Example sentences of "they [modal v] not [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them could not believe that they had found themselves in a church , and were only stopping off en route to a nearby pub . |
| 2 | For example , said Mr Webster , while many investors shun nuclear weapons at all costs , they may not care if the portfolio includes alcohol . |
| 3 | They may not exist or access to them may be refused . |
| 4 | We need to take extra care when talking to elderly people because they may not see or hear so well . |
| 5 | What they can give , what things they may not have and whether these are a priority . |
| 6 | The dilution is performed by the patient often without supervision , and they may not understand or follow instructions . |
| 7 | Of the senators involved Bush said : " They ought not to panic and run like a covey of quail because somebody has made an allegation against a man whose word I trust , and who , as I understand it , has n't been fingered by what 's coming out of this process … |
| 8 | The padre told them that they must not think that theirs was a wasted journey . |
| 9 | They must not underspend or overspend , and must regularize the volume of books received so that the processing departments have an even flow of work throughout the year . |
| 10 | Take great care , because they must not know that somebody is watching them . ’ |
| 11 | Strangers because of their clean clothes they must not tear or get dirty . |
| 12 | Now by that he meant that the ends sought should be closely defined and should not change and the means adopted should be effective and they should not change and the consequence is that adversaries then move into er er conflict but the conflict itself is self-limiting in the sense that one side will accept defeat er and , and the consequences of victory and clearly these consequences are not so severe to the state as to jeopardise its existence . |
| 13 | Iorwerth had three bowmen with him in the rear , to ensure that once the party entered the wood they should not turn and leave it again . |
| 14 | Paul 's counsel to those in such a situation is that they should not divorce if the other partner is willing to stay . |
| 15 | Well nowadays I do n't know whether you should record this or not , but nowadays erm they 'll not go unless they 've been to the bar or something before that well unfortunately Leslie 's not able to drink now , he ca n't after his operation , he ca n't take , it just upsets him altogether so he ca n't go to the bar and all the rest of the company have been to the bar and they 're in a different mood than what Leslie is , so Leslie 'll just not go , and it just , it 's kind of , cut him off |
| 16 | Nor is it a weighted argument to suggest that when teachers find that their school may be blackballed in future schemes of co-operation with other local schools they might not notice if in fact they had felt little practical benefit from any co-operation in the past . |
| 17 | but she 's had quite a lot of training in other things actually and with the man marketing department that they 've got there they might not need that the thing coming up I 've just had what 's interesting about that and what I do n't like about it is not to because I have a lot of respect for her . |
| 18 | ‘ They might not say if they did . |
| 19 | They could not marry while Sharpe lived . |
| 20 | The main Maronite Christian militia , the Lebanese Forces ( LF ) , contended that they could not disarm while armed Palestinian units remained in southern Lebanon . |
| 21 | When western doctors went in to look for thyroid and other illnesses , they could not tell whether the apparent increase they discovered in these things was due to radiation or to the fact that no one had done such a thorough diagnosis before . |
| 22 | The British Airports Authority and the Department of Transport said they could not comment until they had studied the union 's findings . |
| 23 | They could not stop because there was nowhere to stop . |
| 24 | At first , the executives believed that the reason they could not formulate and implement a viable strategic plan was that they lacked sound financial data . |
| 25 | If they could not exercise that power themselves , or count on the eastern empire to do it for them , then they would find it where they could . |
| 26 | The Primitive Methodists , whose work was mostly amongst working people , admitted with a sorrow they could not hide that ‘ the growing worldliness of men needs a faithful and independent ministry ; the increased educational facilities and the advance of science challenge us to put the best talent we can produce into the pulpit ’ . |
| 27 | As an air-raid had just begun they could not leave and had to remain in an ambience where , as they now acutely realised , they were not wanted and did not belong . |
| 28 | He would wait a few days before having his hair cut , so that they could not think that they had made him . |
| 29 | For example , 80% of female personal service workers said they could not design and plan important parts of their work ; 96% said they could not decide their starting and finishing times ; and 63 % said they could not initiate new tasks during their work . |
| 30 | I know Maria did not tell me that the food was often burnt and uneatable , or that they could not sleep because the beds were too cold . |