Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] not [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To extend an analogy offered by Jenkins ( 1987 ) , the snapshot/'stills ' outside the cinema may not offer a very good guide to the nature of the whole movie . |
| 2 | I applaud the impartial stance of the General Medical Council , mirrored in the ‘ Alaska law , ’ which states : ‘ the Board may not base a finding of professional incompetence solely on the basis that a licensee 's practice is unconventional or experimental , in the absence of demonstrable physical harm to the patient . ’ |
| 3 | Secondary education should not be the preserve of men , and the curriculum should not have a gender specific bias based on expected household duties . |
| 4 | The user should not assess a piece of software solely on technical merits . |
| 5 | Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens , who wants to review the system , said : ‘ Parliament should not fund a millionaire lifestyle . ’ |
| 6 | Where , in complying with s 51(8) , the responsible person reduces the amount which would otherwise be awarded to the person in question , the amount of that reduction must not exceed a prescribed percentage ( for the time being 25 per cent ) and on any taxation of the costs payable by that person to his legal representative , regard must be had to the amount of the reduction ( s 51(9) ) . |
| 7 | As already noted , the drafter should not copy a competitor 's terms . |
| 8 | Your national side may not have a future themselves by that time if they 've lost every game in between . |
| 9 | However , lining-out of the stock should not present a problem , with the presence of an expert signwriter David Hughes on the permanent staff . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , the TSR 2 was such an advanced and complex weapon system that British industry could not provide a firm with sufficient breadth of technological expertise to act as prime contractor . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , in the event that , in the future , short term letting could not provide a sufficiently profitable return , the possibility of long term letting or even the complete selling off of a number of these chalets , can not be ignored . |
| 12 | In 1989 , at Glasgow University , the organisers of a symposium on Soviet Rock could n't find a venue for more than one concert . |
| 13 | Illusion could not fix a position from a sextant reading , nor fight two hundred square feet of heavy flogging wet canvas in a tumbling sea and a rough wind . |
| 14 | Apart from that one time when Gloria went off instead to cheer the King , Dot could n't remember a day when they had n't been to visit whatever hospital he was in . |
| 15 | Drama work in a historic setting need not involve a polished " performance " but rather a workshop situation where every pupil is encouraged to enter into the thoughts and the feelings of a historical character , or perhaps several characters in turn . |
| 16 | In the present recession a fall in the value of the pound would not mean a rise in expenditures abroad . |
| 17 | In fact , it is desirable that they should meet and get to know each other for a day or two over a safe fence ( possibly a mesh that a horse ca n't kick a leg through ) before they are put in with each other . |
| 18 | ‘ After all , if a priest ca n't get a helping hand in Ireland , where would he get one ? ’ |
| 19 | Where it seemed that this would cause injustice , equity stepped in with the doctrine of " part performance " : if the contract were partly performed , equity would not allow a statute to be used " as an engine of fraud " . |
| 20 | John Sculley at Apple Computer Inc is another name that has been canvassed , and he is the exception that proves the rule that an outsider ca n't run a computer company , but he came in fascinated by the business and devoted all his efforts in the early days learning about it for himself rather than relying on his minions , something no-one taking over IBM now has time to do . |
| 21 | Thus if the confidential information was published in full detail then the initial recipient would not have a head start . |
| 22 | Managing director Kevin Eakin said that while the half percentage point cut would not have a dramatic effect , it was part of a series of cuts all in the right direction . |
| 23 | At a general meeting of Darlington Rugby Club some members voiced concern to the committee that the club would not have a ground on which to play home matches next season . |
| 24 | The Revenue will not regard a backlog of work on the submission of accounts and computations for earlier periods as a reasonable excuse for the late delivery of a company 's first return under Pay and File . |
| 25 | It will be necessary to specify procedures , tests , reports and completion dates since the contractor will not accept a contract based on an outcome with a low probability of achievement . |
| 26 | There is much to sympathize with here , but this study will not adopt a realist perspective . |
| 27 | Clearly letting for the residue of the actual term will not produce a worthwhile rent . |
| 28 | The one per cent cut wo n't have a substantial impact on people 's expectations and confidence . |
| 29 | No By time you I mean it 's not that far but by the time you get there the car wo n't have a chance to warm up thoroughly . |
| 30 | STALEMATE : when a king is not in check and when his side can not make a legal move , the position is called a stalemate and the game is a draw . |