Example sentences of "not [coord] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cry to release huge waves of feelings which can build up , especially when I can not or dare not put feelings into words . |
| 2 | In the final analysis , if the small farmer and peasant of the Third World can not or will not take conservation to heart , no amount of model-building , empirical plot studies , erosion risk assessment or legislation will result in the preservation of the soil 's resources . |
| 3 | It was clear to me that we dared not and could not use money from the Department . |
| 4 | The inventory is compared with purchase records , and International Software ensures that the client company is not and will not infringe copyright regulations . |
| 5 | ‘ I can not and will not tolerate incompetence . |
| 6 | It is not enough for librarians to claim that censorship does not and will not take place in libraries . |
| 7 | About-to-be-ex-Lit-Ed , actually , come early January ( I 'm off to the Independent Magazine , which , although it 's the most literary colour supplement in town , does not and will not run book reviews ) ; but while there is a breath of bookish discernment left in my body , I suggest the following thoughts about the spring lists . |
| 8 | With few exceptions , aquarium fish will not and can not eat plants , since healthy plants are far too tough for the fish to eat . |
| 9 | This detachment does not and can not remove affect . |