Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] not [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During a working visit to the Soviet Union on April 28-29 , de Maizière announced after talks with Soviet President Gorbachev that the latter continued to insist that " East Germany should not become a member of NATO , whereas our position is that this is possible if NATO develops a new strategy and structures " . |
| 2 | Says another curator , ‘ Rusty may not have the vision to say , ‘ We need a Guido Reni at the National Gallery ’ he 's not the sort of person who could walk through the baroque galleries and realise they even need one , though if a curator went to him wanting to buy one , I think Rusty would certainly be supportive of the move , whereas Carter would basically have turned up his nose and said ‘ no ’ ’ . |
| 3 | The right hon. Member for Blaby may not like the idea of a European central bank , but he is clearly on record as saying that he believes that in this country 's economy an independent central bank would be a guarantee against inflation . |
| 4 | Mr Gorbachev may not have the authority to send Soviet troops to non-Russian parts of his own country at this point , so it 's very unlikely that he could or would try to send ground forces to the Persian Gulf . |
| 5 | Mr Murdoch may not have the time or the money to wait . |
| 6 | For the moment , however , the United States should not prejudge the future . |
| 7 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |
| 8 | On Oct. 10 the bank 's governor , José Tavares Moreira , announced that Portugal would not enter the ERM until it was clear that inflation was in decline ; it was understood that a level of around 7-8 per cent would be acceptable . |
| 9 | David Fairfax would not let the subject go and went on questioning her as she showed him round . |
| 10 | And still David would not hear a word against his beloved stepfather . |
| 11 | Its primary spokesman suggested that guarantees could be given that Afghanistan would not become a base for foreign powers . |
| 12 | As president of the company , Branson would not have a seat on the board . |
| 13 | But among all these doubts it had not occurred to her that if she got as far as 42b Milvain Street , and rang the bell , Edward would not open the door . |
| 14 | It was felt that the TUCCs would not have the time or resources necessary to look after the wide range of services and operators , many of them locally based , in the bus sector . |
| 15 | Richard would not budge an inch : I began to think he must be mad or wicked — or both . |
| 16 | But perhaps what is surprising is that the DoH will not research the concerns raised by senior child protection professionals . |
| 17 | Mexico 's Finance Minister flies to Washington to inform the US Government that Mexico can not meet the payments on its $80 billion foreign debt . |
| 18 | There remained doubts over implementing the accord , particularly because right-wing factions in the military and the wealthy ruling oligarchy had not been party to the talks , and because hardline elements within the FMLN might not accept the dropping of a previous key demand that either the army be disbanded or its ranks be reduced and the remainder merged into those of the guerrillas . |
| 19 | If Ricky was there Perdita might not make a scene , but he had paused to look at the front gate which needed mending . |
| 20 | In the meantime , as Bernard says : ‘ England may not have the World Cup , but at least in my fair English blazer pocket there will always be a part of it . ’ |
| 21 | The most interesting condition occurs under item 9 ( Liability of seller ) : Under the Trade Descriptions Act , SLAD may not stipulate the period of time of this warranty , but it recommends that its members guarantee the authenticity of what they are selling for a period of six years . |
| 22 | That Joan uses less Creole than Carol should not obscure the fact that in the course of the conversation , Joan accommodates to Carol by using increasingly more Creole features . |
| 23 | The ruling conflicted with a declaration made by European Community ( EC ) ministers in May that special provisions in the Maastricht Treaty on European union concerning abortion in Ireland should not limit the freedom to provide information in Ireland on " services lawfully available in member states " [ see also p. 38942 ] . |
| 24 | IBM might not like the idea , but the exit-consultancy idea was actually pioneered about a decade ago by NatWest , and Rank-Xerox had it 's own form of in-house/out-house consultancy . |
| 25 | Mitch gasped the words and Maggie could not utter a sound as , to their astonishment , Felipe carefully mounted the horse . |
| 26 | Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother . |
| 27 | But the movement to the Right took far longer than this implies ; Wordsworth continued to admire Charles James Fox , the Whig leader , although Fox was in favour of making peace with Napoleon , but after visiting France in 1802 Wordsworth could not stomach the Whigs as a party . |
| 28 | Since Ferdinand 's instructions to the Junta of Government ( which he left in Madrid to govern while he was at Bayonne ) were to cultivate French friendship at all costs , and since these counsels were not modified until after the outbreak of a popular rising , it meant that official Spain could not take the leadership of the instinctive movement against France . |
| 29 | Lacking comparable communications , the northern division of Buckinghamshire could not match the wealth of the Chilterns and other arable regions . |
| 30 | But Tepilit could not follow the reasoning . |