Example sentences of "[prep] they [modal v] [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greece and Turkey will be asked to accept that the border between them must not be changed by force , and to agree to a set of ‘ confidence-building measures ’ — pull-backs from the border , inspectors on the ground , aerial reconnaissance — to help them trust each other . |
| 2 | Some of them ca n't be broken though . |
| 3 | Most of them ca n't be played because they 're so fragile and if they were restored they would n't make their original sound . |
| 4 | Whilst working on the drama series A Little Princess with a dozen twelve-to fourteen-year-old girls , I noted that although they were all sweet kids most of them would n't be seen dead without their eyeliner . |
| 5 | The plight of the injured was an unenviable one ; several of them could not be moved . |
| 6 | I shall refer to one or two constituents , and the significance of them will not be lost on the Minister . |
| 7 | There is one exception to this rule of not searching the unregistered Land Charges Register in the case of registered land : prospective mortgagors who are buying a registered property have , as yet ( until they complete their purchase ) , no title to the registered land ; and therefore a bankruptcy or a receiving order made against them would not be disclosed by a title search . |
| 8 | On the 21 June , 1955 , the Caribbean Commission informed Williams that his contract with them would not be renewed . |
| 9 | G. R.Shepherd , the Labour National Agent , wrote to local Labour Parties in March 1939 , warning them against close liaison with the Club : Since groups of the Left Book Club are not entitled to affiliation with constituency parties , joint political activities with them should not be entered into , especially when these are in the direction of a so-called " Popular Front " with any other political party . |
| 10 | In Sweden , it is claimed that nearly 10,000 lakes have such high concentrations of mercury that any fish caught in them should not be eaten . |
| 11 | If a right to a longer turn is obtained its ending must also be signalled so that the other participants know it is finished and a contribution from them will not be construed as an interruption . |
| 12 | Accurate reports of certain public occasions are " privileged " — which is to say that any defamatory statements arising from them can not be made the subject of a successful libel action . |
| 13 | In Howard E. Perry & Co . Ltd. v. B.R.B. it was held that the defendants ' refusal to allow the plaintiffs to enter their premises to collect goods which belonged to them could not be justified by their fear of intensified industrial action . |
| 14 | Many of the boundary roads to which through traffic would be displaced are lined with housing : as Plowden comments , ‘ the environmental consequences of imposing yet heavier traffic burdens on them can not be dismissed simply by christening them ‘ arterial roads ’ or ‘ distributors ’ . ’ |
| 15 | The last point can be essential to persuade major companies that they will not be used as ‘ stalking horses ’ and that the major effort and expense put in by them will not be wasted . |