Example sentences of "that they [modal v] [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did no one come to her aid or telephone the police , but residents actually closed their windows so that they would n't be disturbed . |
| 2 | The nuns had gasped and gone to the Mother Superior for reassurance that they would n't be infected by the infidel in their midst . |
| 3 | If they 'd done so , if they 'd insisted that local authorities did provide the sites they are supposed to provide I believe there would now be sufficient pitches for all travellers and that they would n't be used for illegal parking erm at the level that there is at the moment . |
| 4 | Some of the children had done every nursery in N16 and could n't believe that they would n't be shifted again . |
| 5 | Dealers would then whisper appalling things into the telephone knowing that they would not be monitored . |
| 6 | Even the supposedly rigid ‘ external financing limits ’ imposed by the post-1979 Conservative government in Britain have proved to be flexible in practice ( Heald and Steel 1981 ) , with targets being adjusted when it became apparent that they would not be met . |
| 7 | Mr Good said the four leaders came to the conclusion that they would not be prepared , under any circumstances , to talk with men and women who use violence and kill and destroy . |
| 8 | Bikenibeu Paeniu , the Prime Minister of Tuvalu , said that the Forum countries had , in accepting the inclusion of Taiwan , decided that they would not be dictated to by outsiders . |
| 9 | In accepting the payments the revenue were doing no more than agreeing that they would not be treated as prejudicing any such right . |
| 10 | They rightly feared that they would not be appointed to judicial posts which carried executive responsibilities . |
| 11 | A government decree issued on Oct. 8 offered drug traffickers a guarantee that they would not be extradited to the United States to face drug charges if they surrendered to the authorities . |
| 12 | A communiqué passed to the government on Nov. 22 by a group of prominent citizens known as " the notables " , believed to mediating between the government and the Medellín drug cartel , contained an offer from the cartel that between 200 and 300 of their members would surrender to stand trial if they received official assurances that they would not be extradited to another country . |
| 13 | Interior Minister Carlos Saavedra Bruno announced on July 17 a 120-day amnesty period for drug traffickers to surrender voluntarily in return for a guarantee that they would not be extradited to stand trial in the United States . |
| 14 | However , the Soviet Defence Ministry on March 29 offered an amnesty to other deserters , saying that they would not be punished if they rejoined their units immediately . |
| 15 | Compartmentation of the interior means that the building is experienced in a new way — details which were once distant ( and which may have been executed in the knowledge that they would not be viewed at close hand ) are seen in ‘ close-up ’ for the first time and in relation to much smaller and more intimate spaces ( Plate 20 ) . |
| 16 | In opinion polls , Americans generally insist that they would not be persuaded by legalisation to try drugs they are not taking now . |
| 17 | One of the ARA stewards then approached these young men and told them that they would not be allowed on the march if they carried Anti-Nazi League placards . |
| 18 | So farmers increasingly object to visitors ‘ roaming all over ’ their land and will point out with some vehemence that they would not be allowed , nor even expect to be allowed , the same licence to wander around urban factories . |
| 19 | The Elves hid themselves in caves , woods and mountainsides and prayed to their gods that they would not be found , and that a hero would emerge to deliver them from this evil . |
| 20 | However , the four Basque deputies elected in October for United People ( HB ) had still not taken up their seats , and the Constitutional Court confirmed in a ruling on March 29 that they would not be permitted to do so unless they swore the conventional oath of allegiance to the Constitution [ see p. 37135 ] . |
| 21 | The Court of Appeal held that whether the officer had taken possession was a question for the jury , and that the answer depended on whether he had made his mind up to take possession so that they would not be removed , or whether he had an open mind and merely wanted to stop the driver getting away without being questioned . |
| 22 | But the opposition parties demanded their return , and the king had to promise that they would not be used except defensively , not even to eject Iraq from Kuwait . |
| 23 | Advertisements for the bonds in the USA had assured prospective buyers that they would not be required to disclose their identities or the source of their funds . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've heard that gipsies paint stolen horses so that they ca n't be recognised . ’ |
| 25 | As a physician practising several of the complementary therapies I feel that it is wrong to defend their lack of scientific evaluation by making the case that they ca n't be assessed . |
| 26 | They argue that the move shows that they ca n't be trusted . |
| 27 | And interrogatories may be administered to determine on which of certain prescribed grounds the directors have acted , but not as to their reasons for rejecting on these grounds , and not if the articles provide , as they often do , that they shall not be bound to state their reasons . |
| 28 | The SARU are determined that they shall not be pushed into premature agreement with the other bodies just for the sake of becoming part of the international fold . |
| 29 | Mr G. has sent many specimens in spirits , ’ wrote Prince to Jardine , ‘ none of which have been opened as it is his wish that they shall not be shewn to anyone until his return . ’ |
| 30 | If granted , taxation is carried out on the ‘ indemnity basis ’ but it is presumed that the costs ( a ) have been reasonably incurred , if they were incurred with the express or implied approval of the client ; ( b ) have been reasonable in amount , if their amount was expressly or impliedly approved by the client ; ( c ) have been unreasonably incurred , if in the circumstances of the case they are of an unusual nature , unless the solicitor satisfies the taxing officer that prior to their being incurred the client was informed that they might not be allowed on taxation of costs . |