Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we must not forget also the changing role of the state . |
| 2 | However , one local authority should not receive double the amount of grant received by another only a few miles away for the provision of exactly the same level of service , which is the case at the moment . |
| 3 | While it recommended that the British should not enjoy even the hint of a veto in any form of consultative machinery , it did not think that Britain should be treated as a satellite . |
| 4 | But , more important , the participating schools should not take only the very clever . |
| 5 | This should not surprise even the casual observer of China . |
| 6 | That should n't take away the value of the announcement : Cognos , a company well regarded as technically sound and with much work on exploiting object-orientation quietly under its belt , is offering users a firm bridge into distributed and client/server computing while preserving their existing applications . |
| 7 | Participating in a benchmarking exercise may tell you that your performance in a particular area needs to improve , but unless you also find out how it is that other companies are beating your performance , you may not feel much the wiser . |
| 8 | Unless you also find out how it is that other companies are beating your performance , you may not feel much the wiser |
| 9 | And trouble may not mean just the change of ruling party that it would in Western Europe . |
| 10 | It can give teachers more insights into the kinds of communication skills that school demands from children but which many children may not possess e.g. the ability to process context-independent speech , to use language for certain intellectual functions or to process certain kinds of written language ( see Perera , 1982 ) . |
| 11 | However , it should be mentioned that estimates of annual emissions of VOCs are based on statewide average monthly temperatures and may not reflect fully the possible impact of the hot weather on evaporative emissions from vehicles in 1988 . |
| 12 | A sense of being in darkness is common in mystical accounts of spiritual life though it may not indicate precisely the same experiences in each writer . |
| 13 | If we are drowsy we may not hear either the piccolo or the dog whistle . |
| 14 | An opportunity today which may not come again The campaign has appealed to our baser instincts , argues W. F. DEEDES , but with our democracy and economy in the balance , the choice before voters has never been starker |
| 15 | Well , league and cup matches may not have quite the lure of England and Australia , but , as far as I can tell , clubs are doing their utmost to keep rugby 's momentum going . |
| 16 | Now I may not remember always the make first glance off unless I look at it . |
| 17 | It is orthodox doctrine that the Archbishop of York ought not to hold exactly the same opinions as the Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , one ought not to underplay significantly the degree of consensus aimed for in England and Wales through consultation and extensive teacher participation in National Curriculum syllabus working groups , even if this system was rather undermined by the government 's rejection of several of the history working party 's recommendations . |
| 19 | The question remains whether an investigator equally committed might not perform much the same myth-detecting operation on any considerable body of writing , say the novels of Dickens , or indeed the works of some quite minor writer . |
| 20 | She grinned : all the shit in the world could not blow away the simple wonder of this pastoral scene . |
| 21 | Gale force winds could not blow away the players ' enthusiasm but they did make it very hard work . |
| 22 | The political crisis of 1294–1303 had undoubtedly enforced a tenurial separation within the family , and during this period Gauthier de Joinville , lord of Vancouleurs , could not serve both the English and French crowns . |
| 23 | In the analysis provided by Beveridge , education could keep the intelligence ‘ alive and growing ’ , but it could not affect either the causes of industrial fluctuation or prevent casual labour . |
| 24 | I do not see how I can answer the question as I could not see properly the document that the hon. Member was waving . |
| 25 | In the cold light of day , my inhibitions would prevent these performances and without hypnotic effects of refreshing liquids I could not put together the necessary words , my own and those of Robert Service , in an intelligible manner . |
| 26 | While the civil war raged , the English government could not maintain even the rather shadowy control it had exercised previously . |
| 27 | Sarah 's hands , imprisoned in the bread dough , could not wipe away the tears which ran down her face . |
| 28 | Thus , it could not predict now the universe should behave . |
| 29 | Because one did not know how accurately the clock had been ticking during the processes of weighing , one could not know precisely the times at which the movements of the shutter occurred between which the radiation was released . |
| 30 | He could not remember now the precise moment at which he had realised , once , time out of mind ago , that he found male bodies inviting and female ones not . |