Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 2 | In order to prevent the display from scrolling , you must not write to the last column of the last row . |
| 3 | The client should not proceed onto the next target until anxiety levels are low , usually below 20 or 30 units on the previous target . |
| 4 | There 's a further point that the effects of the policy may not strike in the first generation anyway , it may be long-term before er equalization of property has the effect and other things so these people might , might vote in their own class interest against the interest of future generations . |
| 5 | For most months I have included titles that I think are worth ‘ having a go ’ with , although they may not figure in the first rank . |
| 6 | F.L.R. 237 , 245–246 , whether the case might not fall within the second of the two classes of case identified by Dixon J. in Yerkey v. Jones , 63 C.L.R. 649 . |
| 7 | In fact , it appears to have been due less to a plot than to a calculation that she could not win in a second ballot . |
| 8 | Lack of garden space precluded any reasonably-sized vat of a permanent nature using brick or block construction — I dare not infringe on the last remaining vestiges of grass . |
| 9 | Another , compiled in June , stated that no one believed any longer in an early end to the war in Russia , and that soldiers on leave had said they would not go through a second winter there . |
| 10 | With Aquino adamant that she would not stand for a second term , the jostling for position amongst those ambitious to succeed her intensified in late 1990 and early 1991 . |
| 11 | Waldheim , who had been barred from entering the USA [ see p. 35528 ] and shunned by European governments , had announced in June 1991 that he would not stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 12 | The red was sharp and thin but drinkable , though one would not care for a second glass . |
| 13 | She could almost see him searching for another string of quips if Jessica would not thaw to the first attempt . |
| 14 | Although the royalty may apply to any ‘ resale ’ , it is anticipated that it would not apply to the first sale by a gallery of a contemporary artist . |
| 15 | George VI , a shy man , was terrified of his new position and many feared that the monarchy would not survive into the next decade . |
| 16 | I shall not deal with the second part of the hon. Gentleman 's question because it raises difficult issues which will no doubt be the subject of discussion later . |
| 17 | Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third . |
| 18 | DENIS Winston Healey is having a certain amount of characteristically mischievous fun with journalists at the moment , on the question of whether he will or will not stand at the next election . |
| 19 | Now such respected independent institutions as the Fraser of Allander Institute are forecasting that recovery will not arrive until the second half of the year . |
| 20 | That is left to Denethor , who will not fight to the last , but turns like a heathen to suicide and the sacrifice of his kin . |
| 21 | The return to the top will not be easy and it will not happen within the next 12 months . |
| 22 | OUR flower gardens are full of blossom at the moment , carried on plants that will not survive beyond the first few frosts of autumn . |
| 23 | A critic walking for the first time into a gallery may describe a colour in a picture as blue ; it will have been the scrupulous task of a conservator to have established that the particular colour in question was Prussian blue , and thus can not date before the eighteenth century . |
| 24 | Normally , the Maternity Pay Period ( MPP ) can not start before the eleventh week before the expected week of confinement ( EWC ) . |
| 25 | FORMER Liberal leader Sir David Steel yesterday urged Labour to stand down for the Liberal-Democrats in seats they can not win at the next Election . |
| 26 | I am saying this in a letter because I am sorry to say I can not get to the next liaison meeting . |
| 27 | This can not fall on the last syllable of the stem , and is , if necessary , moved to an earlier syllable . |
| 28 | The value of AOB is to allow urgent matters to be raised which can not wait until the next meeting . |