Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [be] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Valuable frequency band should not be reserved exclusively for use by outside broadcast units on the offchance that an incident may occur , however , the European Radiocommunications Office feels . |
| 2 | Information should not be collected primarily for publication . |
| 3 | Standards should not be hidden away for internal use only , but should be clearly displayed at the point of service delivery . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ Our position is that we will not be making public statements about who we may or may not be putting forward for the mayor and deputy mayor 's position . ’ |
| 5 | My father had recruited three young gypsies who had not been and could not be called up for the Navy . |
| 6 | The Library used a database written by Dr Cullen for cataloguing purposes , but because of software limitations , the system could not be used efficiently for enquiries , and it was unsuitable for processing subscriptions , loans and book orders . |
| 7 | Because of the heavy clay content of the material , it was considered that it could not be compacted enough for the development . |
| 8 | Failure to meet these expectations would have been dangerous , especially as his army consisted partly of the forces of independent warlords like Thorkell the Tall and the Norwegian Earl Eric of Lade , whose loyalty could not be taken entirely for granted . |
| 9 | It could n't be left there for the old lady to find when she came down to breakfast . |
| 10 | The boys queued in sets of five outside the headmaster 's room , each clutching his signed slip and praying he would not be singled out for special treatment . |
| 11 | She was disappointed , even aggrieved , that the remains would not be brought home for a funeral . |
| 12 | ‘ The defence does not arise on a plea of autrefois convict , but on the well-established rule at common law , that where a person has been convicted and punished for an offence by a court of competent jurisdiction , transit in rem judicatam , that is , the conviction shall be a bar to all further proceedings for the same offence , and he shall not be punished again for the same matter ; otherwise there might be two different punishments for the same offence . |
| 13 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 14 | But the court says that deals are only allowed to protect rate payer 's money from fluctuations in interest rates , and ca n't be carried out for trading purposes . |
| 15 | But I can say that John Aldridge will not be leaving here for under £1million . ’ |
| 16 | Your supply will not be cut off for at least fourteen days ( 21 in the case of gas ) to give the council time to help . |
| 17 | I believe in a competitive world , but at the same time I think we have got to be laying sound foundations for future growth and if we are constantly pressured into satisfying stock-market expectations , which are short-term , or under threat of take-over , we will not be investing enough for the long-term development of our businesses . |
| 18 | The government is predicting real GNP growth of 7% this year , and Mr Choi will not be blamed even for such a ‘ disappointing ’ figure . |
| 19 | The young will not be pampered so for much longer but meanwhile , for the bird watcher , it is an entertaining time . |
| 20 | I sha n't be going anywhere for a while . |
| 21 | The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . |
| 22 | You wo n't be staying here for very much longer , and I do n't want your last memory of me to be the way I was yesterday . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Admission to the beer hall is free and the beer buffs wo n't be turned away for not having clogs or bells or a finger in the ear , ’ said Brendan . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , Richard Dunwoody has confirmed that he will ride Wo n't Be Gone Long for Nicky Henderson in the big race . |
| 25 | She said , ‘ Well , it wo n't be going on for much longer . |
| 26 | It 's important that we do n't lose but we wo n't be going there for a draw . ’ |
| 27 | I wo n't be going home for lunch next week , or the rest of this week . |
| 28 | I wo n't be going home for lunchtimes . |
| 29 | And he wo n't be sleeping again for quite a time . " |
| 30 | ‘ Cissie wo n't be coming up for a while , ’ she said , making her way back to the bed , ‘ do you want to wait ? |