Example sentences of "[modal v] not [vb infin] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One must not give way to despair . |
| 2 | Was n't it Mr. Justice Cocklecarrot ( or was it Mr. Justice Wool ? ) in Misleading Cases in the Common Law who observed sternly to that persistent litigant , Mr. Haddock , ‘ People must not do things for fun . |
| 3 | Any protection screen designed for this purpose should be at least 800mm in height above floor level , and must not contain gaps in excess of 75mm . |
| 4 | Letter post items must not exceed 610mm in length by 460mm in width . |
| 5 | JACKEY : Why , aunt , if they are actually married there 's no help for't and we must not make mischief between man and wife . |
| 6 | It is doubtful whether Kierkegaard himself held this view , certainly by the time of his last and great work Concluding Unscientific Postscript , where he insisted that ‘ faith must not rest content with unintelligibility ’ . |
| 7 | But we must not confound motive with consideration . |
| 8 | She must not allow thoughts of Jake to disturb her and upset her precious peace of mind . |
| 9 | But local authority associations , professional bodies and voluntary groups must not become scapegoats for government complacency and inaction . |
| 10 | Action : Modules of type FOREIGN must not have headers with versions earlier than 2.2 . |
| 11 | Probable misconceptions about a consultant supporter 's role have to be handled , credibility and relevance of one 's own experience need to be established in a non-assertive but authoritative way ; appreciation of the teachers ' professional expertise needs to be conveyed , together with an awareness of the difficulties that can prevent them from exercising it to its fullest extent ; and it needs to be spelt out clearly what such a group would be able to offer and what , together , one may reasonably hope to achieve — one must not raise hopes of cures for all ills . |
| 12 | If there is any suspicion that the building may be inhabited entry must not take place without police assistance . |
| 13 | He must not write letters on behalf of the council or sign public notices . |
| 14 | Fans must not seek consolation from comments such as ‘ … we dominated but did n't score … ’ or ‘ … with a bit of luck we 'll do better … ’ . |
| 15 | Contractors and skip firms should not deliver skips to customers unless the customer ( whose responsibility it is ) has obtained a permit from the roads department . |
| 16 | RAPE VICTIMS Newspapers should not identify victims of rape , or publish material likely to contribute to such identification . |
| 17 | In extreme cases perhaps it is , but relief should not be refused unless the applicant 's conduct or motive makes it inappropriate to award the relief sought in this case : courts should not refuse relief in order to penalize an applicant for bad conduct unrelated to the relief sought . |
| 18 | Similarly , local authorities should not refuse permission for development by small businesses on the grounds that established businesses would be adversely affected : ‘ planning control is not intended to enable local planning authorities to intervene in the normal operation of market forces ’ . |
| 19 | The subject-matter may be of a discretionary or regulatory nature and while these elements should not exclude proscriptions against bias they are likely to modify their application . |
| 20 | IT IS shameful that some people are saying Britain should not give sanctuary to refugees from the civil war in Yugoslavia . |
| 21 | The fact that the plaintiff chose to run the risk should not give rise to volenti , as knowledge of the risk is not sufficient . |
| 22 | On Monday , the Paris Appeal Court ruled that M Touvier , intelligence chief of the pro-Nazi Lyons Milice during the 1939–45 War , and now aged 77 , should not face charges of crimes against humanity in connection with the murder of Jews and resistance workers . |
| 23 | The amount by which you change the drift allowance should not exceed 2° to 5° at any one time . |
| 24 | It was agreed that for the 1908–09 financial year , which began in July , the wage bill for eight or nine staff should not exceed £500 in total , ( an average of less than £1 each per week ) . |
| 25 | However , there may be cases where the landlord requires that the tenant should not acquire security of tenure . |
| 26 | COMMENT AND FACT Newspapers should not express comment on conjecture as fact and should distinguish between them , but they are free to be partisan . |
| 27 | DEPARTMENT of Trade inspectors should not pass judgments on individuals , NatWest chairman Lord Alexander yesterday told a Commons trade and industry committee hearing . |
| 28 | But C.C. 's abnormal difficulty in judging vertical symmetry is caused by his neglect for the left of figures , which should not disrupt judgements of symmetry about the horizontal axis . |
| 29 | The Institute supports the ASB 's development of a statement of principles , but maintains that the statement should not anticipate points of debate that will appear in future standards . |
| 30 | The implication was clear to anyone who understood English well : the president was anxious that Zambians should not make Britons in Zambia take the blame for the policy of the Heath government . |