Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] or [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strangers because of their clean clothes they must not tear or get dirty . |
| 2 | The councillor should not visit or inspect any of the buildings or works of the local authority without first obtaining the approval of the council or the appropriate committee . |
| 3 | And we should not oppress or surrender each other . |
| 4 | 9.1 You may not assign or transfer this order or part thereof to any other person without our written consent . |
| 5 | I became very weak , I could not sleep or feel any hunger or desire to speak to anyone . |
| 6 | During employment the employee could not use or disclose this information without breaching the duty of fidelity . |
| 7 | Where the court held that a fixed charge had been created in favour of a bank over book debts ( in this case bills of exchange ) where the charge provided that the company could not charge or assign these debts and , most importantly , had to pay the proceeds into an account with the chargee bank which the company could not operate without the consent of the bank . |
| 8 | Although he might have a woman as a friend , he could not lust , he could not desire or covet any woman , whether she be free or not . |
| 9 | It is just as likely that the market , left to itself , would not finance or build nuclear-power stations , not because of the greens but because of their poor rate of return . |
| 10 | The judge was told that the father had given undertakings ( which the judge recited in the course of his judgment ) that , if the court ordered the child to be returned to Canada , he would not attempt to remove him from the care of the mother without an order of the Canadian court ; that he would not support or initiate any contempt of court or criminal proceedings arising from the mother 's removal of the child , and would co-operate in having an early hearing of the proceedings in Ontario . |
| 11 | Clause 12 of the Licence says : ‘ The Corporation shall not send or emit any sponsored programme . |
| 12 | It does not provide that no solicitor shall have any cause of action in respect of his costs or any right to be paid till the expiration of a month from his delivering a signed bill of costs , but merely that he shall not commence or maintain any action for the recovery of fees , charges , or disbursements until then . |
| 13 | 7.3 Termination under this Clause shall be without prejudice to the fulfilment of purchase orders wholly or partially outstanding at the date of such termination , and likewise shall not prejudice or affect any right of action or remedy which shall have accrued or shall accrue thereafter under this Agreement to either party . |
| 14 | ‘ as from the date when the tenant 's estate and interest in the lease shall be assigned to it pursuant to the licence hereinbefore contained and thenceforth during the residue of the term granted by the lease the assignee will pay the rent thereby reserved and observe and perform the covenants and conditions on the part of the lessee therein contained and in particular without prejudice to the foregoing the assignee will not assign or transfer underlet or part with possession of the premises demised by the lease without the consent in writing of the landlord for that purpose had and obtained . |
| 15 | The argument advanced in section 1.2 would suggest that we can not explain or understand these changes in the UK economy without understanding the international forces that have acted upon it and which the UK has itself shaped . |
| 16 | This is not to say that the English can not absorb or debate French or other foreign ideas . |
| 17 | ‘ I can not confirm or deny that . ’ |
| 18 | When you can not alter or control difficult circumstances , you can control how much you allow them to affect you . |
| 19 | People can not smell or touch each other , so new devices are needed to give the impression that people are in the room . |
| 20 | Within that new order Parliament is no longer all powerful and can not amend or repeal any statute by which that order was established . |
| 21 | This is an attempt to bring a greater level of uniformity than we have achieved so far , but we are bound by agreements made at the time of amalgamation and we can not undermine or contradict those particular decisions , and that 's why in a few cases , particularly in relation to the size of conference , there is some slight imbalance . |
| 22 | It says it can not get or keep skilled labour . |
| 23 | This is not faking , however , because waking subjects know perfectly well a child can not write or spell such a sentence . |
| 24 | The 62-year-old actress declared : ‘ So many children are barely alive , children who can not smile or see any more . |
| 25 | Council Houses are a valuable asset for those who can not buy or afford private rents . |
| 26 | No deduction is made in respect of the joint portion because , for example , one can not buy or drive half a motor car . |