Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He told the others they must not forget about roast Gnome being a traditional dish for the Gruagach 's grander festivals .
2 Taiwan must not come under communist control ; it was not essential for the United States to control the island but the Chinese communists must not capture it .
3 Economics must not come before democratic politics .
4 In 1961 CORE ( p. 67 ) dispatched a group of " freedom riders " , black and white , to the South to test the Supreme Court decision that restaurants and other facilities at bus stations must not discriminate against interstate travellers .
5 According to the functionalist , then , to explain the existence of a social institution we must not look for purposive intention on the part of individuals but , rather , we should investigate the fact that the social system as a whole requires its needs to be satisfied .
6 The problem should not arise during direct processing , as every valid key has a corresponding record .
7 Moreover , the supporters of Morgan add , this should not lead to unmeritorious acquittals , because juries will not allow bogus defences to succeed : in Morgan itself the House of Lords was satisfied that the basis for the defence was so weak that a correctly directed jury would have found the defendants guilty .
8 It was concerned that proposed new arrangements should not lead to undue development in sensitive areas and it favoured a degree of continuing Government control over minimum standards at motorway service areas .
9 Any good weight loss regime should not lead to extreme hunger ; it should be so easy that you can stick with the diet until all the weight is off .
10 The privatised electricity industry should not rely on imported coal ‘ dumped ’ at artificially low prices , he said .
11 The consultant emphasised if she followed his instructions implicitly there was no reason she should not return to full health .
12 I simply do not understand why Britain should provide a free international health service or why the health service should not benefit from outside contributions .
13 The decree also stipulated that foreigners should not participate in political activities , " work studies " or research .
14 In most industries economies of scale usually lead to cost reductions , and within limits , there is no reason why the same principle should not apply to flying training .
15 The reasonable foreseeability test should not apply in strict liability torts as foresight of damage is not generally required to establish liability .
16 The book creates the impression that accounts are a jungle into which the untutored layman should not venture without good rations and a reliable guide .
17 He said that involvement in Association activities should not interfere with promotional prospects or a proper career path .
18 Any specification drawn up should not deal with technical/academic qualifications and/or experience alone .
19 Thus , transcendentalist patterns of belief should not count as social representations .
20 In an effort to improve relations with senior officers on the question of homosexuals in the armed services , he moved closer to agreeing that recruiting officers should not ask about sexual orientation and that recruits should not flaunt it .
21 And the relative autonomy of certain factors within the whole allows the possibility of uneven development ; for example an economic mode of production may run ahead of a legitimating ideology , or a scientific revolution may not lead to technological change .
22 These impairments may or may not lead to functional disability , resulting in a handicap .
23 Portuguese and Danish funds may not invest in other countries .
24 powerful local managers may not stand for centralised decision making .
25 These may not result in typical Doitsu scalation but they can affect the body shape .
26 To tell people you are ‘ deaf ’ may not result in immediate co-operation .
27 A circulation in excess of 10 will probably lead to a leak within the entity 's trade sector ; a circulation of less than 5 may not result in competitive bidding .
28 Supratentorial infiltrating , low grade gliomas are often difficult to identify on computed tomography because they are not associated with significant mass effect and may not enhance with intravenous contrast medium .
29 Morrissey 's dissatisfaction may not arise from political constrictions , but from a more profound restlessness at the limits of life .
30 As implied earlier , there are some other groups of adjectives which also may not appear in predicative position because of the meaning of this construction , but their introduction must await further discussion , in particular of the notions of sense-modification and separative qualification ( Chapter 6 ) .
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