Example sentences of "that [modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work like this requires continuing enthusiasm of a kind that may not outlast the departure of the original members , and their replacement with new people . |
| 2 | These have emphasized the importance of controlling the agenda ( i.e. , determining the order in which votes are taken ) and of strategic voting ( i.e. , voting that may not represent one 's true preferences ) . |
| 3 | We have adopted aims that may not win the war against poverty , but we hope we 'll win battles to ease the burden on those older pensioners , especially those living alone on low incomes . |
| 4 | Sorting either to maximise machine usage , so that racks are completely and properly filled , or to exclude items that may not respond to the process . |
| 5 | Section 5.3 shows how the graphs can be studied by hand to find evidence of particular problems , problems that may not have been anticipated during the design stage . |
| 6 | These , it is important to stress , are generalizations — there are always individuals or subcultures that may not have such orientations . |
| 7 | There are several extremely elaborate mouldings available that may not appeal to everyone 's taste ( see p. 73 and p. 115 ) . |
| 8 | however , the strategy should switch from defence to attack such that these sites ( and others that may not qualify as the finest , rarest or most representative examples ) are protected as sources of biological quality ( Ffynnon Bywyd ? ) from which an impoverished countryside can be recolonised through schemes like ‘ Tir Cymen ’ and ESAs ; |
| 9 | For our purposes here that may not seem to matter very much . |
| 10 | Sometimes he was so tense in her presence that he-could n't speak at all . |
| 11 | The sight of Eleanor Thorne had been disturbing , unreal , something that should not have been allowed to happen . |
| 12 | She was wearing a mixture of clothes that should not have gone very well together , but they did . |
| 13 | Well it is three hundred and twenty thousand pound that they 're paying to this person that should not have been there in the first place , he walked on there , he built places there without planning permission and I think if the council had played their cards right , they could have got him off without paying out this three hundred twenty thousand pound . |
| 14 | I only hope that the police committee will actually support those and get on towards introducing them , because that is a way of using some of the people in our village communities to erm , to keep an eye on the community and see that those people that should n't go round . |
| 15 | Mind you that should n't make |
| 16 | ‘ My dear fellow , we spend our time here working on things that should n't have been said , but unless they are , ’ he added thoughtfully , ‘ nobody gets anywhere . |
| 17 | What happened before Thunder Bay that should n't have ? ’ |
| 18 | Already they 'd dusted for fingerprints but found none that should n't have been there . |
| 19 | Well , it was something that should n't have happened and it 's very regrettable , without a doubt , very regrettable . |
| 20 | ‘ They beat us at Filbert Street with a goal that should n't have stood . ’ |
| 21 | Because they do things like that at customs because they 're looking , they 're always looking for drugs and things that should n't come in . |
| 22 | ‘ I want to avoid creating ivory towers that might not benefit the coalface , ’ he says . |
| 23 | Elizabeth Adams : ‘ I think perhaps I did not require from Somerville as much as I might here , fromJean Stanier : ‘ Somehow the fact that it was wartime put a sharper edge on things , as if we had to make the most of something that might not last ’ . |
| 24 | The first rule governs some processes that might not involve an overall change of spin , but it is conveniently considered with the spin rule . |
| 25 | If you do want to keep toads , do obtain adults rather than rear from spawn , as you would otherwise have to release perhaps dozens of surplus animals into an environment that might not suit them . |
| 26 | He was just pointing out little do 's and don't 's that might not have occurred to the eager amateur . |
| 27 | Like SunSoft ( UX No 414 ) , Cunningham says companies that might not have agreed to the effort in 1991 or 1992 are certain to be driven into the arms of the ABI 1993 by the impending Microsoft Corp Windows NT . |
| 28 | The Kimbell 's hefty endowment freed Pillsbury from the chore of fundraising and enabled him to mount several important scholarly exhibitions that might not have found successful venues elsewhere ( such as the Jacopo Bassano exhibition , scheduled for January-April 1993 ) and which still attracted numerous art lovers to Fort Worth . |
| 29 | One large reason is that it is now often enough claimed that we take effects to be events that might not have occurred , given all things exactly as they were beforehand . |
| 30 | On his view the fact that it ceased to be a probability , and did occur , is something that might not have happened . |