Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [be] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There must not be space for the ferret to get around the outside of the cage and remain free . |
| 2 | Due to a number of circumstances Amy feels she should not be treasurer for nineteen ninety one . |
| 3 | This should not be cause for alarm , however . |
| 4 | In itself , this should n't be grounds for disciplinary action . |
| 5 | Even this may not be contract for the sale of specific goods . |
| 6 | Some of these may not be changes for the better and deserve to be treated with some suspicion : the tendency to de-humanise the author-function ; the license offered to slipshod architects of style to pinch and pastiche without mercy and the insinuation of academic jargon into criticism and production . |
| 7 | The idea of decentralization to departmental units of accountable management not only undermines the hierarchical authority structure traditionally used in bureaucracies to enforce equitable application of departmental rules ( see p. 26 ) , but its underlying aim , as Gray and Jenkins ( 1985 , p. 157 ) warn , ‘ may be to downgrade … the search for fairness and equity of treatment … since such practices may not be value for money ’ , In the private sector , where equity is less important ( and in some cases absent ) , the search for value for money conflicts with no particular value systems , but in the public sector it does . |
| 8 | There might not be money for Frederick Bissett 's salary or funds enough to supply him with badly needed back-up , but by God , oh yes , there was money for the building programme . |
| 9 | There might not be space for two , and I could hardly turn the other man out now . |
| 10 | Er , I just think yo er , you know , you could n't be bit for that . |
| 11 | So you could n't be bit for that . |
| 12 | Let's face it , there would n't be room for any tourists , so why advertise ? |
| 13 | Erm , er I 'll I 'll close it at two , but perhaps I could ask the the applicants erm , I mean I appreciate that obviously erm it er it economy in in in obviously in what you 're doing , but I think it it it would be fairly obviously to , I mean it 's been stated that that that that residents nearby would prefer either two bungalows or a house and a bungalow , and I think er that certainly erm new developments adjacent to where you are proposing these are in fact all bungalows , er with the exception of the mill , which of course has been there a long time , er all those on that side of the road , both those two built and those two proposed are a bungalow or a semi bungalow , er and so erm you can see that obviously it is that the height of these buildings , it is erm causing the offence , largely , erm I I think , I mean obviously you will want to main you know , optimize your er development , but whether er a scheme with two bungalows that they would n't be four bedroomed bungalows , because there would n't be room for two of the four two four bedroomed bungalows , erm |
| 14 | There would n't be room for the caravan to start with . |
| 15 | Tod wo n't be Tod for much longer . |
| 16 | Should you say , ‘ Unless you stop quarrelling with your sister I wo n't be able to finish my work and there wo n't be time for a story ’ , you must be prepared to see through the planned , but logical , consequences . |
| 17 | During this period , researchers who have obtained their degrees abroad can not be candidates for these posts and are therefore at an enormous disadvantage in relation to homegrown researchers . |
| 18 | Although Winch contends that there can not be causes for the rules followed or for the intentions and motives of the actors who follow them , other philosophers disagree . |