Example sentences of "that [modal v] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work like this requires continuing enthusiasm of a kind that may not outlast the departure of the original members , and their replacement with new people . |
| 2 | These have emphasized the importance of controlling the agenda ( i.e. , determining the order in which votes are taken ) and of strategic voting ( i.e. , voting that may not represent one 's true preferences ) . |
| 3 | We have adopted aims that may not win the war against poverty , but we hope we 'll win battles to ease the burden on those older pensioners , especially those living alone on low incomes . |
| 4 | Sorting either to maximise machine usage , so that racks are completely and properly filled , or to exclude items that may not respond to the process . |
| 5 | Section 5.3 shows how the graphs can be studied by hand to find evidence of particular problems , problems that may not have been anticipated during the design stage . |
| 6 | These , it is important to stress , are generalizations — there are always individuals or subcultures that may not have such orientations . |
| 7 | A WARNING against making telephone bookings for ‘ bargain ’ cruises with companies that may not to have a single seaworthy vessel was issued to charge card customers yesterday . |
| 8 | A WARNING against making telephone bookings for ‘ bargain ’ cruises with companies that may not to have a single seaworthy vessel was issued to charge card customers yesterday . |
| 9 | There are several extremely elaborate mouldings available that may not appeal to everyone 's taste ( see p. 73 and p. 115 ) . |
| 10 | however , the strategy should switch from defence to attack such that these sites ( and others that may not qualify as the finest , rarest or most representative examples ) are protected as sources of biological quality ( Ffynnon Bywyd ? ) from which an impoverished countryside can be recolonised through schemes like ‘ Tir Cymen ’ and ESAs ; |
| 11 | For our purposes here that may not seem to matter very much . |
| 12 | Sometimes he was so tense in her presence that he-could n't speak at all . |
| 13 | Additionally , carried away by enthusiasm that ought not to affect the judgement of experienced lawyers , they advised him , or agreed on his urging ( I do not know which ) , that he should issue writs for libel , which he did , with the disastrous effect that he actually accepted some damages from one publication before he was compelled to reveal the falsity of his assertions . |
| 14 | He poked his nose into things that ought not to have concerned him , ‘ How much dried bear meat have we ? ’ he asked . |
| 15 | On his return to England he wrote : ‘ It was a journey that ought not to have been made ; it had broken my life in two . ’ |
| 16 | The sight of Eleanor Thorne had been disturbing , unreal , something that should not have been allowed to happen . |
| 17 | She was wearing a mixture of clothes that should not have gone very well together , but they did . |
| 18 | Well it is three hundred and twenty thousand pound that they 're paying to this person that should not have been there in the first place , he walked on there , he built places there without planning permission and I think if the council had played their cards right , they could have got him off without paying out this three hundred twenty thousand pound . |
| 19 | I only hope that the police committee will actually support those and get on towards introducing them , because that is a way of using some of the people in our village communities to erm , to keep an eye on the community and see that those people that should n't go round . |
| 20 | Mind you that should n't make |
| 21 | ‘ My dear fellow , we spend our time here working on things that should n't have been said , but unless they are , ’ he added thoughtfully , ‘ nobody gets anywhere . |
| 22 | What happened before Thunder Bay that should n't have ? ’ |
| 23 | Already they 'd dusted for fingerprints but found none that should n't have been there . |
| 24 | Well , it was something that should n't have happened and it 's very regrettable , without a doubt , very regrettable . |
| 25 | ‘ They beat us at Filbert Street with a goal that should n't have stood . ’ |
| 26 | Because they do things like that at customs because they 're looking , they 're always looking for drugs and things that should n't come in . |
| 27 | ‘ I want to avoid creating ivory towers that might not benefit the coalface , ’ he says . |
| 28 | Elizabeth Adams : ‘ I think perhaps I did not require from Somerville as much as I might here , fromJean Stanier : ‘ Somehow the fact that it was wartime put a sharper edge on things , as if we had to make the most of something that might not last ’ . |
| 29 | The first rule governs some processes that might not involve an overall change of spin , but it is conveniently considered with the spin rule . |
| 30 | If you do want to keep toads , do obtain adults rather than rear from spawn , as you would otherwise have to release perhaps dozens of surplus animals into an environment that might not suit them . |