Example sentences of "but it [modal v] not [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be aware , too , that behaving this assertively may get agreement from people and acquiescence but it may not get dedication and loyalty . |
| 2 | The boat might be rocked but it would not ship water . |
| 3 | But it can not treat gender as a theoretical or methodological category , that might structure its own tools and methods of inquiry , and so it can not examine its own discourse for masculine bias . |
| 4 | The pre-velar vowel can vary between mid-front and low-front , but it can not undergo backing . |
| 5 | The Government provides the opportunity , but it can not guarantee success . |
| 6 | Money may be able to buy flying time , but it can not buy skill — and it most certainly can not guarantee success in an aerobatic championship . |
| 7 | The mask will then arrive and terminate activity in the letter-detector level — but it will not affect activity in the word-detector level . |
| 8 | Intervening militarily may make the world feel better for doing something , but it will not bring peace . |
| 9 | If the world that science investigates is largely a social construction then the history of science may show change but it will not show progress . |
| 10 | Certainly the computerization of the Stock Exchange will make it much more easy for the authorities to find out who is trading and when , but it will not show privity . |