Example sentences of "need [not/n't] [vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malnutrition need not manifest itself in the short term as severe disease . |
| 2 | On the other hand a diary entry such as ‘ ring X ’ is effective and if the entry is some way in the future it may be necessary to amplify with a trigger of the form ‘ ring X re Y ’ and to have easily accessible some factual data such as the X telephone number and some data re Y. In a different context a car driver will develop a strategy to ensure that he does not run out of petrol , he may rely on a light which appears when the tank is nearly empty or he may calculate from his expected travelling that he need not concern himself about the issue until at least the next weekend , or he may programme himself to react to the fact that he is approaching a particular garage . |
| 3 | She suffered one paroxysm of doubt , the first and the last , and a matter of shame to her as often as she remembered it after , when the hour of noon came and passed , and no one sent for her to go into the town and fetch her father to the audience ; and when she ventured to enquire , she was told that one of his Grace 's clerks had already gone to summon Master Parry , and she need not concern herself in the matter . |
| 4 | We need not concern ourselves with the views expressed in newspapers which are wholly controlled by the state in totalitarian societies . |
| 5 | We need not concern ourselves with the details of Kant 's theory of Transcendental Ideas . |