Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must not diminish the capital value of the land by the commission of acts called ‘ waste ’ , such as cutting timber or opening mines . |
| 2 | Lenin was willing to make concessions , but not on the centralized unity of the party — ‘ we must not weaken the force of our offensive by breaking into numerous independent political parties ; we must not introduce estrangement and isolation and then have to heal an artificially implanted disease with the aid of these notorious ‘ federal ’ , plasters ’ . |
| 3 | The sole remaining restraint is the requirement that the advertising must not impair the solicitor 's independence and integrity and must not bring the profession into disrepute . |
| 4 | The implementation of the information technology strategy must avoid this relationship 's being reversed : the coding scheme must not form the test of clinical systems . |
| 5 | Of course , we must not exaggerate the value of doubt and forget its darker side . |
| 6 | However , all this said and done , just as historians and archaeologists are today able to reconstruct the meaning of obsolescent forms of recording such as hieroglyphics or the structure and form of ancient buildings through the analysis of postholes , one must not underestimate the ability of future generations to decode the electronic records that are being created by today 's society . |
| 7 | In recognising this we must not underestimate the contribution made to the industrialising economy by the earlier expansion of manufacturing in response to home and overseas demand . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , one must not underestimate the importance of earlier ideas about press freedom , nor must one underestimate the extent to which these ideas still reside within more complex statements about the mass media . |
| 9 | ‘ We must not underestimate the challenge and the costs involved of winning new business in this field . ’ |
| 10 | I must not give the impression of being without sin . |
| 11 | The cheque must not exceed the limit set by the banker 's card , i.e. £50 unless the management personally accept the responsibility of authorising cheques over this amount . |
| 12 | A bye-law made by a licensing board under this section must be intra vires , i. e. the scope of the bye-law must not exceed the power given by the section . |
| 13 | The total aid granted for investment ( except some property improvements and land improvements ) must not exceed the aid resulting from financing the investments with a 15 year loan at a 7% interest rate subsidy . |
| 14 | ( Strictly speaking , there is one further condition for the game to qualify as a true Prisoner 's Dilemma : the average of the Temptation and the Sucker payoffs must not exceed the Reward . |
| 15 | Punishments , however , must not exceed the minimum that is necessary to deter — we would not , Beccaria again argues , will it otherwise in the social contract . |
| 16 | Parents of allergic children have to walk a tightrope — on the one hand they need to warn their child about things to avoid , but on the other hand they must not make the child over-anxious . |
| 17 | It was an enormous subject upon which we had embarked , and I felt that , as a minor guest of the monastery , I must not monopolize the time of the guest whom everyone wanted to meet . |
| 18 | You must not expect the state alone to cope with them . |
| 19 | I must not forget the back-up staff and the community staff who visited me so promptly after my return home . |
| 20 | ‘ And we must not forget the Pantheon . |
| 21 | Mary Alston , arguing the case for a pay rise , pointed out in a speech as early as 1922 that It may be that prior to 1914 , women were employed in book composing only , but we must not forget the introduction of monotypes diverted hand labour to other channels correcting , making up and so forth , and in every large office today , not to speak of the small ones , we find women compositors setting , making up , doing author 's corrections and in some offices making ready for machine . |
| 22 | And we must not forget the grandstand finish to the Volvo German Open by Dungannon 's Darren Clarke ! |
| 23 | But we must not forget the shadow which they cast , particularly on older women , who bear the double burden of sex as well as age prejudice . |
| 24 | Such suspicions were certainly not entirely stilled when , at an early stage , Baker told staff that while they should not disparage the premier 's opponents , Central Office was , nonetheless , the office of the leader and therefore must not create the impression of neutrality . |
| 25 | He must not create the impression that recognition will stop the killing . |
| 26 | Finally , we must not ignore the fact that research and careful planning is needed in order to devise extensive husbandry systems that are humane , commercially feasible and protective of the environment . |
| 27 | Any consideration of music 's place in the life of the Church must not ignore the fact that for most people music is a source of pleasure . |
| 28 | ‘ You must not disappoint the Doctor of his chase … ’ |
| 29 | You must not blame the lad either . |
| 30 | While running , Brownies must not drop the egg or hold it on the spoon with their fingers . |