Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One must not give way to despair . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 " . |
| 5 | The patient could not write non-words to dictation , spelled concrete nouns better than abstract nouns , and was poor at spelling function words . |
| 6 | surveyor could not gain access to roof voids but concluded was in reasonable condition for its age . |
| 7 | The members of the commission could not gain entry to north Korea and could not observe the nature of elections there . |
| 8 | Unlike the annual Environment White Papers , a sustainable development report need not give space to quality of life issues where there are no long term implications , such as local issues of litter , the nuisance from dogs , noise , etc . |
| 9 | Fenella gasped and then thrust her clenched fist into her mouth , because she would not , she emphatically would not give way to polish emotion . |
| 10 | Candidates shall not have access to examination scripts . |
| 11 | In the final analysis , if the small farmer and peasant of the Third World can not or will not take conservation to heart , no amount of model-building , empirical plot studies , erosion risk assessment or legislation will result in the preservation of the soil 's resources . |
| 12 | It must be stressed that although a natural condition can not give rise to liability under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher it may still constitute a nuisance for which an occupier may be liable if he has knowledge or means of knowledge of its existence and if it is reasonable to require him to take the necessary steps to abate it . |
| 13 | A general term can not give rise to zeugma in this way : |
| 14 | Alfie Kane , BT 's director of network operations , said : ‘ Crippling the 999 phone service in this way may sooner or later lead to the death of innocent people who can not gain access to emergency services , and it is in everyone 's interest that these people are caught . ’ |