Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But you must not build them on the graveyard .
2 The space must not contribute anything to the reaction or else modern physics is wrong in so many issues ( which it was at the time ) .
3 I remember mum saying that I must not let anyone near the suitcases or accept a parcel to take with me and post it when I got to our destination .
4 Rocks , like gravel , must not release anything into the water — calcium is the biggest problem , as many rocks are made of it .
5 In effect this meant accepting that the sociology of knowledge must not concern itself with the truth of knowledge being studied but analyse the ‘ norms of thinking ’ for the participants under study :
6 Even so , these cautionary comments should not dislodge us from the main point .
7 But until you consider the amount of money tied up in County Farms , and the return it gives us , and the , the subsidy if you like of so few people , and you think that school ca n't have toilets and things like that , then these should all go into the decision making melting pot , and this council should not blind itself to the various options that there could be , and in those circumstances Mr I think should be allowed to explore the possibilities of the market .
8 The marketing of the man should not blind us to the fact that he is a great artist , unafraid of engaging mass culture .
9 In particular , the image of Germany epitomised by her most famous export , the Mercedes , as a country which is well built , reliable , and which performs well , should not blind us to the fact that the history of the Federal Republic has been a history of scandals , which have reached to the very highest echelons of power .
10 In his Collins lecture of 1984 he described the cultural authoritarianism of Samuel Johnson 's Dictionary of the English Language , whose acuity and precision of definition should not blind us to the fact that ‘ it accomplished the reduction of the language to the written and the written to the literary . ’
11 Whether or not early retirement and high unemployment continue , however , they should not blind us to the need to consider other factors which influence our capacity to care for dependent populations .
12 But this contrast should not blind us to the fact that he could work with Henry to an extent that was impossible with Rufus .
13 Nevertheless , the complexity imparted by the faithful physicalist version should not blind us to the features that distinguish the causal processes in the bees ' brains or whatever from those involved in the swelling after the swipe .
14 However , while it is doubtless true that men pay an emotional price for the power they have , this should not blind us to the power and privileges from which they do benefit .
15 If , in popular music , these take on to some extent an ‘ automatic ’ quality , this should not blind us to the contradictory potentials of such historical continuities .
16 Leaders are only leaders because they have followers ; no leader can for long ignore the views of followers ; and the absence of overt party constraints on leaders should not blind us to the fact that leaders need to anticipate the reactions of their followers if they are to retain a measure of needed support and loyalty .
17 In the Miller 's Prologue , the Miller 's supposed drunkenness should not blind us to the measured good sense and balance of the mind implied within the character who speaks as the Miller .
18 Secondly , although certainly important , the current preference by some writers to relate creativity to the affective forms of psychosis should not divert us from the fact that it is actually schizophrenia which has inspired most of the theorising — and generated a good deal of the empirical evidence — about how psychotic and creative traits might be related to each other .
19 More significantly , only a fifth believe lawyers should not involve themselves in the general running of other people 's businesses and just three per cent that they are currently too aggressive in selling their services .
20 Often there is no such work to be had , but if there is , the asylum seekers should not take it at the expense of people already here .
21 But excuse me , my grandmother , I must n't keep her in the cold . ’
22 You must n't put them in the front !
23 But a childhood gaining a reputation as an impulsive scatterbrain should n't preclude her from the same opportunities and privileges her brother received , should it ?
24 No , I should n't put them in the garage they 'll get damp there .
25 ( Nerves do n't count — you should n't have them after the practice sessions . )
26 The sign should n't say anything about the roads , instead it should say in huge luminous letters : ‘ Island People Are Different ’ .
27 Some hard-pressed commuters may not make it to the end of the line . )
28 You may not feel it at the moment because I 've blocked your mind from the pain .
29 You may not feel it in the shop , or on our first few runs .
30 A people may or may not identify itself with the dominant culture .
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