Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] not [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these problems are not immediately apparent , and so need not inhibit accumulation for some time . |
| 2 | Artists who had been turned down ca n't expect assistance from a record company which already has a number of signed acts needing help and attention . |
| 3 | I obviously can not swear allegiance to the principles of equal opportunities then justify the exclusion of some students purely because of the severity of their disability . |
| 4 | Therefore I can have no reason to believe that my experience is a reliable guide , and hence have no reason for any belief about events beyond my experience and so can not have knowledge of them . |
| 5 | It is suggested that this is approximately in line with United Kingdom law , that even considerable effort alone can not confer copyright on an otherwise uncopyrightable work . |
| 6 | Indeed , so diverse are the pleasures awaiting you at Craigendarroch , I feel a letter alone can not do justice to them … |
| 7 | It seemed that I just could n't turn desire into reality . |
| 8 | Great run again by Mickey , did ever so well , came inside , knocked a good ball into , unfortunately he just could n't get hold of it and the goalkeeper came out and collected it . |
| 9 | We just ca n't convert pressure into points ’ . |
| 10 | We managed that time , but sometimes they 've wanted things that we just ca n't get hold of . |
| 11 | You just ca n't keep track of them Sue . |
| 12 | The sale of business assets above will not give rise to a qualifying merger . |
| 13 | This would be fine but the natural type of memory for a modern machine , a 286 or 386 , is extended memory and this means that often a machine will have 4 or 8 MBytes of memory that a simple spreadsheet just can not make use of . |
| 14 | I just can not stand lack of consideration for others : shown by people who park their cars so close that you have to slide in sideways — cleaning both cars with your clothes as you squeeze through the 2in space left for opening the door . |
| 15 | My clerk just can not keep control of this . |
| 16 | said they 're all versioned but what I still ca n't get hold of is , is a copy of . |
| 17 | ‘ However , the game is not yet over and , if you 'll accept my apologies , we still can not discern friend from foe . ’ |
| 18 | You clearly ca n't have sex with fellas you ai n't fond of . |
| 19 | I also would n't place art at the centre of life . |
| 20 | Mrs Lundgren describes her LibDem opponent as ‘ a football gimmick ’ but admits she probably wo n't finish top of the table either . |
| 21 | We have just seen that the general rule is that since X is not the owner he can not confer ownership on Y , who similarly can not confer ownership on Z. If Z refuses to return the goods to O , O has a claim against Z for conversion of the goods . |
| 22 | Since testing is typically used not to facilitate treatment of addicted workers but to sack them — a process sardonically referred to as ‘ dismissal therapy ’ — the upshot could be a ‘ recriminalisation ’ of addiction . |
| 23 | I really can not find fault with this book except to say that even splendid photography can not make me love all of Piffetti 's furniture . |
| 24 | In just the same way , you simply ca n't use coir in exactly the same way as you would use peat . |
| 25 | Fenella gasped and then thrust her clenched fist into her mouth , because she would not , she emphatically would not give way to polish emotion . |
| 26 | A less than shattering experience simply wo n't pass muster in this of all Shostakovich symphonies . |
| 27 | John , whose Gospel scheme does not include , except by implication , the story of what the church , equipped with the Holy Spirit , achieved , and therefore could not make room for Pentecost ( as Luke does at the outset of his second volume ) , nevertheless makes the same point with considerable clarity In the first chapter of his Gospel he stresses that the Spirit rests exclusively upon Jesus , the fulfilment of the messianic hopes of the Old Testament for the bearer of the Spirit . |
| 28 | Thus the car did not belong to the customer who therefore could not transfer ownership to X. |
| 29 | Forty-eight per cent of men in our survey say they definitely would not have sex with a new partner without using a condom , and 23% tend to agree . |
| 30 | She certainly would n't say boo to Rodney but get her out from under his shadow and she 's got plenty of … character . ’ |