Example sentences of "and [modal v] not be seen " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seeing the primal figure is dangerous ; tribesmen avoid the sight of their chief , and God can not and must not be seen by mortals . |
| 2 | And if we 're wicked and should n't be seen , why are we becoming more beautiful ? |
| 3 | This capacity is no more than a device to enable the organisation to act , and should not be seen as either creating or weighing against an agency relationship . |
| 4 | Such changes in the power of the monarch have arisen , not through statute , but as a result of the convention that the monarch should not become politically involved and should not be seen to favour any one political party . |
| 5 | ‘ Ross or Rebecca is a transsexual , and should not be seen on Irish television screens , ’ said Mr McGahon , deputy for Louth . |
| 6 | Again , it is a starting point for negotiations and should not be seen as a definitive version . |
| 7 | Mr Morrison was adamant that the envoy idea was an act of friendship and should not be seen as a ‘ hostile act ’ . |
| 8 | B — jumps at him , Jack the referee drops on stomach to count but is fast between wrestlers and ca n't be seen and he manages to free himself , and counts 1 2 3 very quickly . |
| 9 | You 'll go for a corner house where you 've got hedges and ca n't be seen . |
| 10 | It has some fine Renaissance ceilings on the second floor although these are under lock and key and can not be seen unless the keyholder happens to be in the museum that day . |
| 11 | The bone shows very fine splitting along the lines of orientation of the collagen fibres ( Fig. 1.4A ) and slight erosion of the pits and canals , but these are only visible under high magnification and can not be seen by the naked eye . |
| 12 | The effects of the inversion decreases southeastwards and can not be seen at all in the south of Quadrant 53 . |
| 13 | Indecent material may only be displayed in licensed sex shops which have no window display and can not be seen into from the street , do not admit people under 18 years of age and which carry a warning sign to this effect over the door . |
| 14 | On the journey up the glen , where there are some conifer plantations , the Five Sisters ridge appears foreshortened and can not be seen in perspective , the individual summits being difficult to distinguish ; those on the south side are rather more distant and better discerned . |
| 15 | Obviously , pollen grains are very small plant remains , and can not be seen without the aid of a microscope ; but larger remains ( macroscopic plant remains ) , such as seeds and grains , leaves , twigs , wood and charcoal also provide evidence about the vegetation that existed around a site , and can show if and how it was exploited by the people living there . |
| 16 | Ideally , walls on halls , corridors and staircases ( if any ) should be decorated with the same colour or treatment unless they are in quite different parts of the home and can not be seen , one from another . |
| 17 | They have been well mixed and can not be seen . |
| 18 | They have been well mixed and can not be seen . |
| 19 | Particles in solution are generally very small and can not be seen . |