Example sentences of "we [vb mod] not [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important that we should evolve out of this recession and out of rising unemployment and that we should not create a false boom by lowering interest rates too quickly or by Government over-borrowing . |
| 2 | If one is more than double the other , we should not fit a straight line . |
| 3 | We could n't make a new book collection there : that would be absurd . |
| 4 | The big , the big advantage Chair , and one of the reasons that it appeals to us to , to go along with Age Concern on this is that , as you know , the area of activity in terms of day centre provision in which they are very active , is one whereby on the current grant mechanisms for community care , and our need to spend eighty five percent in the voluntary and independent sector , whilst they were directly employed by us , we could n't divert a substantial amount of that money in their direction if they wished to develop services . |
| 5 | ‘ I know Mr Yates was n't very happy and I can sympathise , unfortunately the law was there and we could n't turn a blind eye . |
| 6 | We could n't understand a blind thing when she tried to explain to us . |
| 7 | In the 1950s he felt we could n't afford a new car , so be bought a prewar London taxi , and he and I built a Nissen hut as a garage . |
| 8 | ‘ Our children play out on the street and there 's a plan to build a school on land nearby surely we could n't have a busy road where children are going to school ? ’ |
| 9 | We could n't have a social issue without reference to the regular social side of our NCT branch and have therefore emphasised the purpose of these meetings in this issue . |
| 10 | We could n't get a straight reply — she 'd only answer in sign language . |
| 11 | We could not show a significant difference between the extent of gastric metaplasia at sites around ulcer craters or scars and macroscopically normal appearing mucosa . |
| 12 | We could not detect a significant immunological difference between drug users who seroconverted with bacterial pneumonia and those without , but owing to the long sampling interval the lowest CD4 counts were not necessarily measured . |
| 13 | In the present study , we could not detect a significant difference in orocaecal transit time between patients with and patients without cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy . |
| 14 | We could not provide a grammatical description of the English language , for that was beyond our scope , but we wanted everyone to realise what kind of grammar is appropriate for both teachers and pupils to understand . |
| 15 | We could not afford a cavalier approach . |
| 16 | However , we need not assume a sinister motive for these meetings . |
| 17 | Federation of Trades Councils and Labour Parties warned : " We shall not achieve a Socialist Commonwealth by compromise of this sort . |
| 18 | We shall not offer a neat summary of the present position in the philosophy of science . |
| 19 | The next Labour Government will end GP fund holding , because we shall not tolerate a two-tier list system in which the length of time a patient waits depends on the size of the GP 's budget . |
| 20 | People can not afford to bear a heavier burden , and we shall not put a heavier burden on them . |
| 21 | But we shall not find a consistent position in which the tasks of biblical exegesis and scientific inquiry were no longer mutually relevant . |
| 22 | We shall not have a complete theory until we can do more than merely say that ‘ things are as they are because they were as they were . ’ |
| 23 | We shall not attempt a complete classification of the different possibilities for using graphics but simply give a few examples and point out some general possibilities and dangers . |
| 24 | We shall not attempt a detailed account of linguistic categories in this book , but will use as far as possible those which are well enough known not to need explanation in terms of some linguistic theory . |
| 25 | Its original function , according to Seth , was to make us feel bad , by briefly separating us from our sense of love and connectedness , so that we would not repeat a harmful act . |
| 26 | Cllr Eddie McEvilly , Labour , said : ‘ It is really quite disgraceful for chief officers to show our hand like this and reveal we would not have a strong case . ’ |
| 27 | Interestingly enough Larry Witty , the General Secretary of the Labour Party , said at last year 's Labour Party Conference that if it had not been for the steadily , steady influence of the unions during the eighties , when the Party was tearing itself in two , we would not have a Labour Party today . |
| 28 | Just as " big-step reductionism " can not work as an explanation of mechanism , and must be replaced by a series of small step-by-step peelings down through the hierarchy , so we ca n't explain a complex thing as originating in a single step . |
| 29 | ‘ We ca n't fix a definite time of death until after the post mortem , but we 're working on the assumption that it was shortly after the time agreed for the rendezvous — midnight . |
| 30 | We ca n't give a precise answer to the number of generations that would be necessary . |