Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] not [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Workouts featured by stars like Hollywood tough guy Dolph Lundgren and TVam 's Lizzie Webb may not help fight the flab and could land you in bed for weeks , says BBC TV 's Watchdog . |
2 | So the consolidation may not last long . |
3 | Even England would not dare claim that . |
4 | However , there are fears that the chancellor will not dare go as far as his critics wish and instead stick to a one per cent cut . |
5 | More frequent medical examinations would not help reduce the risk ; the tests currently available that might indicate , for example , whether an increased coronary risk does or does not exist , themselves carry a risk that exceeds that which we are endeavouring to protect against . |
6 | It is not only that quantification can not help eliminate such predicates , but often we have to make use of such predicates in order to make clear that the given quantified sentence does indeed convey an ontological claim . |
7 | That is not to say technological effort can not help maximise the value of assets . |
8 | Brigadier Dominic Kassiano , a member of the ruling junta , told the army newspaper Guwat al-Mussalah that food supplies in the towns of Juba , Wau , and Malakal would not last long . |
9 | These beliefs about what low attainers can not do dictate and reflect the kind of learning experience these pupils have . |
10 | With even Marxist Cuba now hungry for foreign investment , say optimists , rigid state control of energy industries in other parts of Latin America can not last long . |