Example sentences of "[modal v] not [vb infin] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Questions must not presume that respondents have more knowledge than in fact they have , and must not lead respondents towards a particular answer . |
2 | I must not give way to it , because it is so unlike me and quite causeless . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | One must not give way to despair . |
5 | Parties must not give effect to a merger before they notify it to the Commission and for three weeks thereafter . |
6 | Was n't it Mr. Justice Cocklecarrot ( or was it Mr. Justice Wool ? ) in Misleading Cases in the Common Law who observed sternly to that persistent litigant , Mr. Haddock , ‘ People must not do things for fun . |
7 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
8 | Any protection screen designed for this purpose should be at least 800mm in height above floor level , and must not contain gaps in excess of 75mm . |
9 | Letter post items must not exceed 610mm in length by 460mm in width . |
10 | ‘ We must not make assumptions about that child watching . |
11 | JACKEY : Why , aunt , if they are actually married there 's no help for't and we must not make mischief between man and wife . |
12 | 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 ’ . |
13 | But this must not deter staff from attempting to make such checks . |
14 | Second , it must not mean cuts in productive public investment ( including education ) since that would be self-defeating . |
15 | But one must not hasten justice at the expense of justice . ’ |
16 | Such networks must , for all users , be accessible and negotiable , in that surfaces and routes must not present barriers to any societal group . |
17 | Section 103(1) provides that a public company must not allot shares for a non-cash consideration unless the consideration has been independently valued under CA 1985 , s108 , and a copy of the report has been sent to the allottee . |
18 | But we must not confound motive with consideration . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | For you must not lose sight of your main object , which is to make money . |
21 | Which brings me to the point that we must not lose sight of the fact that in rugby terms we are not world champions . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | It is something we must not lose sight of . |
24 | We must not lose sight of the fact that such decay contributes to crime , and that is something that the Government acknowledge . |
25 | However , to understand Innocent 's reign we must not lose sight of the chancery and its activities . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | Instead , with an unexpected unsentimental twist , the Girl is rejected — ‘ I did not wish her mine ’ and allowed to remain free and unpossessed — we must not use others as emotional fodder . |
28 | She must not allow thoughts of Jake to disturb her and upset her precious peace of mind . |
29 | But local authority associations , professional bodies and voluntary groups must not become scapegoats for government complacency and inaction . |
30 | Your ‘ made-up ’ answers must not contradict information in the passage , or help the trainees answer the questions which follow . |