Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of all , he must not look at the food on his plate . |
| 2 | 160 , and to us in this court , he imagined that the judges must have assumed jurisdiction by virtue of their inherent power to determine who may and who may not plead at the Bar before them . |
| 3 | Fat on a diet of ‘ Robocop ’ and ‘ Rambo ’ , Latin Americans may not jump at the chance to see them . |
| 4 | We 've said well let's not look at the parish organizations , specifically , because those are covering areas that we do n't need to look at . |
| 5 | We 're working at things which the players might not appreciate at the moment but they will in 10 years time when they look back on what they have achieved . |
| 6 | The CNAA , he explained , would take pressure off the University of London , and if other universities were not prepared to enter the field of external degrees ‘ they could not complain at the creation of the new body ’ . |
| 7 | I could not understand at the time why they thought we were Germans , but I later discovered that they knew we were people from a border and the only border they could think of was the one with Austria , which for them was the same as Germany . |
| 8 | As a result , it seems clear that the prosecutor need not establish at the outset that such was the defendant 's intention or awareness . |
| 9 | He would not arrive at the door . |
| 10 | I am interested to see that the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) would not balk at the prospect of having to sort out those knotty problems . |
| 11 | But for parents the cost will not stop at the price of a movie ticket . |
| 12 | Erm well slightly different in the fact that er we er have two close schemes with far more er beneficiaries than there are er subscribing members , and at the moment that are four nominated by the er employer and four by the unions er we wish to say a pensioner erm that the rights were a pensioner nominee to that board of trustees , because we feel that er the situation is er is going to increase , we 've got so many beneficiaries and that the pensioners have no representative er I know that erm people on the boards of trustees are completely impartial , but on the other hand there is no pensioner there , the members are unsure of the fund , because of what 's been said , not that I 'm implying it 's not a secure fund , it is a secure fund , but they think why are they keeping the pensioners off , they there is some sort of hidden agenda they will not have us on there because neither of the businesses although we have tried for several years er they will not entertain at the moment erm a pensioner trustee , and yet Professor Good in his report acknowledges the merit of pensioner nominated trustees , er particularly in the sort of schemes where we 've got , wh where th the majority of beneficiaries . |
| 13 | He will not talk at the committee unless he has a genuine contribution to make to the discussion . |
| 14 | Woosnam will not sit at the head of the table but , as the newest member , at the end of a sprig . |
| 15 | Thus an order of the court that a former council house or New Town Development House be transferred to one party of the marriage will not necessitate at the time of the transfer repayment of the discount or any part of it allowable at the time of purchase . |
| 16 | One will not arrive at the concept ‘ mass ’ through observation alone , however closely one scrutinizes colliding billiard-balls , weights on springs , orbiting planets , etc. , nor is it possible to teach others the meaning of mass merely by pointing to such events . |
| 17 | And they will not accept at the head of the established Church a man who was largely responsible for the break-up of his own marriage . |
| 18 | I will not live at the mercy of my hormones , she told herself savagely . |
| 19 | They will rightly look to a Labour Government who will not look at the matter in the narrow economic calculus that we have heard from Conservative Members but will recognise that , unless we are prepared to accept the role of women in the labour force , we will fail as an economy to receive and achieve our full potential . |
| 20 | ‘ Firstly , at its most mundane level , you will not look at the world through a narrow tunnel of perception . |
| 21 | But no one has said that you can not sit at the table and talk to your family , even if you choose not to eat . |
| 22 | It is expected that adoption of each of these programmes will be delayed and this in turn will affect dates for calls for proposals , publicity events , etc , although we can not tell at the moment how long the delay will last and the consequences it may have . |
| 23 | The response points out that there is little point in improving regional road links if traffic can not move at the beginning or end of its journey — inevitably this must involve a public transport solution within urban areas , with some form of limitation on car usage . |
| 24 | Tragically , we can not negotiate at the moment , but that will be put right before too long . |
| 25 | Éomer 's intervention does not help him much , for he and his companions can not decide at the end of chapter 2 whether they have seen Saruman or not . |
| 26 | We can not park at the weekend and people are already parking on the grass verge . ’ |
| 27 | They are to help pay for something you need but can not afford at the time you need it . |
| 28 | We get calls from our customers , from receptionists , for example , who can not balance at the end of the shift . |