Example sentences of "they [modal v] not [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ By the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 , the defendants are placed in the same position as the ordinary subjects of the Crown ( see section 21 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 ) and I see no reason why they should not in appropriate cases refuse to refund money paid to them voluntarily under a mistake of law , as the revenue authorities were held to be entitled to do in the case of William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King and National Pari-Mutuel Association Ltd. v. The King . |
| 2 | But they could not at this point publicly repudiate him . |
| 3 | Investors could generally assume , as they could not in 1982-84 , that most bank loans made to developers and speculators had been adequately secured and documented . |
| 4 | They would not on any account join hands with Lucifer . |
| 5 | By this time it was becoming obvious that in spite of the fact that the French were conveying the impression of a limited operation ‘ to restore order ’ ( which might be at least six months to a year ) they were hoping for more moderate Vietnamese leaders to emerge and , in the meantime , they would not after all negotiate with Ho Chi Minh . |
| 6 | They will not in this way learn to control those impulses which lead them to transgress . |
| 7 | They are not a substitute , they can not in any sense make decisions for you , nor can they guarantee your performance . |