Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | must not proceed for a private customer with any one packaged product if it is aware of another packaged product on the market which will meet the customer 's requirements better ; and |
| 2 | must not proceed for a private customer with a packaged product of , or arranged by , any person with whom the firm has a connection unless the firm believes on reasonable grounds that the product will meet the customer 's requirements better than any other packaged product on the market . |
| 3 | ‘ We are aware of the local feeling and have come to the view that we should not fight for the additional land requirement , ’ Mr Walker said . |
| 4 | Accordingly , the draftsman should not provide for the usual disregard of tenant 's improvements in the valuation formula . |
| 5 | We should not look for a simple reflection : ‘ a single , fixed mode of exchange ; in reality there are many modes , their character is determined historically , and they are continually renegotiated ’ . |
| 6 | Elderly people require a lot of time and effort on a GP 's part , the GP gets extra money for that but it may not compensate for the extra work . ’ |
| 7 | Some companies advertise kit , knowing that stocks are low and may not last for the full life of the ad . |
| 8 | Some companies advertise kit , knowing full well that stocks are low and may not last for the full life of the ad . |
| 9 | He simply hopes they will emerge of their own accord , and this may not happen for a considerable time . |
| 10 | Indeed , I remember warning her , half in joke , half in earnest , that I could not answer for the new Government lasting more than six weeks . |
| 11 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 12 | If an individual or the members of a firm may sue for a libel imputing to them insolvency , because of the damage which such a libel is calculated to do them in relation to their business , could it possibly be maintained that a trading corporation could not sue for a like libel ? … |
| 13 | Such a facility would normally apply to a physically discrete or contained site ( e.g. a single pasture , groups of pastures , a wetland separated from other land ) in order that livestock from another ownership or section of land could not substitute for the agreed reduction . |
| 14 | However , Willie was certain that this could not account for the strange noise , so he continued , only to find the noise started again even louder . |
| 15 | The knock on the head alone could not account for the glazed look in her eyes . |
| 16 | He knew about Lamarck 's theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics , but dismissed this as a secondary process that could not account for the whole range of adaptations ( he must also have been aware of the strong opposition to Lamarckism from Owen and the conservative forces in science ) . |
| 17 | My monthly insurance payment worked out at £18.20 , but I could n't qualify for the Denplan scheme until the necessary work had been carried out to make my mouth dentally fit . |
| 18 | Yeah well we , we could n't push for a new |
| 19 | Yet what applies to a rat or dog need not hold for a human being . |
| 20 | Graham , the doubter who would not vote for the local Conservative MP , had even expressed indifference about the Russians taking over South Africa . |
| 21 | One enterprising station-master frequently told all passengers that their trains would not leave for a long time . |
| 22 | The women remained firm that unless the entire order was completed they would not pay for the hot whiskies . |
| 23 | it is simple to calculate one person in a single room , two in a double , but that would not allow for an extra person in a room or for children ; therefore an average is calculated thus : |
| 24 | If similar figures were applied to man , then clearly an increase of only 43% in liver protein synthesis would not account for the reported increases in whole body protein synthesis . |
| 25 | If she is sure that she would not qualify for a supplementary pension and wishes to apply for a rent rebate or allowance , an application form , and the information leaflet There 's Money off your Rent , can be obtained from the local authority Housing Department . |
| 26 | What she would n't give for a nice warm lap to rest her head in . |
| 27 | You would n't think for a dainty little thing would you ? |
| 28 | ‘ You would n't care for a wafer-thin mint ? ’ the barman enquired . |
| 29 | He knew he ought not to mark the books really , but it was only a tiny mark in pencil and no-one could accuse him of defacing library property , not really , it would n't do for an ex-library committee member to be caught defacing library property now would it . |
| 30 | Erm and she 's had seven youngsters and she 's brought them up and she a , on her own she 's had to bring them up cos he left her for another , another woman and erm she had the seven and she 's worked and fought hard cos she would n't ask for a darn thing and er they 're , they 're great those kids , they are , they 're a credit to her , you know , but it 's taken it out of her , she 's |