Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mrs Hampton , you really must not laugh at these dark mysteries . |
| 2 | They must not go at all . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What you should not do at this stage is to listen to differing advice on how to do precise round loops . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You should not smoke at all unless the interviewer positively invites you to do so . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Yet say teams should n't win at any cost |
| 9 | oh , is that what Mr said , I 'm not stopping you asking this witness at all , I do n't want , you mention the brochures and I do n't want to ask him questions , the kind I want to ask , er , with which they 're not asked by Counsel , I should n't ask at this stage anyway , but by all means ask Mr about it , I just thought Mr said , when I tried , asked him about it , very understandably , Mr the man , cos you are totally free to ask about it of course |
| 10 | Should n't work at all , ’ agreed Klift . |
| 11 | He may not talk at all … ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | For instance , Hamlet 's relationship and subsequent behaviour towards Ophelia may not appear at first closely connected with Hamlet 's plan of murder . |
| 15 | If the reward is unattractive or insufficient then the individual may not perform at all . |
| 16 | The sort of programmes that involve the risk that they may not work at all . |
| 17 | The presumption probably only operates where the conveyancing history of the land is unknown , and may not operate at all where the land in question is part of a building estate ( Giles v County Building Constructors ( Hertford ) Ltd ( 1971 ) 22 P & CR 978 ) . |
| 18 | When it comes to the more subtle realms of responses and sensitivities to homoeopathic remedies , even small strain variations could so change the sensitivity of the species under study that one strain might respond well to a particular remedy while a second , apparently similar strain may not respond at all . |
| 19 | It may not come at all if Labour wins . |
| 20 | The rash in such cases may not look at all like simple uncomplicated scabies . |
| 21 | Like all his brothers , Charles was destined to outlive his wife ; and in a sense we may not wonder at that fact . |
| 22 | And some hinted they may not increase AT ALL . |
| 23 | Yields from C 4 crops may not increase at all if they are subjected to stronger competition from C 3 weeds . |
| 24 | For this reason , a reaction may not proceed at low temperatures . |
| 25 | There was speculation in fact that helium might not liquify at all . |
| 26 | In the first example of his tenacity , he pointed out that there could be no guarantee that the government 's privatization plans would go ahead in their then current form and they might not happen at all . |
| 27 | ‘ He could not move at all , not even a blink , ’ she said . |
| 28 | ‘ But within half and hour I could not move at all and I went to hospital . |
| 29 | Three months after his symptoms had started , he could not sleep at all , and suffered from waking dreams . |
| 30 | I could not sleep at all that night . |