Example sentences of "[verb] but [modal v] not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Memories of happy days on the hills never fade but can not be shared with others through the medium of the written word as effectively as colourful pictures . |
| 2 | At that time a diagnosis of sarcoidosis was considered but could not be proved . |
| 3 | The final vision is of a world in which the concept of illness would remain but would not be fixed in firm categories assumed to be universal . |
| 4 | The following will also be displayed but may not be changed : |
| 5 | Significantly , some of the other alleged benefits were flatly contradicted by the employer ; others were found to exist but could not be confirmed in precise financial terms . |
| 6 | She knew what had happened but could not be bothered to deal with it . |