Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] is [conj] " in BNC.

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1 But what he must not pretend is that he was led to this solely by his ‘ rational doubt ’ when in fact he was led to it by his faith , that is , his humanism .
2 ‘ What your map may not show is that the only way down to Thira anchorage is by mule-track down a precipitous cliff .
3 What he may not realize is that often when he puts money in , the bank effectively takes money out .
4 If you buy a ‘ Rolex ’ watch for £50 , you know it 's unlikely to be genuine , but what you would n't know is that it may only be worth £5 .
5 Weber believes the reason Intel would n't participate is because the 80586 chip , P5 , is n't all the Intel hype claims it is , and could n't stand the comparison .
6 But one thing you ca n't disguise is that you 'd rather not be there .
7 But what they ca n't stand is that I hate them when they do n't behave in their own way .
8 ‘ What you ca n't accept is that I accept that I do n't know anything .
9 ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing .
10 Well , could do , what I ca n't forgive is that she was so spiteful to my daughter , she 's a sun shiny little sole and she 's so full of love for everybody she 's so generous
11 You are a very intelligent girl and you have read a great deal — no , I mean it ; one thing you ca n't say is that I have been trying to flatter you — but you do n't know everything , you do n't know the French , the real French ( though the Fourniers are quite an example of one kind ) , you can have no idea of what life among us is like , the attitudes , the demands ; if you like , the values .
12 Lord Owen warned : ‘ The one thing the world will not forgive is if the morally outrageous happenings in Yugoslavia become victims of the governmental holiday period . ’
13 Well I think , I 've got ta say that I think it might be ha it might be working better now with there but when not there and we go to and say can you tell me where X Y Z is , the response you 're gon na get is I 'm sorry I do n't know and the reason she wo n't know is that she 's never bothered to ask because she 's not talking so it 's okay while there but it wo n't be when she 's not because I 've had that , sorry I do n't know .
14 What we can not tell is whether the trends to increasing divorce and remarriage will be a force for increasing the solitary living or for extending the range of family contacts available to the divorced .
15 What these experiments can not reveal is whether both the equivalence and distinctiveness treatments are effective in producing changes in the discriminability of the cues — clearly the observed difference could be obtained if just one of these treatments worked .
16 But what we can not accept is that those who have been prepared to co-operate thus far with the P.C.A. , now knowing as a result of this court 's widely publicised recent judgment of the grave suspicions presently surrounding the police officers concerned , would truly prefer to remain anonymous and watch these officers prosper in their libel action , than that their statements should be disclosed to C.N.L. with a view to their being proofed and , if necessary , called as witnesses in defence .
17 The second reason why a simplistic relationship between agricultural technology and relations of production can not occur is that there are frequently many important local variations in technology which can only be uncovered by detailed analysis of settlement histories and cultural development .
18 The second reason why the CAP can not survive is that all practical considerations are subordinated to political expediency .
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