Example sentences of "they [vb mod] not find " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may not find it , they may not find it impossible to change contracts but it will become increasingly harder for them to do so . |
| 2 | They may not find it , they may not find it impossible to change contracts but it will become increasingly harder for them to do so . |
| 3 | We 're all running down to the river like you said , they may not find us down there . |
| 4 | But it was essential that the various rooms of the Residency through which they were retreating should be defended and relinquished in concert , so that they should not find themselves outflanked . |
| 5 | Yes , he thought , they 'll not find it there . |
| 6 | It seems they could not find anyone else to answer the call , so they came to us . ’ |
| 7 | Often they could not find them at all . |
| 8 | Many say they have had to turn down surgery , for instance , because they could not find alternative care for their dependants when a bed became available . |
| 9 | In a similar situation some years ago Rwanda had to abandon a plan to move the last 146 elephants in the country 40 km through a densely populated area because they could not find anyone in Africa who could run the drive . |
| 10 | They may have their private regrets that they could not find a way of solving the equation of conflicting interests that offered deeper satisfaction as well as personal advancement , but it is unlikely that they will reveal these . |
| 11 | Many geniuses have foundered due to their lack of direction ; ultimately they could not find a way of remaining geniuses throughout their life . |
| 12 | A proliferation of pentecostal and evangelical sects , and the success of the Salvation Army ( founded in 1878 ) seemed to show that though the masses could still be moved by religious fervour , they could not find it in the established churches . |
| 13 | A recent Department of Employment survey found that only 13% of part-timers did such jobs because they could not find full-time work . |
| 14 | It was he who had to listen to how the clients could never get through on the telephone , how they were chased by debt collectors even when they had paid , how they could not find up to the minute share prices , etc . |
| 15 | And when they died and the fleas had finished feasting on their blood , which was by then putrid and crawling with the bacilli , the fleas looked round for another host , and if they could not find another rat , or any small hairy creature to their liking , they settled for the next best thing , which was usually human . |
| 16 | No market research informed Laura that women were thirsting for long dresses which they could not find . |
| 17 | There may be cases where all the fault lies on the side of the head , and indeed in the earliest days of financial delegation many governors were said to have resigned because they could not find enough time to master the intricate responsibilities of new government and because a path through those intricacies had not been mapped by the head . |
| 18 | They could not find any . |
| 19 | They could not find nothing wrong for why I was so ill . |
| 20 | They could search a thousand years and they 'd not find it . |
| 21 | They did , however have unrealised expectations about the number of clients for whom they would need to provide paid support workers even though they predicted that they would not find it necessary to provide such carers for ail clients . |
| 22 | They were risking falling foul of the law whose edge they would not find as rough as their ancestors had , but would soon discover was hurtful enough . |
| 23 | There they brought the coracle ashore lightly , and drew in , with reluctance and the reverence of finality , what they had been hunting with such assiduity , and so persistently hoped they would not find . |
| 24 | It seems unlikely that the entrepreneurial skills of most managements will be needed in the foreseeable future and in most cases they will not find it comfortable to remain while bankers are calling the tune . |
| 25 | Thus , the abolition of the new-town development corporations in England in the late 1980s has strong implications for the mobility of the poorest in the cities : they will not find a great deal — if any — of non-owner-occupied housing beyond the conurbations . |
| 26 | They will not find it . |
| 27 | Careful plans have been made for these people so that when the hospital eventually closes they will not find themselves on the streets . |
| 28 | ‘ They will not find out . ’ |
| 29 | Either from choice or because they can not find employment , people are retiring earlier . |
| 30 | They can not find it here in stone as soft as sand |