Example sentences of "[modal v] not [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One must not give way to despair . |
| 2 | JACKEY : Why , aunt , if they are actually married there 's no help for't and we must not make mischief between man and wife . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | But we must not confound motive with consideration . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | However , there may be cases where the landlord requires that the tenant should not acquire security of tenure . |
| 8 | COMMENT AND FACT Newspapers should not express comment on conjecture as fact and should distinguish between them , but they are free to be partisan . |
| 9 | In the first place it is essential to the concept of graded tests that they should be taken by students when they are ready , from time to time throughout their school career , or indeed after school ( there is no reason why a grandmother and granddaughter should not practise side by side for their Grade 1 piano examination ) . |
| 10 | Yet the Lord Chief Justice , giving oral evidence , said that he and the Lord Chancellor were at one in their belief that religious affinity should not take precedence over ability in the appointment of judges and , said The Times , he gave the impression that his positive feelings towards the judge were shared by the Lord Chancellor So oral evidence was admitted on the kind of matter for which privilege from disclosure of documents was claimed by the Crown . |
| 11 | We should not seek immortality in reproduction . |
| 12 | Well that 's true but maybe , you know and if you 've to drink she , maybe you should n't drink sherry on top of what you 've had injected into you . |
| 13 | I wonder who first decided that we should n't eat mustard with lamb ? |
| 14 | ‘ Look , I know that one should n't mix business with pleasure , but if I asked you again , would you come out with me ? ’ |
| 15 | Occasionally it can be achieved by two very different people who may not see eye to eye on a lot of things , but who are determined to try to respect and understand each other for the sake of the man they both love . |
| 16 | It should be noted however , that many computer applications may not require recognition of pen input . |
| 17 | Hence in the 1990s the user may not gain freedom of interaction with spatial data but become a captive of a particular design and control purpose . |
| 18 | The trader may not have expertise in accounting or buying |
| 19 | However , if it is thought that the joint tenancy might be severed ( and there might be good matrimonial or tax planning reasons for this ) it is preferable to include the enlargement of powers as in Precedent 34 for otherwise the trustees of the conveyance may not have power to mortgage or charge the property ( see Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 , s8 ) . |
| 20 | If the help of foreign governments was even suspected , the rebels might not get money from Congress . |
| 21 | Five minutes , before you start it though now that it might not apply to you , you might not have control over training , and perhaps down the left hand side you put well what methods do they use and you might put the other side then you go back and suggest to your boss will you alright . |
| 22 | Those who could not leave work in time could catch the 19:46 and we would all travel back together . |
| 23 | Once she was there it would require a tremendous effort of will to get her back to London — except that she could not leave Holly in charge for more than a day ; and except that she was avid for information about the murder inquiry ; and except that there were any number of good stories she wanted to pursue for the column and any amount of private gossip she wanted to hear . |
| 24 | They could not go side by side . |
| 25 | He was troubled , I could see , because , being unable to share these memories , he could not disentangle truth from fiction or creative embellishment from accurate detail . |
| 26 | Policy discontinuity frustrated industrialists and investors who wished to engage in forward planning : they could not anticipate stability in government programs . |
| 27 | Again in Johnston v Chamberlain ( 1933 ) 17 TC 706 , the taxpayer sought to argue that a payment from a discretionary trust could not give rise to income tax liability on the beneficiary as it was " only when the trustees choose to exercise their discretion by making the payment that the sum gets to the children at all " . |
| 28 | This continued to amaze Ludens who could not imagine existence without reading . |
| 29 | His argument was that the Church of Ireland was ‘ poisoned by ecumenism ’ and as such he , as a Free Presbyterian , could not take part in fund-raising on its behalf . |
| 30 | The British felt very confident of their position at sea ; to reinforce the strength of their blockage they laid down unilaterally the rule of 1756 that neutrals could not take advantage of wartime conditions to enter upon trade that would not have been allowed in peacetime . |