Example sentences of "they [modal v] not [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , said Mr Webster , while many investors shun nuclear weapons at all costs , they may not care if the portfolio includes alcohol . |
| 2 | They may not exist or access to them may be refused . |
| 3 | We need to take extra care when talking to elderly people because they may not see or hear so well . |
| 4 | What they can give , what things they may not have and whether these are a priority . |
| 5 | The dilution is performed by the patient often without supervision , and they may not understand or follow instructions . |
| 6 | Of the senators involved Bush said : " They ought not to panic and run like a covey of quail because somebody has made an allegation against a man whose word I trust , and who , as I understand it , has n't been fingered by what 's coming out of this process … |
| 7 | And , of course , not sleep together , which they must n't do if they 're living apart either . |
| 8 | The padre told them that they must not think that theirs was a wasted journey . |
| 9 | They must not underspend or overspend , and must regularize the volume of books received so that the processing departments have an even flow of work throughout the year . |
| 10 | Take great care , because they must not know that somebody is watching them . ’ |
| 11 | Strangers because of their clean clothes they must not tear or get dirty . |
| 12 | Now by that he meant that the ends sought should be closely defined and should not change and the means adopted should be effective and they should not change and the consequence is that adversaries then move into er er conflict but the conflict itself is self-limiting in the sense that one side will accept defeat er and , and the consequences of victory and clearly these consequences are not so severe to the state as to jeopardise its existence . |
| 13 | Iorwerth had three bowmen with him in the rear , to ensure that once the party entered the wood they should not turn and leave it again . |
| 14 | Paul 's counsel to those in such a situation is that they should not divorce if the other partner is willing to stay . |
| 15 | Well they should n't do cos cos Richard 's got Sarah . |
| 16 | They should n't drink and if they do they should ask someone else to drive . |
| 17 | Well nowadays I do n't know whether you should record this or not , but nowadays erm they 'll not go unless they 've been to the bar or something before that well unfortunately Leslie 's not able to drink now , he ca n't after his operation , he ca n't take , it just upsets him altogether so he ca n't go to the bar and all the rest of the company have been to the bar and they 're in a different mood than what Leslie is , so Leslie 'll just not go , and it just , it 's kind of , cut him off |
| 18 | Nor is it a weighted argument to suggest that when teachers find that their school may be blackballed in future schemes of co-operation with other local schools they might not notice if in fact they had felt little practical benefit from any co-operation in the past . |
| 19 | but she 's had quite a lot of training in other things actually and with the man marketing department that they 've got there they might not need that the thing coming up I 've just had what 's interesting about that and what I do n't like about it is not to because I have a lot of respect for her . |
| 20 | ‘ They might not say if they did . |
| 21 | The Consultants at least have to recognise , they could n't fix that the closure of was strongly opposed but it was a mystery to all of us except obviously Mr on the December how they were unable to nevertheless , to accept a little dissimilar rejection of part of my and the associated increased in the despite the fact that seven different people are of the same several different people same margin Mr but not . |
| 22 | Just as they could n't leave that bug in her phone . |
| 23 | But we were married , conjugal rights , it was the fifties , Jay , men had to have sex for their health and they could n't stop once they were turned on . |
| 24 | Today , the department said they could n't answer that until they review the case . |
| 25 | They could n't answer and became huffy that we were n't satisfied with the good treatment we were receiving . |
| 26 | You know , if they could n't go and be a brick-layer , but they could sit at home , and you know , stick stamps on envelopes , or whatever , earn some money , then they might have to do that because they have n't got this plan . |
| 27 | This is the first year that Catholics or anyone else have known they could n't expand if there was a surplus in other schools nearby . ’ |
| 28 | They could n't come and run the office on their own if somebody else was n't here , not yet . |
| 29 | The side walls were bricked in in a brick skin , they could n't breathe and we 've had to replace as you saw outside , virtually all the timber . |
| 30 | They would only run the rapid if they could n't line or portage . |