Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [vb infin] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should not arrive early as we are most unlikely to have waiting space available in the lounge area . |
| 2 | Opponents of the building programme " which in any case may not go ahead as planned because of a lack of funds " claim that political instability in Russia , antiquated technologies and economic pressures ( to cut corners on safety in order to produce much-needed electricity ) could lead to another major nuclear accident . |
| 3 | And we 're looking to , to do similar transactions in the U K , but of course with the lack of , or the reduced competition in the U K we , we may not do quite as well . |
| 4 | The enemy models may not fight back as they are too surprised to react in time to return blows . |
| 5 | It may not come out as I intend . |
| 6 | But this strategy might not work out as the British government hoped ; the resultant ‘ unfreezing [ could ] release the political energies of the people ’ , and it could lead to a situation in which Protestant workers were weaned away from Orangeism and united with their Catholic fellow workers in the Labour movement : |
| 7 | One could not doze easily as one had done in Matt Stukely 's day for there was something too insistently personal in this new parson 's efforts to reach them ; yet they had remained stolidly unreached till now when the fervour of his exhortation spoke to them as with an angel 's tongue . |
| 8 | They therefore need not appear here as well . |
| 9 | The FMLN had reaffirmed on July 29 that the second 20 per cent of its guerrillas due to demobilize on July 31 would not do so as long as socio-economic conditions for their re-integration into the civilian life remained " non-existent " [ for start of demobilization in June see p. 38957 ] . |
| 10 | ‘ His engineer would not take over as he had had a full day 's terror , so I volunteered to take over engine control in his place . |
| 11 | It is quite likely that qualified privilege would not apply here as there is no duty , as part of the teacher 's work , to compile an informal , unofficial record . |
| 12 | Alison Watson , executive director of Alice Hoffman Homes , said there had been ‘ a complete breakdown of trust and confidence ’ between herself and Knight , but would not elaborate further as the appeal progressed . |
| 13 | The provisions of paragraphs ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) above shall not apply so as to make it unlawful for a motor vehicle to be fitted with an instrument or apparatus other than a two-tone horn designed to emit a sound for the purpose of informing members of the public that goods are on the vehicle for sale . |
| 14 | Perhaps the incinerator will not go ahead as planned in Londonderry , East . |
| 15 | Fat bacon and honey on toast will not go down as one of my all-time favourite local specs , but I had no complaint about the others , nor the ensuring risotto and gnocchi , nor even , amazingly enough , the inevitable chamois . |
| 16 | My great aim is to give you a periodical which you will not throw aside as soon as read , but which you will value and look over years hence as an old familiar friend , when you may be battling with the realities of life under the suns of India , in the backwoods of Canada or the United States , or the grassy downs of Australia , over the wide Ocean among the isles of the Pacific , or on the distant shores of Columbia . |
| 17 | A similar delay will not happen again as we will make sure British Rail have the right numbers . |
| 18 | We can not do just as we like because we are limited , or constrained , by ( i ) the amount of money , or capital , we have ; ( ii ) the inventions , or technology , available ; ( iii ) the space , or land , available ; ( iv ) the resources , such as fuel or timber , or existing roads and buildings ; ( v ) the desires of other human beings which may conflict with ours . |
| 19 | He can not do just as he pleases . |
| 20 | It is a sad reflection on the present state of constitutional monarchy in this country that one so driven to do his best for the good of mankind , as he sees it , should think , indeed know , that he can not do so as king . |
| 21 | It is obvious that things can not go on as they are . |
| 22 | It is surely obvious that we can not go on as we are as we pollute the world and as poverty increases , along with violence , vandalism and random destruction , more of it at Gateshead last night apparently . |
| 23 | You simply can not plough down as you might do in deep , wet snow . |
| 24 | Unlike a winding-up , the board of directors does not become functus officio on the appointment of a receiver but the directors ' powers are substantially superseded since they can not act so as to interfere with the discharge by the receiver of his responsibilities and accordingly their powers are suspended ‘ so far as is requisite to enable a receiver to discharge his functions . ’ |