Example sentences of "this [modal v] not be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can also thus be the entrée into a further development : Hilton stresses that this may not be part of the natural development of his particular correspondent . |
| 2 | Even this may not be contract for the sale of specific goods . |
| 3 | This may not be cost effective . |
| 4 | The only alternative is for the tenant to insure the missing risks itself , but this may not be cost effective , particularly if the landlord is a large property company and therefore more able to obtain cheaper cover . |
| 5 | In itself , this should n't be grounds for disciplinary action . |
| 6 | In its Working Paper , a majority of the Criminal Law Revision Committee took the view that , where a woman has knowingly consented to the defendant 's putting his penis into her vagina , this should not be rape . |
| 7 | This should not be cause for alarm , however . |
| 8 | Having arrived at some form of equilibrium , Bukharin was concerned that this should not be equilibrium with ‘ negative indications ’ , but one that would have mobile growth without cataclysmic consequences . |
| 9 | But she would still be a traitor to grief , watching and listening , even as she spoke the formal words of condolence , for the flicker of an eyelid , the tensing of hands and face muscles , for the unwise word , for any sign that for someone in that waiting house in Campden Hill Square this might not be news at all . |
| 10 | This could n't be Romano de Sciorto , her mother 's friend , the man who 'd invited her out here to Malta … |
| 11 | This could n't be jealousy , she told herself . |
| 12 | There was a moment 's hesitation and then the woman said , ‘ This would n't be Joe , would it ? ’ |
| 13 | Scorching of furniture left too near to an open fire or a gas fire would be considered as fire damage , but if it was an electric fire or a radiator , then this would not be fire damage as there would have been no combustion . |
| 14 | What has to be explained is why in the long-term stagnant economies the innovators do not turn their hands to productive capital accumulation ( or , for that matter , to the mobilisation of political forces , though this would not be Baran 's argument ) . |
| 15 | Backing comes from Lou Levy ( piano ) , the excellent Herb Ellis ( electric guitar ) , Wilfred Middlebrooks ( bass ) and Gus Johnson ( drums ) , although Oscar Peterson , Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen ( the Peterson trio for many ) take a guest spot on This ca n't be love . |
| 16 | Misty , Mack the Knife , Anything Goes , Round Midnight , This ca n't be Love . |
| 17 | This ca n't be Los Angeles . |
| 18 | The first time , right , I thought this ca n't be house of . |
| 19 | The meaning of the word ‘ immediate ’ is likely to give rise to dispute in the courts , but it may be assumed that if , for example , a man threatens a woman that unless she has sexual intercourse with him , he will violently assault her in the presence of her children when they return home the following day , this will not be rape under the Committee 's proposals . |
| 20 | This will not be theme park shopping , Karen insists , nor will The Galleries be closed at night . |
| 21 | This can not be income arising under a settlement , because had the settlor actually been entitled thereto , he would not have had to pay UK tax by reason of his not being domiciled , resident or ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | ‘ This can not be accident , it must be design , ’ he commented when at the age of 65 his great hour came . |