Example sentences of "not and [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 warrants and represents that it is the true and lawful owner of all rights in the Work and the Converted Text of the Work as well as the Trade Marks and that such Work , Converted Text of the Work and Trade Marks do not and shall not infringe the rights of any third party and that is fully empowered to make this Agreement .
2 Hart in his book Law , Liberty and Morality ( 1963 ) argued that the law was not and ought not to be a tool for ‘ the enforcement of morals ’ , in particular in the field of sexual morals , where the activities condemned may ‘ involve nothing that would ordinarily be thought of as harm to other persons ’ .
3 Maybe he/she is right ; often he/she is not and may recruit someone who becomes a liability .
4 But can you say , sir , that there is nothing between you that should not be ? [ pause ] You answer me not and may I not fairly presume you can not ?
5 In a speech to ex-servicemen and women , Mr Brooke said that the security forces had shown that terrorism could not and would not succeed .
6 He concludes that , although there are indeed some things we can not and would be immodest to hope to know , there are others that we can know .
7 ‘ Now we can not and would not ask you to forget the clan 's honour , or your own .
8 The information system is the major link between adviser and client , without which a bureau could not and would not be allowed to continue to serve the public .
9 She said she could not and would not continue to deal with Mr Sloan .
10 ‘ Because he would have had such a responsible job , he had to have the absolute backing of both countries and he clearly did not and would have been in an impossible position .
11 Could not and would not .
12 He 's not and would be wise to bite his tongue .
13 I arose and spoke and told them that I could not and would not do it .
14 In his meeting with Anand on Sept. 22 , Chinese Premier Li Peng said that relations between the two countries were very good and had not and would not be affected by domestic changes in the two countries .
15 That I stress is a preliminary view they could not and would not wish to make a final decision until they have all the information .
16 If s if he does n't why not and would , would you please tell us what possessed him to come out with such a , a remarkable statement and I think this goes to the what we 're talking about this morning .
17 Even with the exceptions policy there 's still consideration of the the impact of that development and whether it would be acceptable or not and would be treated in in those terms I 'm sure by the districts .
18 Harry believed it , too , and pity from Isambard was something he could not and would not bear ; the mere thought of giving his enemy that satisfaction made his jaws set desperately to prevent the emergence of even one word or sound that might be mistaken for an appeal .
19 We really do belong in the Second Division but this should not and need not be so .
20 Typically , contractors claim that they did not and need not have allowed in their tender for doing the disputed work .
21 The second was that force could not and should not be used to maintain Communist authority in Eastern Europe .
22 Case recording is one method of keeping in touch with the interview room , but case records are factual reports of problems and action taken , and can not and should not serve to describe attitudes and the atmosphere in the interview room .
23 Positive reinforcement tells them what they may and should do ; negative reinforcement tells them what they may not and should not do .
24 As with all professions , medical and pharmacological competence can not and should not be taken for granted , as evidenced by the frequency with which new drugs are introduced and then withdrawn from the market after proving to be harmful , even fatal in continued use .
25 THERE can not and should not be any sympathy for Michael Watson , the mugger who was yesterday jailed for five years even though it was a first offence .
26 Patients can not and should not be able to require their doctors to collaborate in their deaths .
27 In any discussion it will soon become apparent that there is a considerable degree of overlap and intercorrellation which can not and should not be avoided .
28 There are some practices who could and should be giving thrombolytic therapy , there are others that can not and should not .
29 Due process is not appropriate in the diagnosis and treatment of crime any more than it is in medicine , since the scientific investigative process does not and should not proceed along legalistic lines .
30 ‘ a judge has not and should not appear to have any responsibility for the institution of prosecutions ; nor has he any power to refuse to allow a prosecution to proceed merely because he considers that , as a matter of policy , it ought not to have been brought .
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