Example sentences of "need not [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 In parallel with the scalar series , exp ( - A ) is the reciprocal of exp A. If , as in ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) , we have a polynomial or series in a scalar quantity{ gl } and the corresponding function in the square matrix A , we may multiply the scalar function by I to obtain the two matrix functions unc Subtraction term by term then gives unc where Q is a function we need not evaluate here .
2 A sense which can work against his best interests — for I need not repeat how much I respect Amaryllis , how entirely delightful and suitable I find her and how wonderfully rare she is for me who has — as man to man I can tell you what you must guess — several times been urged to marry .
3 Set membership of a package need not comprise only source modules and the package module itself ; other packages may also be specified .
4 The Smith case also demonstrates that the prosecution need not show exactly what the victim was afraid of .
5 If the client does not want to answer , he need not do so ; and the way is opened for him to raise the subject later if he so chooses .
6 Thus , it may be that the beginning of an orthographic paragraph indicates a point of topic-shift , but it need not do so .
7 Briefly , if it is possible to interpret ( Ex ) Fx substitutionally as well as referentially , then it wo n't be superfluous to say that F 's actually exist , for on a substitutional interpretation they need not do so .
8 But many of those people who spend time making a good copy need not do so if they thought about the essay properly beforehand .
9 But it need not do so .
10 Practitioners like Sallie Purkiss have stressed the importance of preparing in advance a checklist of the topics pupils want to cover and the questions they want to ask , even though , in the interview itself , children need not adhere rigidly to the list .
11 She need not send in her own pension book , but should have it with her if she is able to go with you to the Social Security Office .
12 Members of the public , that is : public figures , says the report , need not expect quite the same degree of sanctuary .
13 It need not stop here , however , because other sites in Britain might qualify for inclusion .
14 ‘ You need not answer now , ’ said the rector gently , holding one of her thin hands in his own two plump ones .
15 In order to help you structure this teaching session , which need not last more than 20 minutes , give each of the trainees a copy of the next two handouts as they appear .
16 Contrary to what Harney says , the disc margins in this condition need not remain well defined .
17 This need not mean drastically reducing food intake .
18 And here is a place where nice need not mean too naughty — the creamless syllabub is made with Tofu , the dandelion coffee mousse contains agar agar , and the all-time favourite is a gravity defying lemon meringue pie .
19 The management committee will meet and it will divide the money into two and give each one however much the management committee feels that it should have and that management committee need not meet again for twelve months because there will be nothing for it to do .
20 And that 's left us in some er , difficulties frankly , because one of the things that er , the C E C was recommending , that work of a strategic nature , which at the moment is undertaken by industrial conferences should be moved over to be dealt with by section conferences and that meant that a number of industrial conferences need not meet any longer , so we would avoid the duplication , the overlap and the waste .
21 Now , in the context of a ‘ live ’ performance ( a very good one , at least ) , this need not matter unduly if the spirit of the music has been captured successfully ; but is this really enough for a recording ?
22 Gooch need not miss more than one day of competitive cricket if , for instance , he returns to London between the three-day game with an Indian Board President 's XI and the opening one-day international which takes place in Ahmedabad on January 16 .
23 Wall fabric always sounds like the last word in luxury but in fact need not cost much .
24 We need not decide today whether , in consequence of the 1987 statement , prisoners have a legitimate expectation that he will do so , or whether that expectation can be dispelled for the future .
25 The effect of failure to resolve a factual problem will vary with the circumstances , but their Lordships need not decide how in this case they would have viewed such failure , seen in isolation .
26 Which need not refer only to Pericles , though the historian can not have forgotten him .
27 Even now Michael Heseltine , Britain 's Secretary of State for Defence , is at pains to point out that the installation of cruise need not go ahead ( see p 885 ) .
28 I need not go on because I know this will be familiar to all of us .
29 And if I were ill , someone else would take over , I need not go on with this .
30 But he said : ‘ We need not go on confirming that day after day .
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