Example sentences of "[coord] [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned and glared at her and for a moment she thought the old Georg was going to start carping and nagging and telling her what she ought or ought not to do . |
| 2 | Counsel 's action of course does not resolve the question whether some or all of these statements ought or ought not to have been disclosed earlier and it will now be convenient to state the accepted procedure with regard to statements , as described in the respondent 's case , and the relevant principles as set forth in the Jamaican authorities . |
| 3 | It depends on matters such as physical attributes and abilities of individuals , their monetary resources , the availability of mechanized means of transport and the appropriate infrastructure ; but it does not depend on the opportunities that may or may not present themselves as a result of moving : accessibility alone incorporates this feature ( Moseley 1979a ) . |
| 4 | There are lesser seas which must also be included , in particular the fifteen around the islands of the East Indian archipelago : the Sulu , Celebes and Molucca Seas , the Gulf of Tomini , the Halmahera , Ceram , Banda , Arafura ( which may or may not contain the Gulf of Carpentaria , depending on which atlas is used ) , Timor and Flores Seas , the Gulf of Boni , the Bali Sea , the Makassar Strait , the Java and Savu Seas ; and there is the Gulf of Thailand , the Strait of Malacca , the Singapore Strait and the Inland Sea of Japan . |
| 5 | Although first found as a product of the endothelium , endothelin-immunoreactivity has been detected in a range of other cell types and tissues , which may or may not contain similar processing enzymes . |
| 6 | Leaving aside for the moment differences in personal qualities and skills , which may or may not vary with the curriculum , it would seem that graduates who can offer both expertise and ability are in the strongest employment position , those who offer either one or the other may also find a job niche , but that those who offer neither are worst off . |
| 7 | The sufferer from alcoholism may or may not hide bottles but will very rarely run out of stock altogether " because you never know when you might need to entertain someone " — All sufferers from Chemical Dependency will tend to spend scarce money on alcohol or drugs rather than on food , clothing , housing or on unpaid bills . |
| 8 | Seekers after Alpine charm may or may not be content with the neo-Tyrolean style of Vail ; they may or may not adapt to the Wild West clapboard houses of resuscitated mining towns such as Breckenridge . |
| 9 | A Broadcasting Standards Council , to determine what the British people may or may not watch , will be run , under Lord Rees-Mogg , by a bishop , a headmaster , a psychologist , an educationalist , a retired Labour MP and a former television newsreader . |
| 10 | It may or may not go on to say " produced in conjunction with brand X or company Y " . |
| 11 | ‘ You have just told me what patients with heart disease may or may not do . |
| 12 | E. M. WELLINGS objects to the inconsistencies over what a bowler may or may not do to the ball |
| 13 | So you ca n't really take for granted can you that erm he may or may not do anything . |
| 14 | Those may or may not lead to training or jobs but once a person registers for an interview they are taken off the jobless total . |
| 15 | Monotype said yesterday it had received an approach ‘ which may or may not lead to an offer ’ from Mirror Group Newspapers . |
| 16 | Bad driving may or may not lead to an accident , depending on the chance conjunction of other factors and other people 's behaviour . |
| 17 | These impairments may or may not lead to functional disability , resulting in a handicap . |
| 18 | A " slip " , a temporary recourse to the mood-altering substance or behaviour , may or may not lead on to a full-scale relapse . |
| 19 | The Business is constantly engaged in negotiations which may or may not lead to a contract . |
| 20 | The feeling is , rather , that a certain genetic vulnerability is inherited which may or may not lead to schizophrenia . |
| 21 | There is no requirement to name the potential offeror , and the announcement may simply be that the talks may or may not lead to an offer being made . |
| 22 | ( c ) following an approach to the board of the target company , which may or may not lead to an offer , the primary responsibility lies with the board of the target , which must accordingly keep a close watch on its share price . |
| 23 | Readers should note that a warning announcement ( which may be an announcement that the target is having talks which may or may not lead to an offer ) or a temporary suspension of listing ( pending clarification of the position ) may be required . |
| 24 | When compliance is not taken for granted , to is used in order to " futurize " the infinitive event 's actualization , i.e. to evoke it as something which the person receiving the request may or may not decide to do . |
| 25 | Today , with an irresistible single behind them , OCS may or may not stand on the threshold of a wonderfully fresh new scene : they have successfully meshed the musical phenomenon of the past couple of years with a sound of their heroes , The Beatles and the Stones . |
| 26 | Vibrascapers are naturalistic plants in bright colours — blue , pink , fluorescent green , that may or may not reflect their natural colours . |
| 27 | Now he may or may not confirm it , so it 's , it 's very much in its inf , infant stages . |
| 28 | Each college of education has its own particular theory and philosophy of education and may or may not influence the trainee teacher . |
| 29 | Whatever sympathy one might feel for the restaurateur in the present case ( or for any other defendant who might suffer economic loss , social ostracism , shame or intimidation as a result of publication of details pending charges which may or may not result in his conviction ) nothing in the present case comes close to satisfying Lord Diplock 's test . |
| 30 | It may or may not result in the board of the offeror company retaining control , depending on the voting rights they control and the support they get from the enlarged body of shareholders . |