Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [adv] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not interested in food other than it should not cost too much and was n't raw . |
| 2 | We should not go too far and argue that the alleged conflict between the monied and landed interests was nothing more than a propagandist 's fiction . |
| 3 | If it is calm , there is no reason why you should not turn slowly round and walk back again . |
| 4 | First-time parents may not know how to tell stories or share pictures ; they may not know what books are available or how they should be used ; and they may not realize how important and how enjoyable books and pictures ( and talking about them ) can be . |
| 5 | As far as records of achievement are concerned , the attitude of pupils is likely to be even more problematic , since pupils ' natural concern with the currency of their certificates , and their now well-documented tendency to see schooling largely in terms of its capacity to provide qualifications ( see , for example , Turner , 1984 ) , suggests that records of achievement may not have as immediate and enthusiastic support among pupils as they do among many teachers . |
| 6 | But let's not get too serious and religious about disco . |
| 7 | Their foot were not in the main Highlandmen — although they had some of these , from upland Perthshire and the Glens of Angus — and so could not travel so fast and far each day . |
| 8 | Surely if that tense moment had affected him at all he would not sound so cool and distant now as he reached for Chalon 's reins . |
| 9 | My local aquatic dealer informs me that the plec will not grow very big and that all three will live happily together . |
| 10 | And even if it were , there are no grounds to suppose that a person with mental handicap can not and will not live as happy and enjoyable a life as anyone else in society . |
| 11 | A sperm whale , for example , can not see directly fore and aft , a factor made use of by the mariners of old , who quietly crept up upon them from straight astern or dead ahead . |