Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First it must not lead us into a relativist position regarding Scripture as but one of many revelations of God . |
| 2 | ‘ The fact that we have now been blessed with two little ones must not blind us to our obligations , nor cause us to lower our standards . ’ |
| 3 | The self-authenticating nature of their experiences meant that neither of them was able to doubt them , yet the similarities must not blind us to certain differences . |
| 4 | But this kind of charm must not deflect us from what de Man is saying . |
| 5 | ‘ Now , sit in this chair next to me , ’ he said , and with a sudden change of tone and manner , said , ‘ You must not blame us for keeping up such high standards of public behaviour . |
| 6 | Even so , these cautionary comments should not dislodge us from the main point . |
| 7 | This should not lead us in turn , however , to ignore the impact of industrialisation or more generally proletarianisation on sexual mores . |
| 8 | Some of these considerations are sometimes valid , and must be taken into account , but surely they should not excuse us from seeking out such evidence as does exist in relation to the period and style we are performing ? |
| 9 | The nineties have yet to prove themselves a kinder and gentler decade , but that should not stop us from looking forward again . |
| 10 | But that should not stop us from recognising that things are very much better in the '90s than they were in the '70s . |
| 11 | The marketing of the man should not blind us to the fact that he is a great artist , unafraid of engaging mass culture . |
| 12 | In particular , the image of Germany epitomised by her most famous export , the Mercedes , as a country which is well built , reliable , and which performs well , should not blind us to the fact that the history of the Federal Republic has been a history of scandals , which have reached to the very highest echelons of power . |
| 13 | In his Collins lecture of 1984 he described the cultural authoritarianism of Samuel Johnson 's Dictionary of the English Language , whose acuity and precision of definition should not blind us to the fact that ‘ it accomplished the reduction of the language to the written and the written to the literary . ’ |
| 14 | Whether or not early retirement and high unemployment continue , however , they should not blind us to the need to consider other factors which influence our capacity to care for dependent populations . |
| 15 | But this contrast should not blind us to the fact that he could work with Henry to an extent that was impossible with Rufus . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the complexity imparted by the faithful physicalist version should not blind us to the features that distinguish the causal processes in the bees ' brains or whatever from those involved in the swelling after the swipe . |
| 17 | That such considerations have always existed should not blind us to their ‘ undesirable ’ effects ; however , that they have always existed also suggests that there may be no ‘ ideal ’ to which the press should aspire or indeed revert . |
| 18 | Differences in the content of thought , such as concern with witchcraft or with physics , should not blind us to similarities in the fundamental processes of thought . |
| 19 | However , while it is doubtless true that men pay an emotional price for the power they have , this should not blind us to the power and privileges from which they do benefit . |
| 20 | If , in popular music , these take on to some extent an ‘ automatic ’ quality , this should not blind us to the contradictory potentials of such historical continuities . |
| 21 | The general enthusiasm for the fortieth anniversary of the structure of DNA should not blind us to a few blemishes on the otherwise fair face of molecular biology . |
| 22 | Leaders are only leaders because they have followers ; no leader can for long ignore the views of followers ; and the absence of overt party constraints on leaders should not blind us to the fact that leaders need to anticipate the reactions of their followers if they are to retain a measure of needed support and loyalty . |
| 23 | However , this reincarnation of the primitive providential parental images in the institutions of the modern state should not blind us to what is one of the most distressing and presently most serious effects of the externalization of what is fundamentally manic-depressive psychopathology . |
| 24 | In the Miller 's Prologue , the Miller 's supposed drunkenness should not blind us to the measured good sense and balance of the mind implied within the character who speaks as the Miller . |
| 25 | Secondly , although certainly important , the current preference by some writers to relate creativity to the affective forms of psychosis should not divert us from the fact that it is actually schizophrenia which has inspired most of the theorising — and generated a good deal of the empirical evidence — about how psychotic and creative traits might be related to each other . |
| 26 | The constitution should not constrain us from articulating these political ideas , therefore we will request the Sri Lankan government to bring about an annulment of the amendment . ’ |
| 27 | The fact that such technology has already had a major impact upon the leisure industry should not fill us with wild joy . |
| 28 | ( This should not discourage us from advertising . |
| 29 | Parallels between Minoan bull-leaping and Spanish bull-fighting , for instance , should not deceive us into seeing bull-leaping as mere ‘ theatre of cruelty ’ entertainment . |
| 30 | Charles joined his young nephew Joseph in plot no. 223 on Catherine Hill ; there he lay in peace until 1811 , when — and this should not surprise us by now — he was ‘ digd up again ’ while Betty Naish , 67 , was put in . |