Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must not rely on the measurement of subjective impressions such as the number of times a child annoyed a parent ; it must be concerned with observable behaviour . |
| 2 | P.S. We must not forget on the platform that the Liberals are just as responsible as the government for this crisis : indeed more so , for their assistance was voluntary . |
| 3 | Holmes repeated his warning that Sir Henry should not go on the moor at night , and should not go anywhere alone . |
| 4 | Further , members of MAS should not conclude on the appropriateness of a course of action under consideration ; the firm must maintain an independent and objective attitude throughout the engagement . |
| 5 | Further , the firm should not conclude on the appropriateness of a course of action under consideration , for example , on whether the acquisition is worthwhile . |
| 6 | It must be stressed that one should not rely on the proposition that the grounds of fault contained within third party correspondence are exhaustive . |
| 7 | Vendors should not rely on the possibility that protection may be available under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 8 | They should not rely on the taxpayer — especially in today 's economic climate . |
| 9 | If you consider that your name should not appear on the Register , or if you disagree with the details shown in your entry then you have the right to appeal . |
| 10 | At the open meeting , Council reviewed the procedures for electing the Institute 's vice-president , voting to allow canvassing by nominees but deciding that the names of nominators should not appear on the voting papers . |
| 11 | You can actually walk on the hill , though you should not walk on the horse itself . |
| 12 | Such an obviously prestigious development should not arrive on the back of one city 's possibly unsuccessful Olympic bid , with no consideration of the claims of other places or regions . |
| 13 | There are occasions when a councillor should not serve on a committee . |
| 14 | If possible , the building should not encroach on the park and should harmonize with later buildings to be built in the area . |
| 15 | The first concerns what might ( following American terminology ) be called ‘ political questions ’ : because courts are neither representative bodies nor responsible to the electorate , they should not pronounce on the reasonableness of decisions which raise issues of ‘ high policy ’ . |
| 16 | She stresses that the reader should not focus on the behaviour of the mother in the novel to the exclusion of all else ; ‘ It 's very important not to see a novel as summing up the entire state of women — yes there are weak women but there are also very strong women . |
| 17 | The widely held view is that traders should not deal on the basis of an information advantage which is unerodable . |
| 18 | Subsequently the Adoption Act of 1975 ( s. 8(7) , later section 12(6) of the Adoption Act 1976 ) made it more explicit that ‘ in making an adoption order a Court may impose such terms and conditions as it thinks fit ’ , but it was interpreted that any ‘ condition imposed should not impinge on the autonomy of adoptive parents ’ . |
| 19 | But erm I 'm sure you should not look on the Institute as a sort of vehicle for introducing western technology . |
| 20 | It is often , at least initially , a response to social distress , and in turn , this indicates that counselling responses to problems of excessive drinking should not concentrate on the drinking alone , which can be regarded as a symptom , but on the deeper underlying social and emotional causes which have given rise to it . |
| 21 | The situation changed steadily during the 1950s as more and more black men came to high office , and naturally the West Indian people could see no reason why the same should not happen on the cricket field . |
| 22 | Today , with an irresistible single behind them , OCS may or may not stand on the threshold of a wonderfully fresh new scene : they have successfully meshed the musical phenomenon of the past couple of years with a sound of their heroes , The Beatles and the Stones . |
| 23 | Therefore , gaining resources may not depend on the logic of the case but on a number of other factors . |
| 24 | Many people may not vote on the basis of a judgement of the party manifestos . |
| 25 | For example , what might apply erm on a one year old vehicle that 's done ten thousand miles , might not apply on a vehicle that 's done a hundred thousand miles and is ten years old . |
| 26 | Now the three Scottish judges ruled that they could not decide on the matter , a decision , as they must have realized , that was profoundly to affect the trial . |
| 27 | The court astonished everybody by deciding that it could not rule on the legality or otherwise of something that had not happened yet . |
| 28 | It was held that it was not copra cake at all but a substance quite different to that contracted for and , because of this , the sellers could not rely on an exclusion clause purporting to exempt them from liability . |
| 29 | Later , it was said that where there had been a fundamental breach of contract , that is , if one party fails to carry out his part of the bargain at all or attempts to render a performance totally different from that contemplated , then that party could not rely on an exclusion clause ( see Karsales ( Harrow ) Ltd. v Wallis [ 1956 ] ) . |
| 30 | It was held that the company could not rely on the clause to protect it against liability when the dress was stained during the cleaning process . |