Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [modal v] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the institution I visited may not have been entirely ‘ typical ’ — indeed , was in a state with a relatively good record on prisons — the above observations highlight some of the difficult issues facing penal reformers in India . |
| 2 | So far , what I say may not sound too shocking . |
| 3 | ‘ I must now mention a point which I hope will not give rise to difficulties . |
| 4 | There are new developments ahead in FE , such as new funding arrangements , which I hope will not add to the difficulties of access for any student who may require specific support for learning . |
| 5 | Now that brings me to my news , which I hope will not alarm you too much . ’ |
| 6 | I have another sister , Phena , who I hope will not put in an appearance , but I 'm not entirely confident of the fact . ’ |
| 7 | We have a two-year plan , which I hope will not turn into a rolling two years ! |
| 8 | Electric bite alarms are useful for night fishing , and many night anglers I know would not fish without them , and no matter what they tell you to the contrary they are mainly used to wake you up when you have a bite ! |
| 9 | I know that although the doctors have given up on me , the GREAT PHYSICIAN who you and I know will not give up on me . |
| 10 | The object of the book being to bring about the release of Cooper and McMahon as soon as possible , I also decided to forgo a hardback publisher , whom I knew could not publish in under ten months , and contracted instead for an original paperback . |
| 11 | The boys with whom I associated would not keep company with Journeymen excepting in their workshops , nor with lads whose fathers were not housekeepers . " |
| 12 | Er , but by the time I had my passport so I thought may not get a job again better to try the luck somewhere else . |
| 13 | On the whole Leeds have a lot of positive points at the moment but the deficiences of the squad I think will not see us challenge the top two places this year — I hope I 'm wrong but unless serious money is spent strengthening the side the likes of Man Utd and Liverpool will defeat us . |
| 14 | ‘ My Lord , soon I will , but whatever evidence I have will not make any difference to the Prince 's enemies . |
| 15 | Ask for a copy of the original information so that any spokesman you provide will not have it sprung upon him . |
| 16 | Well , what people forget is that , if you put employers in a straight-jacket , the people who suffer first , are the employees , which as you appreciate will not take on the future . |
| 17 | Now having said all this you know let's not identify with these too much like the that 's me you know okay , it gives you an incl an idea of your in of your stance where what sort of attitude philosophy and behaviours you prefer to have within a group , okay and if you match those back to what we saw in the group erm then it 's not surprising that the group got on so well together and you know we did n't have too much conflict with the amount of team workers involved because nobody in there wanted to upset anybody else in the team . |
| 18 | Much of what you invent will not appear in the final book ( it should n't , unless it 's relevant to the actual story ) but doing this will help you to be absolutely consistent throughout . |
| 19 | No , she would not think of that — no , never that , and she began to wield her feather duster with such angry vigour that Dr Neil , coming in , was amused at her bright energy which even the ever-lasting drudgery which she performed could not dim . |
| 20 | Typically , project acquisitions could not be distinguished on the shelves or if they could , most of the people we asked could not show us which they were . |
| 21 | My hon. Friends and I have proposed some measures , which we accept will not slash the unemployment figures but which would be helpful . |
| 22 | The objection is that much of what we know could not have been learnt on the basis of experience . |
| 23 | The complication has been that because last year 's trading profits were lower than expected we did n't have any taxable profits against which to claim back this A C T so as this would be the first year in which taxable profits would arise unless we 'd not been unless we 'd been able to find some other way of dealing with it the A C T which we pay would not have been recoverable till January ninety five . |
| 24 | Jimmy and Denis we decided would not look too kindly on our request , the one being too staid and the other too much engrossed in his wife and family . |
| 25 | The examples we illustrate should not tempt readers to ‘ generalise from the particular ’ . |
| 26 | After the judgment , Neil Garrie , head of corporate affairs for London Underground , said : ‘ We did not want to cause additional stress to Mr Hale but the evidence we had would not have supported a settlement of the size of the eventual award . ’ |
| 27 | The agreements that we have will not provide us with time off with pay for this purpose . |
| 28 | If those shells had been preserved then the sand and shingle in which they lay could not have been eroded by the sun and wind . |
| 29 | But , if so , it is hard to see how the dubitability of the non-basic beliefs which they support would not rub off onto the basic ones which support them ; surely falsehood in a non-basic belief would be a reason to doubt the basic beliefs which support it , once we have admitted that basic beliefs can be false . |
| 30 | Prices have come down by between 30% and 50% but dealers are simply not exposing major works which they know will not find a buyer and may become unsaleable as a consequence . |