Example sentences of "he [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew he ought not to mark the books really , but it was only a tiny mark in pencil and no-one could accuse him of defacing library property , not really , it would n't do for an ex-library committee member to be caught defacing library property now would it . |
| 2 | These two limbs are essential to a candidate 's training and he ought not to become a corporate member until he satisfies both requirements . ’ |
| 3 | Heseltine may not prove as co-operative as his DTI forebears and , while he may not earn the adulation of predators such as Hanson , he will increasingly enjoy the appreciation of potential targets , such as ICI , Trafalgar House and Vickers . |
| 4 | ‘ But even he may not tell the whole story . ’ |
| 5 | Garrison Savannah who almost won the National two years ago appears to have returned to his old form if you take his Gold Cup run on board for he was always in touch before blundering and losing his chance late in the race , but he may not stay the trip as happened two years ago when he was beaten by Seagram . |
| 6 | But if he decides to go the Hollywood route , he may not have a choice . |
| 7 | But he may not have a home to go back to . |
| 8 | But he may not have the power to overrule the precedents ; in any case , reasons of strategy argue against this . |
| 9 | His work rate has been prodigious all season , and although he may not have the quickest service around , he must rate currently as the world 's no 1 scrum-half . |
| 10 | The man may or may not be earning a wage ; he may not understand the particular needs of the children . |
| 11 | Someone other than the trustee or his nominee may be elected chairman , but if the trustee is the chairman , he may not adjourn the meeting without the consent of at least half , in value , of those present ( in person or by proxy ) and entitled vote ( r 6.129(3) ) . |
| 12 | Next year he may not get a drive at all . |
| 13 | Then er even one percent of nuclear weaponry that er could be used is a danger to world congregation and I fear very much er that unless there is some kind of a proper cast iron guarantee er with the successor to the Soviet Union er there 's going to be much er trouble especially if er there is an ethnic violence er erupting on the borders and again er Boris Yeltsin has said that er , er he is going to want to control er the position on the borders , well he may not get the agreement that he seeks , er one hopes that he will , but he , he may not . |
| 14 | He may not know a word of Burmese but he will share a fag with the interested Burman who is watching all that is going on , and as they puff away together contentedly , something intangible will pass from the one to the other . |
| 15 | He may not ride a Monster . |
| 16 | However , since he may not release a prisoner unless and until he is recommended to do so by the Parole Board , the stage in an individual prisoner 's sentence at which the board considers whether to make a recommendation for his release is therefore very important . |
| 17 | Given a free choice , children usually choose the apparatus they are ready for and although a three-year-old may imitate the feats of an older child with a funnel , tube and bottle , he may not gain the same satisfaction as he does from achieving something much more simple on his own . |
| 18 | He may not look the fittest man on the field , but he has the biggest heart . |
| 19 | He may not take the law into his own hands . |
| 20 | The formalities were gone through — including , in this case , the obtaining of a marriage licence ; the bachelor of St Ethelburga 's parish made an allegation that he knew of no lawful impediment why he should not marry the girl from St Dunstan 's in the West , and it was there that they became man and wife on 21 June 1799 . |
| 21 | The papers which he receives for council and committee work are often confidential and he should not disclose the contents of those papers to outsiders . |
| 22 | Therefore , if an employer wants to sue on the basis of a continuing obligation which lasts after determination and requires a remedy other than damages , he should not accept the repudiation but treat the contract as if alive . |
| 23 | He may oppose this measure but he should not pre-empt the results of the environmental assessment . |
| 24 | There was also still a feeling in the Hollywood colony that as he had established himself as a star he should not play an unattractive character , and , what is more , he would only be the second lead and not appear for the first twenty minutes . |
| 25 | The duke had been a loyal upholder of the house of York , a central figure in Edward 's polity ; there was no obvious reason why he should not occupy the same role under Edward V. In this respect , precedent was on Edward 's side . |
| 26 | The duke had been a loyal upholder of the house of York , a central figure in Edward 's polity ; there was no obvious reason why he should not occupy the same role under Edward V. In this respect , precedent was on Edward 's side . |
| 27 | If possible , he should not have a television in the room where he spends most of his time . |
| 28 | Sinqe , who holds his country 's national record of 2hr 8min 4sec , was due to run his first marathon outside the republic in the NutraSweet-sponsored event on 18 April but London organisers were left fuming when they discovered he had run a marathon in Japan a fortnight ago in defiance of his contract which stipulated that he should not run a competitive marathon within 90 days of the big race . |
| 29 | Scott 's appointment was justified by his reputation , and having been chosen as architect of the India Office , he should not lose the Foreign Office . |
| 30 | I did n't see why he should n't suffer a bit . |