Example sentences of "it [modal v] not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first glimpse it may not even appear to be armoured , but if the animal is taken into a predator 's mouth its fur is sufficiently spiky to cause acute discomfort and it is quickly dropped . |
| 2 | It may not even prove to be possible unless the criteria are very broad , and therefore ambiguous , because of the problems of recording mastery of a long list of criteria . |
| 3 | It may not actually lie in the water , but it still lies within the boundary of the lateral water hazard . |
| 4 | Each test sentence used is therefore a valid member of the English language ( although it may not necessarily conform to prescriptive syntactic rules ) . |
| 5 | However , it should not just act as a check-list but should relate facts about a country to the expatriate 's new life style . |
| 6 | Other examples of rules which may not be congruent with the requirements of fiduciary law are SIB Core Rule 2 , which states that where a firm has a material interest it must not knowingly act for the customer unless it takes steps to ensure his " fair treatment " ( this may not be sufficient under fiduciary law ) , and SIB Core Rule 25 which in conjunction with SFA Conduct of Business Rule 5 — 36(2) permits " front running " . |
| 7 | He chose to take up the issue precisely because he thought it could not possibly lead to war , in that neither the Tsar , nor the Sultan in whose Empire Jerusalem was , would see the issue as of such importance . |
| 8 | ‘ It could n't possibly work at all . |
| 9 | Erm however absolute egalitarianism showed that it could n't actually work in practice because there was n't they underestimated the amount of land which , that could be redistributed and you had leftist and rightist deviations where which meant that how that industry and commerce was being threatened and landlords were just being indiscriminately killed . |
| 10 | Planning is a process , and it need not necessarily result in a product . |
| 11 | Umm , the kids come round here to get all their toys so there 's a big sort of ridge there so it ca n't really go over that |
| 12 | But this has spread quite rapidly , it ca n't really go beyond here , cos the skin is quite tight . |
| 13 | It would n't even get to prosecution . |
| 14 | it 's same with a Samsung , I end up sometimes putting it in the Toshiba one , to re-wind it back , but I 've had some funny tapes I have just lately , it 's the tape that wo n't re-wind , because how I 've noticed been the tape like , cos I 've put it in the Toshiba and re-wound , but it would n't even re-wind in the Toshiba , so Arthur says well he says that 's the tapes |
| 15 | But Dot had thought it would n't ever happen to their baby . |
| 16 | If you put it in a tea chest and bend its limbs then it 's likely to get broken , and it would n't quite fit in you see d' you see it , And yes she she 's jumping ahead already you see . |
| 17 | But a community that accepts integrity has a vehicle for organic change , even if it is not always wholly effective , that it would not otherwise have at all . |
| 18 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |
| 19 | We do have and will maintain the links and influence within the Labour Party , or it would not even survive without us . |
| 20 | It would not even occur to most businessmen that the criteria the Revenue employs can be more favourable than those the DSS uses . |
| 21 | So , whatever we do in training the horse , we have to teach on both sides : what it learns for one side , it will not automatically accept for the other . |
| 22 | It will not even perish by the flames of fire . |
| 23 | It will not even compete with ordinary propeller-driven ships — let alone hydrofoils or hovercraft that skim the surface at 40 knots or more . |
| 24 | It will not even pass through their minds that I spent so much trouble and thought on choosing the right disease or the most just punishment for my fictional character . |
| 25 | Therefore it will not normally proceed with an accreditation visit until at least one cohort of students has completed the course of study . |
| 26 | The individual who becomes a tax exile and wishes to make a thorough job of it will not only cease to be UK resident ; he or she will wish to lose a UK domicile of origin . |
| 27 | It will not necessarily operate in the interest of those classes or fractions from which it is drawn . |
| 28 | But it is tied to the capitalist social order and therefore it can not strategically deal with the causes of discrimination ( this is as true of discrimination against women , against black people , against those with disabilities ) . |
| 29 | Denied anger has to go somewhere ; it can not simply vanish into the air . |
| 30 | However , it can not adequately deal with either issue without stepping out of its self-constructed framework which sees prejudice as the unenlightened , deviant behaviour of individuals . |