Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [be] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does n't mean that they could n't be completely redesigned to be even better . |
| 2 | erm last year we introduced a Home Care charge , based on attendance allowance , and a number of families of elderly people got in touch with me and they 're were obviously particular reasons why the charge could n't be fairly levied to them . |
| 3 | Lots of them do n't carry any radio at all and even those who do almost certainly would n't be permanently tuned to the distress frequency . ’ |
| 4 | Remember to search in the Land Charges Department against the borrower , whether or not the title is registered , for possible bankruptcy , and also , for the same purpose , against any guarantor of the loan : a bankrupt surety would n't be much help to anyone . |
| 5 | ‘ If you 're asking me , ’ she said carefully , ‘ to come into consultation and share responsibility for whatever decisions we have to make about Great-Uncle Alan 's affairs , of course I will , though I do n't claim to know anything about business and I probably sha n't be much help to you . |
| 6 | Mark wo n't be there to see to it ? |
| 7 | ‘ And you wo n't be much help to Rick if you starve yourself , so at least have a sandwich and a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 8 | And the house to Mr Evans though it wo n't be much use to him . |
| 9 | ‘ I wo n't be much use to you if you wo n't tell me . ’ |
| 10 | When Pat Samson , the model for ‘ Girl with a Squint ’ had her squint corrected , the artist is reported as having ‘ joked ’ : ‘ Oh hell , he wo n't be much use to me now ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ It wo n't be much use to them , ’ said a police spokesman |