Example sentences of "[noun sg] but [modal v] not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was considered for use as a barricade but could not be moved without detaching the wings and was therefore left intact ( Corrects September FlyPast ) . |
| 2 | The doctrine of the Trinity ‘ is not an immediate utterance concerning the Christian self-consciousness , but only a combination of several such utterances ’ ; that is , it serves to combine and hold together the different affirmations of the Christian consciousness concerning God the Father , Jesus , and the Holy Spirit , but it is essentially a theological construction which has its place in theology but should not be taken as expressing the truth about God . |
| 3 | Newspaper readers ' preferences are an equally complex business but can not be dealt with here at length . |
| 4 | Note : A tour of Egypt is a unique and fascinating experience but can not be described as leisurely . |
| 5 | A walled enclosure on the left , with trees , soon appears , concealing the large and impressive opening of Jackdaw Hole , 130 feet deep , and across the moor northeast from this point is the even deeper shaft of Penyghent Long Churn , admitting a stream : both holes can be inspected from safe stances on the surface but should not be approached too closely . |
| 6 | A file should exist online for the module but can not be found . |
| 7 | They were hounded day and night but would not be diverted from their mission . |
| 8 | The spread is estimated to be , say , 160 basis points above the gilt but will not be known for certain until issue day . |
| 9 | The area office has a discretion to extend the time limit but can not be relied upon to exercise this other than in the most extenuating circumstances . |
| 10 | French raider The Fellow , hero of last year 's King George at Kempton , would have a great chance with conditions in his favour but can not be fancied on unsuitably soft ground . |
| 11 | A good agency interviewer will look through it and pick up on the same gaps and discrepancies which will appear to the job interviewer but will not be looking with any one particular job in mind . |
| 12 | General Noriega had been asked to leave the Papal mission but would not be forced to leave , Vatican spokesmen insisted . |
| 13 | Subsidies might be paid in cases of emergency but could not be accounted normal income . |
| 14 | Sonar made interesting contacts but could not identify them directly , while passive underwater photography ( photographing whatever passes a given spot ) had the potential to reveal essential detail but could not be expected to make contact without a much sounder basis for deploying the cameras . |
| 15 | Accordingly , his cause of action for an infringement before the date of sealing accrues at the date of the infringement but can not be enforced until the procedural requirement of sealing is met . |
| 16 | In these circumstances the guardian may , with the leave of the court , have separate legal representation but can not be granted legal aid for this purpose ( FPCR , r11(3) ; FPR , r4.11(3) ) . |
| 17 | These include chips known as read-only memories or ROMs that store preprogrammed data without power but can not be erased , and instantly erasable chips that require constant power , known as random-access memories or RAMs . |