be taken over . |
| 22 | To put it simply : I can never have just one thought about the spectacles , and if it could be truly said that I was only able to entertain , say , two or ten thoughts about them — if my thinking consisted of discrete , countable thoughts — then they would not be thoughts at all . |
| 23 | Thus , if an organisation chooses not to recognise its e-mail messages as having formal record status and its procedures accurately reflect this , then they would not be records and vice versa . |
| 24 | This person will be strongly encouraged to attend the training course on recruitment ( if they are unwilling then they should not be doing the job ) . |
| 25 | Another area of debate was the revocability or modification of rights conferred upon third parties ; if they could be revoked without the third party 's consent then they could not be truly considered rights ; if they could not , the treaty parties would have surrendered some of their autonomy . |
| 26 | These two tasks are inextricably interwoven : if advisers fail to establish what it is that a client wants to know because of poor interviewing , then they will not be able to supply the correct information even if it is available . |
| 27 | If news bore little or no relation to a person 's experience , then it might not be remembered . |
| 28 | If he said ‘ Good morning , men ! ’ as he passed by then it might not be such a bad day . |
| 29 | Well if we were into or into or then it might not be a problem |
| 30 | But if this new development were to be simply an aid to better assignments and projects then it would not be remarkable , because library instruction which is project-related and project-inspired , is not unusual , though it is less common than the separate library lesson . |