Example sentences of "they [modal v] not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if the adults do not try to talk the child out of it , they may not persist with their request . |
| 2 | I 'd like to , they may , they may not want to sixteen . |
| 3 | The president and the vice-president are elected for one year and they are eligible for re-election , although they may not serve for more than three years . |
| 4 | Even after formal acceptance as a trainee CAB advice worker , they may not go to a training centre for some time . |
| 5 | Their main disadvantages are that they are affected by jointing compound and that they may not fit through the loft hatch . |
| 6 | The sort of programmes that involve the risk that they may not work at all . |
| 7 | With more political troubles looming , the authorities will defend the link , at its present rate , ferociously ; since the market believes that , they may not have to . |
| 8 | Not only may firms be unable , for reasons of bounded rationality , to work through the complex mathematics of these models , they may not have to because the answer is to them so obvious . |
| 9 | ‘ They may not call on them . |
| 10 | A second study suggests that commercially-important species , including herring , shrimp , mussels , clams and rockfish have all suffered from the oil spill , presenting a " risk that they may not respond to conventional management actions for decades " . |
| 11 | If businessmen regard the increase in demand as temporary , they may not respond to it at all : this will be the case if they are generally pessimistic about the future level of economic activity . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They may not qualify for the names ‘ colonisers ’ or ‘ pioneers ’ , but great numbers of people have gone abroad from the county during this century . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | For good or ill , they may not agree with the way things have turned out , or are developing at the moment . |
| 16 | There is little point in consulting people because they may not agree with you . |
| 17 | Relatives , of course , do not always agree with the individual about what is best for him or her and they may not agree with professionals trying to help the person either . |
| 18 | or to Jesus and to confuse their language that they may not listen to one another 's language and accordingly Jehovah scattered them from there over all the surface of the earth so , and that was God 's purpose for them to be er spread out all over the earth cos God knew that city life would only break down and all these centuries have passed since then and there 's urgent proof throughout the year , the cities , the cities do n't work so God had his own way , give it , the one , his way is the only one that works and thus when we pray for this king of |
| 19 | Such judgements may be ill-informed , they may not take into account the social stresses within the area , they may simply feed prejudices already held . |
| 20 | They may not deal in equity shares nor in securities convertible into equity shares . |
| 21 | The literal translation of onyxectomy , however , is simply ‘ nail-cutting-out ’ and that is what vets are doing , even though they may not like to be reminded of the fact when they record their day 's work . |
| 22 | In some cases they may not wish to . |
| 23 | And some hinted they may not increase AT ALL . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | They may not come from a church-going background , but with encouragement they might well respond to an invitation to be part of the Church 's music , at least occasionally . |
| 26 | In considering the exercise of their powers the local authority must take into account matters which they ought to take into account , ignore matters which they ought not to take into account and then reach a decision which is not so unreasonable that no reasonable local authority could have come to it . |
| 27 | If students really want to understand a form of thought or a professional domain , they ought not to graduate without some inkling of those wider connections . |
| 28 | So , under a surface appearance of Mannaia victory ( ‘ We have eaten everything ’ , a shaikh 's son commented ) were signs of a more conciliatory spirit , perhaps reflecting Zuwaya awareness that they ought not to fight among themselves : a solidarity only partly abstract or ethical , related in some degree to the unity they had achieved against the menaced Tibbu-ownership of their land . |
| 29 | They must n't go down this road again , it could only lead to disaster . |
| 30 | They must not stand upon the fire above an hour att a time . |