Example sentences of "[modal v] not make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the hearing of a debtor 's petition , the court must not make a bankruptcy order where the total of the debtor 's debts would be less than the " small bankruptcies level " , currently £20,000 , the minimum value of the debtor 's assets would be equal to or more than the " minimum amount " , currently £2,000 , the debtor has not been adjudicated bankrupt nor entered into any composition with his creditors or scheme of arrangement within the last five years and it would be appropriate to appoint an insolvency practitioner to prepare a report ( s 273 ) . |
| 2 | The court must not make a bankruptcy order unless it is satisfied that the debt , or one of the debts , in respect of which the petition was presented has not been paid nor secured or compounded for , or is a debt which the debtor has no reasonable prospect of being able to pay when it falls due ( s 271(1) ) . |
| 3 | The hon. and learned Gentleman must not make a speech that he might make if I were to call him . |
| 4 | In the current judicial climate , difficulties in categorisation should not make a decision or award in contention any more likely to be upset . |
| 5 | Incoherence per se therefore should not make a dream impossible to recall . |
| 6 | This would explain Gandhi 's claim that one should not make a fetish of non-violence . |
| 7 | It is important to study the areas in which women have been neglected or in which their treatment has been biased , but one should not make a fetish about the quasi-religious , unique properties of women . |
| 8 | The reason why it is considered so important that we should not make a commitment at this stage to join a single currency is that a single currency would involve not only a single central bank but single economic management and a commitment by the Government and people of this country to subsidise , if necessary , the trade deficit of Italy , the budget deficits of other countries and the different standards of living . |
| 9 | The key principle of the Act is that an employer should not make a deduction from the wages of a worker without that worker 's written consent . |
| 10 | A spiritual discipline should not make a practitioner lose control , become vague , dreamy and inept in his daily life : eccentric or uncontrolled behaviour is a sign that the mystical experience can not be integrated with the mundane . |
| 11 | ‘ You Must n't Make a Mistake ’ |
| 12 | You must n't make a mistake — just like the army . |
| 13 | Take Daniel to your room , Ben , but you must n't make a noise . |
| 14 | But she knew she must n't make a fuss . |
| 15 | I definitely must n't make a habit of this , or none of my clothes will fit . |
| 16 | I 'm not saying that they should n't make a mess or like that |
| 17 | Yeah , she should n't make a payment . |
| 18 | ‘ Two wrongs may not make a right , Doctor , but sometimes the second wrong helps the first rest easier . ’ |
| 19 | The newly-appointed C E O , Gary who took over at the end of the year when Gill retired has been very involved in these restructuring efforts and has been working very effectively and is on top of the situation , and although three swallows may not make a summer , I can at least tell you that Camco has traded profitably in each of the first three months of nineteen ninety three and now I 'd like to hand you over to Frank , who will talk about the rest of our business . |
| 20 | If Ricky was there Perdita might not make a scene , but he had paused to look at the front gate which needed mending . |
| 21 | But , even if the All Blacks are subconsciously tempted to relegate the Irish to an after-thought , it might not make a bit of difference . |
| 22 | The same principle meant that in theory , too , there was no subject about which the broadcasters might not make a programme , if they judged it right . |
| 23 | Indeed , as Paul Du Noyer noted in NME , it might not make a sausage of difference to your diet but it 's guaranteed to leave a feeling of guilt in your head as you tuck into that rump steak . |
| 24 | However , the temperature today at the base of the Cytherean exosphere rarely exceeds about 300 K , which is too low for the thermal escape of very much hydrogen even over 4600 Ma , and chemical escape might not make a lot of difference . |
| 25 | If BR could not make a case for seven trains for one of its most profitable routes , it was clear that plans for a second tranche of HSTs for the Cross Country group of services would not satisfy the new criteria . |
| 26 | The Court acknowledged that the Registry could not make a decision binding upon it in its judicial capacity . |
| 27 | Even HARPY , which brought its full syntactic and semantic knowledge to bear immediately , could not make a decision on a word-by-word basis . |
| 28 | She thought it dry , and it was , but she could not make a dent in the downpour itself . |
| 29 | Eventually she found them but could n't get near — the crowds were as dense further up and , push as she might , she could not make a parting for herself . |
| 30 | The Powderhall stadium in Edinburgh was the top venue for professional athletics , though competitors could not make a living by running alone . |