Example sentences of "we [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The progression associated with ionization of a strongly bonding level may show a maximum ( the vertical ionization energy ) well down the band , and we may not detect the ( 0 → 0 ) level ( the adiabatic ionization energy ) . |
| 2 | We may not possess the same mind structure , the same subtle energy anatomy and function , but enough similarities are present for some sort of meaning to be conveyed . |
| 3 | Campbell concluded that we may not see the effect of economic recovery for at least a year — perhaps not until 1993 . |
| 4 | He was quite prepared to argue the case that savage practices might be integral to a culture : ‘ We may not like the notion of cannibalism or head-hunting , but that it formed part of a distinct and tenable form of culture in Melanesia is indisputable . ’ |
| 5 | We may not like the fact that they stop exports — they affect some of the exports of my constituency — but they are bloody-minded because they think that they , too , are getting a rotten deal from the CAP . |
| 6 | ‘ You have only brought one teacup with you , McAllister , so we may not share the tea as we shared the coffee earlier today . ’ |
| 7 | In such circumstances we may not describe a band as being due to a single local mode , and the empirical methods we have used so far break down . |
| 8 | We may not understand the occult ( hidden ) powers that lie behind these activities but be warned — they are REAL and they are HARMFUL . |
| 9 | Many in the Labour movement were prepared to admit that without a strong combination forcing the National Government out of office " we may not get a chance for a very long time of putting into effect our ultimate aims " . |
| 10 | As I said we may not have a set up but if we have n't we 'll set one now . |
| 11 | We may not have the courage to scream for attention but we can ensure , by being ill , that we get it . |
| 12 | Likewise , we may not wish a budget-holder to take risks with taxpayer 's money and to ensure equity the official may need to follow formal rules rather than respond flexibly to each new case . |
| 13 | We should not abandon the search for a better way of determining pay for all health service staff . |
| 14 | We should not underestimate the effect of our own disappointment . |
| 15 | As the movies desperately sought new audiences we should not underestimate the part played by a fear that mass working-class patronage was just too good a thing to last . |
| 16 | We should not underestimate the power of official systems of classification of children , even when they are generally held to be inadequate by those that work with them . |
| 17 | Although we have reduced the number of pedestrian deaths in this country — we should not underestimate the work that has been done to achieve that — the results have been less dramatic than in Germany . |
| 18 | We should not underestimate the courage it must have taken for Clinton to give the go ahead to the Bosnian airlift . |
| 19 | It is important that we should evolve out of this recession and out of rising unemployment and that we should not create a false boom by lowering interest rates too quickly or by Government over-borrowing . |
| 20 | The reason why it is considered so important that we should not make a commitment at this stage to join a single currency is that a single currency would involve not only a single central bank but single economic management and a commitment by the Government and people of this country to subsidise , if necessary , the trade deficit of Italy , the budget deficits of other countries and the different standards of living . |
| 21 | We should not forget the general point that , in many communities where religious affiliation plays no part in political decisions , the clergy are still seen as leading figures who can be called upon to lead and organize activities outside the narrow remit of religion . |
| 22 | Christmas day is a busy and exciting time for everyone , but we should not forget the reason for our celebration . |
| 23 | THERE is always much excitement in steam operations on the main line but we should not forget the amount of effort taking place on the preserved lines especially as now the Santa Season is in full swing . |
| 24 | At this point , though , we should not forget the hard-learned lesson that an evolutionary argument is not the same as a developmental one . |
| 25 | In addition , we should not forget the value of the sea as a source of fish which provided an essential dietary element to people of the Middle Ages . |
| 26 | However , none of us should forget the relief of misery and the ending of conflict which have come about through the changes in Ethiopia , in Angola and in Cambodia , and we should not forget the changes in Vietnam , in Mozambique and in the western Sahara . |
| 27 | When considering measures to resist the exploitation of our procedures by manifestly unfounded applicants , we should not forget the clearly well founded applicants — genuine refugees who often have harrowing stories of suffering , degradation and torture . |
| 28 | We should not glamorize the overcrowded , insanitary rural cottages — scarcely adequate as holiday homes for a two-child family now — in which parents tried to raise five children , which were so strikingly condemned in Chadwick 's 1842 Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Classes ( Flinn 1965 ) . |
| 29 | I am sure that he agrees that we should not dock the benefit of deserving mums . |
| 30 | If one is more than double the other , we should not fit a straight line . |