Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] with the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctors should not collude with the authorities and ‘ medicalise ’ people who are suicidal . |
| 2 | He frets that , when it comes to the point , the requirements for SATs may not tally with the requirements for GCSE ; that he may have to regroup the whole school to align pupils according to their ability rather than their age . |
| 3 | These preferences may or may not weigh with the legislators who take decisions . |
| 4 | He argued that such a philosophical position could not cope with the phenomena of dreams and especially hypnosis . |
| 5 | They again became the ‘ weaker sex ’ , who were delicate and fragile and could not cope with the strains of learning and would continue to be mere property to be traded at will . |
| 6 | At school , more than half ( 54pc ) said they had been bullied and 45pc thought their teachers could not cope with the bullies . |
| 7 | Third , the mother could not cope with the children especially , as the justices say , with another child on the way . |
| 8 | Industrialists heading soon-to-be privatized enterprises , while supporting calls to relax monetary policy , could not concur with the calls for strikes and for a new government , which parliamentarians and trades union leaders were perceived to be making for their own political motives . |
| 9 | The Environment Committee and its staff would ensure that the promoters could not interfere with the consultants ' conclusions and that the consultants , during the preparation of the report , had consulted local authorities and environmental agencies such as HMIP or the NRA , or other agencies . |
| 10 | I could n't stay with the Sisters because of Andrew ; it would be betraying their trust . |
| 11 | Stefan knew he could n't cope with the traumas of continuing where they had left off . |
| 12 | She felt as if she 'd uncovered a dark pit of long-buried feelings , and she was terrified of peering too far inside in case she could n't cope with the contents … |
| 13 | They are erm it was er steak and kidney pie , brussels sprouts , carrots and bo plain boiled potatoes I could only eat about half the kidney and meat , I cou I could only eat about a third of the pastry , could n't cope with the carrots at all or the brussel sprouts , they were beautiful brussel sprouts like little cabbages , you know I could only eat a couple of them ! |
| 14 | Sadly she could n't cope with the stresses and demands of a live programme . |
| 15 | And often it 's not that they never had anywhere to live , it 's just that they could n't cope with the responsibilities and the isolation of living on their own . |
| 16 | You could n't work with the lights you see |
| 17 | Before young ladies could n't play with the boys . |
| 18 | We need not bother with the details , save to say that it is quite certain that all the contemporary accounts of Balboa 's triumph — which mention that he first saw the Pacific at 10 am on Tuesday , 25 September — are wrong . |
| 19 | If that is right , the difficulty to which we have referred does not arise and we need not grapple with the implications of sub-rule ( 3 ) . |
| 20 | Such decisions to grant State aid can be taken in the light of a national government 's overall policy towards internal competition , and therefore need not conflict with the aims of its national competition policy . |
| 21 | Britain reiterated its view that membership in a European common market was not compatible with its membership in the Commonwealth , and that in fact a common market of the Six would not fit with the aims and membership of OEEC . |
| 22 | The Court would not interfere with the Commissioners ' decision , and the appeals would be dismissed . |
| 23 | Castro is reported to have said in private that ‘ we shall not make the same mistake twice ; we shall not break with the Russians after having broken with the Americans ’ ( Suárez : 1967 , p. 175 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ Would n't bother with the shades , mate , nobody 'll recognise you anyway … |
| 25 | Ya , I mean they would n't mix with the likes of us ! |
| 26 | It would n't it would n't interfere with the neighbours . |
| 27 | Archie was bound to nose around in it , but would n't interfere with the contents . |
| 28 | ‘ It would n't interfere with the hurdles at the World Championships because there is a gap between the two events . |
| 29 | ‘ It would n't interfere with the hurdles at the World Championships because there is a gap between the two events . |
| 30 | you 've got a soul of steel , a heart of steel you ca n't cope with the buggers ! |