Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [vb mod] not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My sister can not be trusted with any but the simplest of tasks . ’ |
| 2 | So the question , whether or not there 's there is a clear expression to my , to my mind can not be answered . |
| 3 | Nothing was further from my thoughts ; my reason would be simply enjoyment , and if it was the most commonplace thing to do my delight would not be decreased one bit . |
| 4 | There will be firms who are practising today who will probably figure in the er top one hundred in the city who in my opinion will not be practising in that shape or form three years from now . |
| 5 | I would hope it could work some miracle for myself also but I fear the burden I feel upon my back will not be helped by fine weather . |
| 6 | Even if I cast through this gap accurately , the speed of the cast must be faultless too , for the gap between the branches and the roots is a mere two feet : too far and I am in the roots , too near and my bait will not be lying where I want it . |
| 7 | The arguments in support of my belief can not be detailed here but the point of departure in common with Lord Simon in Morgan is that the distinction between crimes of basic and crimes of specific intent can only be appreciated against the backdrop of the probative-evidential dialogue which characterizes the criminal trial . |
| 8 | I was surprised to learn that my claim could not be backdated , but I wrote those first three weeks ' money off to inexperience . |
| 9 | There are , of course , certain charlatans who do receive his grace and favour but , unlike that snake-in-the-grass Pybus , who is always eager to lick Singh 's cigar , or smoke his boots , my loyalty can not be bought . |
| 10 | ‘ My life can not be called my own . ’ |
| 11 | Theodore 's reply included the following passage : " I had intended , if God so decreed , to conquer the world , and it was my desire to die if my purpose could not be fulfilled . |
| 12 | When an owner of property against whom an order has been made under the Act comes into this court and complains that there has been some irregularity in the proceedings , and that he is not liable to have his property taken away , it is right , I think , that his case should be entertained sympathetically and that a statute under which he is being deprived of his rights to property should be construed strictly against the local authority and favourably towards the interest of the applicant , in as much as he for the benefit of the community is undoubtedly suffering a substantial loss , which in my view must not be inflicted upon him unless it is quite clear that Parliament has intended that it shall . |
| 13 | IN A POEM called History Peter Porter piles a number of state crimes — reminiscent of those attributed to the Stasi — on top of one another in a seemingly solid pillar of evidence , only to explode it in the last line with the simple but logical detonation : ‘ Their story will not be told . ’ |
| 14 | Individual saints may testify to God 's supernatural provision , but their experience can not be universalised . |
| 15 | But her wickedness could not be concealed , the earth had turned red to cry out against it . |
| 16 | perhaps the Truth of History can not be proved ; its direction can not be discerned . |
| 17 | Their interaction will not be constrained by these roles . |
| 18 | Robert knew their presence would not be explained . |
| 19 | Although the income generated by tea-rooms , shops and plant centres is of great importance to the Trust , it is vital that their presence should not be allowed to interfere with ‘ the genius of the place ’ . |
| 20 | Much more data are collected than it is possible to publish , and access to this additional information is just not possible — indeed its existence may not be known or recorded , with the result that future researchers and revisers have to go through the whole data collection procedure again each time . |
| 21 | Leopold realised very early on in the first visit that their money would not be made by giving public performances , |
| 22 | Their liability will not be based on what they have actually paid for their house but what it is deemed to be worth without discount . |
| 23 | The device itself is very complex , and its complexity can not be explained only by invoking communicative function ( see Newmeyer 1983 ) . |
| 24 | Tanya Lake has just passed PE2 , first time as with all her exams , but says it came as no surprise to her when her audit partner at Chantrey Vellacott told her that her contract would not be renewed . |
| 25 | Just over two months before the expiry of that term the plaintiff was informed that her contract would not be renewed . |
| 26 | But the blame for its weakness can not be laid directly at the feet either of the takeover or of debt . |
| 27 | Their existence should not be taken to mean that studying the neural bases of behaviour is beyond us , but they should be recognized when designing and interpreting experiments . |
| 28 | On democratic grounds their existence can not be justified . |
| 29 | One of the rebel leaders , former Maj. Hugo Abete , who along with several of the other mutineers had also been pardoned by Menem for involvement in previous rebellions , claimed that as they still recognised Menem as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces their action could not be described as a " coup " . |
| 30 | Most general practitioners may be very reluctant to travel in the early hours of the morning to see a patient because he had demanded that his own doctor attends , especially when they find that their practice can not be reimbursed for such a visit . |