Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the same pursed smile and mischievous sideways glance , as if she really must not laugh at her own jokes . |
| 2 | ‘ Mrs Hampton , you really must not laugh at these dark mysteries . |
| 3 | They must not go at all . |
| 4 | So I must not jump at the first chance . |
| 5 | CRYSTAL PALACE 'S struggling squad did their bit for Children in Need yesterday — but today charity must not begin at home . |
| 6 | He must not look at her until she told him to do so . |
| 7 | Most of all , he must not look at the food on his plate . |
| 8 | We must not look at goblin men |
| 9 | The first is whether in construing ambiguous or obscure statutory provisions your Lordships should relax the historic rule that the courts must not look at the Parliamentary history of legislation or Hansard for the purpose of construing such legislation . |
| 10 | You must not look at it . |
| 11 | However , it might be thought that where sado-masochism takes place between adult consenting parties and the injury sustained is not serious , the law should not intervene at all . |
| 12 | What you should not do at this stage is to listen to differing advice on how to do precise round loops . |
| 13 | We should not aim at levels of US poverty as goals for our society . |
| 14 | Consequently , one lesson to criminal law from legal theory is that it should not aim at a comprehensiveness inconsistent with its subject-matter . |
| 15 | What is more , they are planted at high density — equivalent to about 20 on an average sized modern suburban building plot — and sometimes in places where trees should not grow at all . |
| 16 | As most of the pontoons are rented to local yacht owners or associations one should not dock at a slip unless permitted to do so by the port police . |
| 17 | I agree with the hon. Member for Normanton ( Mr. O'Brien ) that if the fast link goes through the east of Kent it should not finish at Stratford ; it must come to King 's Cross . |
| 18 | You should not smoke at all unless the interviewer positively invites you to do so . |
| 19 | A useful tip is to exclude all light completely from the tubing by wrapping it in strips of black bin liner , thereby depriving algae of all light so , in theory , they should not form at all . |
| 20 | The home help service would not lock clients in their homes ; its view being that such people should not remain at home if they needed locking in . |
| 21 | Midwives and health visitors need to give extra support and input after placement , and should not accept at face value that families seem to be coping — many may be struggling . |
| 22 | He may not talk at all … ’ |
| 23 | It is a ‘ right ’ to the extent that , at the trial , the prosecution may not comment at all on the accused 's failure to answer questions and the judge may refer to it , but not adversely : the point is that in no circumstances should silence be used against an accused person . |
| 24 | ‘ Improving the national economy is the single most important program the federal government can take to help urban America ; because our economy is predominantly an urban one , what 's good for the nation 's economy is good for the economies of our cities , although not all cities will benefit equally , and some may not benefit at all . ’ |
| 25 | Because games may vary slightly in length you may not start at the exact time given . |
| 26 | For instance , Hamlet 's relationship and subsequent behaviour towards Ophelia may not appear at first closely connected with Hamlet 's plan of murder . |
| 27 | A proxy may not vote at the same election for more than two people unless the proxy is a close relative ie husband , wife , parent , grandparent , brother , sister , child or grandchild of the people he or she is voting for . |
| 28 | If the reward is unattractive or insufficient then the individual may not perform at all . |
| 29 | The sort of programmes that involve the risk that they may not work at all . |
| 30 | 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 . |