Example sentences of "and [vb mod] not [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When people have enough resources in their lives — psychological , financial , or decision-making power — they can cope with these demands and may not suffer ill-health effects . |
| 2 | Changing from .009″s to .010″s is fine and may not require truss adjustment ; using anything heavier would require the instrument to be set up and re-intonated , but no long-term damage should be sustained . |
| 3 | It will fly away , and may not touch land this side of the county boundary . |
| 4 | Some individuals are far more sensitive than others and should not consume caffeine at all . |
| 5 | In many respects the significance of the physical form of a program , whether hard-wired on a silicon chip or stored on magnetic disks , is an irrelevance and should not affect patentability . |
| 6 | The analysis is logically correct and often convenient for purposes of exposition , but it is only an analysis and should not eliminate consideration of the tort of negligence as a whole . |
| 7 | Longer prose quotations are indented as a whole by about half an inch from the left margin of the rest of the text , and should not have quotation marks . |
| 8 | Paul seems to teach clearly that women should keep silent in church , and should not have authority over men in any shape or form . |
| 9 | They had done very little swapping of horses , mainly because Nails refused to and Hoomey , having become accustomed to the feel of Bones 's hulk beneath him , was terrified by what he called the ‘ slippery ’ ponies — Midnight and Firelight — and could not make Spot move at all . |
| 10 | Because SOEs were created for multiple reasons , most faced conflicting pressures from various constituencies and could not reconcile multiple , and conflicting , objectives . |
| 11 | These groups might enter into semi-permanent contracts with academics who had similar interests , and develop rules about who could and could not take part in a ‘ course ’ in a particular ‘ subject ’ and how that ‘ course ’ should be conducted . |
| 12 | they could parse accurately and analyse poetry , but they spoke the perverted Lancashire dialect of the towns , had a narrow vocabulary , and could not understand diction … |
| 13 | Although many boatmen 's wives acted as crew they were not recognised as such and could not get compensation for injury or sick pay . |
| 14 | It was clear to me that we dared not and could not use money from the Department . |
| 15 | The other two national winners are Tracy Young , who was born with two holes in her heart and could n't walk til she was five — her prize was for her personal achievement in ballroom and latin dancing … and Ronnie Broomhall who is the first person in the country with learning difficulties to become a qualified amateur gymnastics coach . |
| 16 | Everything seemed in order until a week before your departure when the hotel contacted Saga to say it was overbooked and could n't accommodate Saga 's clients . |
| 17 | And er there was only one who could n't take part and he was in the fire brigade and could n't take part because they were er his employers . |
| 18 | He loved soccer and could n't remember baseball ; neither could he remember California , except for a vague recollection of sunshine and a white house and what seemed an enormous swimming pool , although Clare laughed and told him it had really been quite small — for LA . |
| 19 | Time was that decor in a tank consisted of a backdrop , a gravel substrate and a few bits of rock from the back garden that you hoped were inert and would n't affect water chemistry . |
| 20 | On New Year 's Eve the new master reported that Harriet Shimmers used profane language , and would n't eat supper or have it weighed . |
| 21 | Although 1988 was characterised by a freer , more open intellectual atmosphere , it was clear that the Party still held ultimate authority and would not tolerate criticism that bordered on political dissent . |
| 22 | The finger which he had burnt on the incinerator was in addition giving him trouble and would not tolerate pressure . |
| 23 | As well as these apprehensions it was also considered that the extension and development of the social services was more in keeping with collectivist principles and would not restrict benefit to families with children . |
| 24 | There was a temptation to regard the headteacher as being the major or the sole activator and this was supported , in the secondary sector , when a Manchester study suggested that most heads were too powerful and would not delegate responsibility . |
| 25 | ‘ Extending the Christmas holiday and cutting the summer holiday by two weeks would save money and would not affect performance . ’ |
| 26 | Harry lay all day long on his bed without a word to anyone who came in to him , and would not touch food or drink . |
| 27 | Yet others say that the dependant refused to allow them to go away and would not receive help from another source while the carer was receiving treatment . |
| 28 | The first membranes they made were far too thin and would not survive transfer into air , let alone freeze-drying . |
| 29 | Department of the Environment ministers announced that though they had been advised that the statue was part of the listed building , and that consent was therefore required for its removal , they none the less considered it was a chattel , and would not take enforcement action . |
| 30 | In view of the international and domestic controversy generated in 1985 when Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone visited the shrine , together with the complications arising from Japan 's strict constitutional separation of church and state — those commemorated by the shrine being revered as Shinto deities — and the recent accusations of incipient militarism made by many neighbouring countries following the enactment of the PKO bill , however , Miyazawa stressed that his visit would be " in a private capacity " and would not take place on Aug. 15 , the anniversary of the ending of the Pacific War . |