Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Accordingly , the draftsman should not provide for the usual disregard of tenant 's improvements in the valuation formula . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Some companies advertise kit , knowing that stocks are low and may not last for the full life of the ad . |
| 5 | Some companies advertise kit , knowing full well that stocks are low and may not last for the full life of the ad . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The knock on the head alone could not account for the glazed look in her eyes . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Graham , the doubter who would not vote for the local Conservative MP , had even expressed indifference about the Russians taking over South Africa . |
| 14 | Chris thought that Angela would not aim for the earlier time , she hated early rising . |
| 15 | The women remained firm that unless the entire order was completed they would not pay for the hot whiskies . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Tonally there 's a lot more bottom end than I was expecting , and while it would n't pass for the finest of Martins , it 's good enough to fit into any acoustic line-up and would certainly be bright enough to handle picking and single line solos . |
| 18 | One of the things about when you are old and move to a residential home I think one of the important things is that you want to go and live close to your loved ones , if you have any , and it does just worry me that if you happen to be a person who is resident in and your loved ones live in , under these terms if you went to a residential home in you would n't qualify for the higher rate and that seems to me to be wrong . |
| 19 | Sometimes people ca n't speak for the same sort of reasons , but it 's always got to be something traumatic that 's happened . |
| 20 | You ca n't answer for the other officers but you can answer for yourself . |
| 21 | get away from here , I ca n't see for the flaming |
| 22 | An absolute winner — I ca n't wait for the new items in the series . |
| 23 | Somebody Who Ca n't Wait For The New Morrissey Record , Milan |
| 24 | I ca n't wait for the mini series . |
| 25 | I ca n't wait for the next get-together , and the thought of pulling on that old white shirt again excites me . |
| 26 | Like everyone else who has attended the Cathay Pacific Hongkong Bank Sevens , I ca n't wait for the next one . |
| 27 | I ca n't wait for the next revelations . |
| 28 | And although it is much better now than it was on Thursday morning , I know I ca n't train for the next three days . |
| 29 | It should be suppressed in spoken language interpreting , but in sign language interpreting it may not be , since speech and sign , at least on the surface , will not compete for the same articulator . |
| 30 | David Boren , the Oklahoma Democrat who holds the swing vote on the committee , has already made it clear that he will not vote for the current package , dubbing it ‘ Stimulus 2 ’ , a reference to Mr Clinton 's ill-fated emergency spending package . |