Example sentences of "[modal v] not [adv] [be] [vb pp] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should not however be supposed that because of the equitable nature of these rights a bona fide purchaser for value will be protected . |
| 2 | This probably reflects the effect of high male mortality rates resultant from the major wars and it should not therefore be assumed that future cohorts of elderly will continue to illustrate this extreme gender imbalance . |
| 3 | ‘ In the judgment of this court , when a witness is shown to have made previous statements inconsistent with the evidence given by that witness at the trial , the jury should not merely be directed that the evidence given at the trial should be regarded as unreliable ; they should also be directed that the previous statements , whether sworn or unsworn , do not constitute evidence upon which they can act . |
| 4 | Germans were resentful of France 's post-war attempts to keep them under close control , and it could not automatically be expected that they would agree to join European institutions . |
| 5 | It could not therefore be said that the defendant was assuming any rights . " |
| 6 | But it can not plausibly be said that it is wholly impracticable . |
| 7 | Whatever its actual effect , the English wanted at least to make sure that they would not be out of pocket over expansion in America , and the fear that they would lose money was expressed by the economist Charles Davenant when he wrote in 1698 : ‘ it can not reasonably be admitted that the mother country should impoverish herself to enrich the children nor that Britain should weaken herself to strengthen America . ’ |
| 8 | The conservative outlook entails a particular conception of God ( and of Christ ) , an understanding of which it can not simply be said that it is held in common by all Christians : something I think often not recognized by conservatives themselves . |
| 9 | It can not simply be assumed that a parent who is present at the injury of their child has condoned it . |