Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [pn reflx] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The courts should not deny themselves the light which Parliamentary materials may shed on the meaning of the words Parliament has used and thereby risk subjecting the individual to a law which Parliament never intended to enact . |
| 2 | I ca n't give myself the great happiness of promising to be yours — because I am sure I ought not to ! ’ |
| 3 | It is very simple : the artist can not allow himself the luxury of letting himself be manipulated passively by our culture . |
| 4 | A man divided can not allow himself the luxury of complacency . |
| 5 | We can not allow ourselves the empty luxury of doubt . ’ |