Example sentences of "we [modal v] not [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John has found much to do which will not require to be again done in N.S.W. I still hope we may not exceed two years in our absence and I think John is as anxious as myself on the subject . |
| 2 | We did not know what the future might hold and had to face the possibility that we may not see each other again . |
| 3 | We may not see this place again for a long time . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ There are times when we may not find each other attractive . ’ |
| 5 | I mean we may not like heavy lorries thundering along , whereas we do like ambulances , and computer use is precisely the same . |
| 6 | there is an issue and clearly if we are not in the sixteen double O four six eight O seven business we are going to lose share , we may not lose total volume , I am confused about that , but do n't try and sort it out now , but those are the issues that need to be tackled , and you need to produce between you some sort of projection paper which lays out the way that you see this bit of the steering business going in the future , and recommends what we should be doing , and what the volumes are to support that , and what the volumes are likely to be . |
| 7 | Just to kind of get a feel of that importance , erm let's think about some categories of communication which we may not use verbal channels for very much , okay ? |
| 8 | We may not have many estate agents and delis in Tottenham , but I like it here . |
| 9 | Cos we may not have sufficient information . |
| 10 | Well , we may not have enough time for that , so erm , let's imagine that you 're a sales director , and , now this is more difficult . |
| 11 | If Andropov is snubbed , and his overtures dismissed , we may not have another opportunity , even in the lifetime of the youngest among us . |
| 12 | To suppose , as Levi-Strauss and others have done , that rules about exogamy " those we may not marry " and rules about incest — " those with whom we may not have sexual intercourse " — directly match up , so that one kind of rule can serve as an explanation for the other , is an ethnographic mistake . |
| 13 | ‘ We ought not to lose any time . ’ |
| 14 | So I both the , both those disadvantages lead me to think that we ought not to unblock this area . |
| 15 | In conclusion , it was agreed that we ought not view social security legislation in isolation , but should consider the effects on the unemployed of this legislation and other legislation introduced during the eleven years of Tory government , such as housing , health , education . |
| 16 | We should not regard this situation lightly or allow ourselves to fall into a purely reactive management position . |
| 17 | Yet we should not forget that communication does involve handling everything together , usually at high speed , and that this is what a successful language student must eventually be able to do . |
| 18 | But I think we should not rush this decision . |
| 19 | We should not expect that research will come up with recipes and remedies which will work whatever the circumstances . |
| 20 | We should not expect three classes of behaviour corresponding to the three processes of adaptation . |
| 21 | However , direct coercive sanctions require continuous effort , and may in fact be a rather brittle form of social control , so we should not expect dominant groups in different societies to rely wholly and simply on such crude means of retaining their power and privilege , especially where their position has long been entrenched . |
| 22 | We should not minimise this naming , nor its effect on Leonard 's early life . |
| 23 | Nobody would ever claim that a bacterium was a conscious strategist , yet bacterial parasites are probably engaged in ceaseless games of Prisoner 's Dilemma with their hosts and there is no reason why we should not attribute Axelrodian adjectives — forgiving , non-envious , and so on — to their strategies . |
| 24 | Yeah well Mr Chairman I would formally like to motions my when the study one and the problems of this having to despite that the District Council have six and it 's much further I again I think specification of erm what we do need despite what we should not need this time , this time later . |
| 25 | Well actually forget what to say well erm thank you Richard for erm putting forward a very touching case I am sure we all share the sympathy of the Hatfield further job loses , but there are major opportunities and we should not prejudge those opportunities as yet . |
| 26 | We should not collapse luxury goods production and their consumption , however , into unproductive consumption , since unproductive consumption covers a wider spectrum . |
| 27 | Perhaps , in our ignorance , we should not dismiss this query too hastily . |
| 28 | What this tells us is not that we should not attempt serious drama work with them , but that we need to give particularly careful thought in our planning to the appropriateness of the material . |
| 29 | Er , accountability of local representatives is obviously supported but we should not limit that demand only to G M B er councillors or councillors who have G M B connections . |
| 30 | We should not pursue better conditions for prisoners in the mistaken belief that improved conditions will alone produce more orderly prisons . |