Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I must not give way to it , because it is so unlike me and quite causeless . |
2 | Mr Browning motioned his wife to be quiet and taking Wilson 's arm conducted her to the door , saying something to the effect that she must not give way to gloomy thoughts and that doubtless she was tired with a young baby still nursing and a house to run . |
3 | One must not give way to despair . |
4 | Parties must not give effect to a merger before they notify it to the Commission and for three weeks thereafter . |
5 | JACKEY : Why , aunt , if they are actually married there 's no help for't and we must not make mischief between man and wife . |
6 | It is doubtful whether Kierkegaard himself held this view , certainly by the time of his last and great work Concluding Unscientific Postscript , where he insisted that ‘ faith must not rest content with unintelligibility ’ . |
7 | But one must not hasten justice at the expense of justice . ’ |
8 | But we must not confound motive with consideration . |
9 | It is for broadcasting authorities to determine what constitutes the appropriate degree of impartiality , and they must not lose sight of their obligation not to include in their programmes matter which is likely to encourage or incite crime or be offensive to public feeling . |
10 | For you must not lose sight of your main object , which is to make money . |
11 | Which brings me to the point that we must not lose sight of the fact that in rugby terms we are not world champions . |
12 | The name makes some sense as an enduring survival of bronze age Cretan influence , but we must not lose sight of the fact that it was Evans who gave the Minoan civilization its name and not the Minoans : they almost certainly called themselves something completely different . |
13 | It is something we must not lose sight of . |
14 | We must not lose sight of the fact that such decay contributes to crime , and that is something that the Government acknowledge . |
15 | However , to understand Innocent 's reign we must not lose sight of the chancery and its activities . |
16 | Whilst doing so , the systems planning team must not lose sight of the overall plan , so that the benefits of the database approach , especially data sharing , can be achieved , and thus there can be better use of the information resource , greater flexibility in its use and an improved ability to meet new situations and applications . |
17 | Your ‘ made-up ’ answers must not contradict information in the passage , or help the trainees answer the questions which follow . |
18 | What is for sure on the basis of a judgment made in nineteen sixty-eight when my Noble friend Lord Callaghan of Cardiff er was Home Secretary , it was made quite clear that no Minister of the Crown can tell a Chief Constable , can tell him he must or mee no or must not keep observation on this place or that . |
19 | Briefly then , the rule of dovetailing ( like all other artistic laws ) must not take precedence of common sense , but must be regarded as the normal procedure , and deviations from it as exceptions requiring justification . |
20 | Unless specifically instructed by the council , a councillor must not take part in the execution of works or actions ordered by the council . |
21 | He must not take part in the consideration or discussion of the matter or vote upon it . |
22 | If there is any suspicion that the building may be inhabited entry must not take place without police assistance . |
23 | The hon. Gentleman must not beg policy in that way . |
24 | Fans must not seek consolation from comments such as ‘ … we dominated but did n't score … ’ or ‘ … with a bit of luck we 'll do better … ’ . |
25 | Even so , the judges are hampered by the thought that they must not run counter to political trends , for example by implying a right to full compensation for the appropriation of property when a socialist legislature did not in terms provide for such compensation . |
26 | self-contained — it must not need information from another part of the problem . |
27 | In extreme cases perhaps it is , but relief should not be refused unless the applicant 's conduct or motive makes it inappropriate to award the relief sought in this case : courts should not refuse relief in order to penalize an applicant for bad conduct unrelated to the relief sought . |
28 | Similarly , local authorities should not refuse permission for development by small businesses on the grounds that established businesses would be adversely affected : ‘ planning control is not intended to enable local planning authorities to intervene in the normal operation of market forces ’ . |
29 | ‘ We had a band chat and for ages we were saying we should not do merchandising at all , because it is a sign that you are a really big band and that you are trying to cash in . |
30 | You should not request time from a visitor already allocated on the Grid . |