Example sentences of "[modal v] not [vb infin] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Look , I know that one should n't mix business with pleasure , but if I asked you again , would you come out with me ? ’ |
| 32 | It should also be noted that a covenant limiting hours of access may not limit hours of use of the demised property , provided that the tenant arrives before permitted hours cease and leaves after they recommence . |
| 33 | Occasionally it can be achieved by two very different people who may not see eye to eye on a lot of things , but who are determined to try to respect and understand each other for the sake of the man they both love . |
| 34 | It should be noted however , that many computer applications may not require recognition of pen input . |
| 35 | Hence in the 1990s the user may not gain freedom of interaction with spatial data but become a captive of a particular design and control purpose . |
| 36 | The trader may not have expertise in accounting or buying |
| 37 | However , if it is thought that the joint tenancy might be severed ( and there might be good matrimonial or tax planning reasons for this ) it is preferable to include the enlargement of powers as in Precedent 34 for otherwise the trustees of the conveyance may not have power to mortgage or charge the property ( see Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 , s8 ) . |
| 38 | ( c ) The claim may not include damages for damage to the defective product itself . |
| 39 | But it might not provoke Balliol into action . |
| 40 | If the help of foreign governments was even suspected , the rebels might not get money from Congress . |
| 41 | Five minutes , before you start it though now that it might not apply to you , you might not have control over training , and perhaps down the left hand side you put well what methods do they use and you might put the other side then you go back and suggest to your boss will you alright . |
| 42 | Those who could not leave work in time could catch the 19:46 and we would all travel back together . |
| 43 | Once she was there it would require a tremendous effort of will to get her back to London — except that she could not leave Holly in charge for more than a day ; and except that she was avid for information about the murder inquiry ; and except that there were any number of good stories she wanted to pursue for the column and any amount of private gossip she wanted to hear . |
| 44 | They could not go side by side . |
| 45 | For example , the doctor who used crutches said that he would find surgery difficult and could not visit patients at home because of access problems . |
| 46 | He was troubled , I could see , because , being unable to share these memories , he could not disentangle truth from fiction or creative embellishment from accurate detail . |
| 47 | He wanted talented members of the civil service to take temporary appointments in the police , but though agreeing in principle , the government could not spare officers from revenue and judicial work . |
| 48 | An encounter with a French frigate delayed their final sailing so that they could not reach Sumatra in time . |
| 49 | Policy discontinuity frustrated industrialists and investors who wished to engage in forward planning : they could not anticipate stability in government programs . |
| 50 | Again in Johnston v Chamberlain ( 1933 ) 17 TC 706 , the taxpayer sought to argue that a payment from a discretionary trust could not give rise to income tax liability on the beneficiary as it was " only when the trustees choose to exercise their discretion by making the payment that the sum gets to the children at all " . |
| 51 | This continued to amaze Ludens who could not imagine existence without reading . |
| 52 | The patient could not write non-words to dictation , spelled concrete nouns better than abstract nouns , and was poor at spelling function words . |
| 53 | If he was not to be a lecturer at Cambridge because they did not think him academic enough , and if he was not to be a parish priest because he could not keep teenagers in order and because the adults were said not to understand him and because he felt a teaching vocation , where was his right place ? |
| 54 | His argument was that the Church of Ireland was ‘ poisoned by ecumenism ’ and as such he , as a Free Presbyterian , could not take part in fund-raising on its behalf . |
| 55 | The British felt very confident of their position at sea ; to reinforce the strength of their blockage they laid down unilaterally the rule of 1756 that neutrals could not take advantage of wartime conditions to enter upon trade that would not have been allowed in peacetime . |
| 56 | In contrast to the Hong Kong Basic Law , the Macao draft law imposed no restrictions on foreign passport holders taking key posts in Macao after 1999 except for the chief executive who could not gain right of abode in a foreign country during his term of office . |
| 57 | surveyor could not gain access to roof voids but concluded was in reasonable condition for its age . |
| 58 | The members of the commission could not gain entry to north Korea and could not observe the nature of elections there . |
| 59 | Hence if a registered shareholder , A , first executes a transfer to a purchaser , B , and later to another , C , while both remain unregistered B will have priority over C. If , however , C succeeds in obtaining registration before B , he will have priority over B so long as he had no notice , at the time of purchase , of the transfer to B. If C did have notice , although he has been registered his prima facie title will not prevail over that of B who will be entitled to have the register rectified ( assuming that there are no grounds on which the company could refuse to register B ) and in the meantime C 's legal interest will be subject to the equitable interest of B. If both transfers were gifts , the position would presumably be different ; the gift to B would leave A without any beneficial interest that he could give to C and , not being a ‘ purchaser , ’ C could not obtain priority by registration ; his legal interest , on his becoming the registered holder , would be subject to the prior equity of B. |
| 60 | They could not buy tickets in advance , so they queue like docile cattle . |