Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ( a ) Large areas of an operating system ( for example the compilers and the scheduling and accounting programs ) do not require the use of privileged instructions , and therefore should not run in supervisor mode .
2 Midwives and health visitors need to give extra support and input after placement , and should not accept at face value that families seem to be coping — many may be struggling .
3 I must n't slump into scum lingua just cos I 'm excited , Biff told himself .
4 General practitioners can determine the pattern of later health care delivery in Alzheimer 's disease and may not refer to specialist outpatient care .
5 For example , part-time workers who earn enough to pay contributions may not qualify for unemployment benefit unless they can produce evidence that they have a ‘ reasonable chance ’ of getting part-time employment in the locality .
6 He may not run to leather elbow patches , but during the Kincardine by-election , reports from several sides were very approving .
7 In addition , the hospital 's psychiatric unit could not cope with bed blocking : occupancy often reaches 90% in spring and autumn , leaving inadequate space for emergency admissions .
8 John Neville 's inactivity in the face of Edward 's advance surely owed something to awareness that he could not rely on duchy support .
9 John Neville 's inactivity in the face of Edward 's advance surely owed something to awareness that he could not rely on duchy support .
10 Certainly the general belief was that , having wantonly thrown away a Conservative majority , Baldwin could not remain as Party leader let alone Prime Minister ; and Randolph Churchill , the biographer of Lord Derby , comments that ‘ It is interesting to notice in Derby 's correspondence , and in that of other leading Tories of the time , how for the first two or three weeks after the Party 's defeat in the Election there was an unchallenged assumption that Baldwin could not survive the catastrophe . ’
11 You need n't worry about exchange rate fluctuations , as British Coal is mined in Britain and sold in sterling .
12 In a public statement early in January , the DUC said that its primary task was to ensure the health of the people of Donegal and that their environment would not suffer from uranium mining and related activities .
13 And they ca n't rely on goal difference , which saved them from Third Division football in 1938 .
14 And they ca n't rely on goal difference , which saved them from Third Division football in 1938 .
15 Defensive kingpins Redmond and Pointon ca n't arrive at Boundary Park a moment too soon after last night 's embarrassing 4–2 friendly defeat at Stockport .
16 Well it it also allows me to once again break in here because er one of the things that you ca n't do in home improvement areas is talk to people about the final price on the phone .
17 you ca n't pay by credit card or cheque .
18 David Mason ca n't complain about lady luck .
19 At 18 , she decides after her affair with the French teacher that outwardly she is a girl , she looks like a girl , and she ca n't go through life thinking she 's a boy .
20 You ca n't go to drama college , can you ?
21 It seems that if you 've done an arts degree , apart from social science , then really you 're in line for jobs that science students go for as well , whereas arts students ca n't go for science degree jobs so you 've got more scope to apply for .
22 But if the two ca n't agree over planning permission , the peace of wildlife here is unlikely to be disturbed by development work in the near future .
23 ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't see beyond Midsummer Day .
24 We now have a a piece of land which we ca n't use for fox hunting , so let's use it for the purpose it was bought for , use it for the fire station .
25 But it seems even the way of the Lord ca n't cut through council planning laws .
26 This method is perhaps more acceptable for those who can not or will not cope with blood testing or who have very stable diabetes because of some residual β-cell function .
27 No matter how legitimate it might be to define the scope of linguistics in this way ( and this is currently a controversial matter ) , it will not do for language pedagogy .
28 We will not attempt to sector market potential between different platforms such as CD-I , CDTV , DVI or any other as yet unlaunched competitors .
29 On applications for pre-action discovery the court will not take into account limitation defences unless the prospective plaintiff 's claim is bound to be time barred ( Harris v Newcastle-upon-Tyne Health Authority [ 1989 ] 1 WLR 96 ) .
30 It will not come from Government spending , because the Government will have to borrow massively to keep going at the present mean levels of public spending .
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