Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The objective of controlling projects costs must not be viewed in isolation from the other objectives of controlling time and quality . |
| 32 | Again , these links must not be rushed at ; social psychology can not be ‘ read off ’ into urban sociology in the way in which some authors have attempted . |
| 33 | That is why mystics in all religious traditions insist that this journey must not be undertaken without the close guidance of an expert . |
| 34 | Discussions about structures must not be limited to rather arid chicken-and-egg problems . |
| 35 | Our pupils ' mathematical attainment and experience must not be limited by our restricted expectations . |
| 36 | Of course , if the words of the Act clearly achieve a different result from that which seemed to be intended by the committee , it is the words which must prevail and strained constructions must not be adopted in order to give effect to the report . |
| 37 | We must not be misled by language . |
| 38 | But we must not be misled by the atmosphere of religious exaltation : the pagans are , by implication , cattle for the slaughter ; the call is not to missionary work , nor even to humane conquest , if such a thing exists , but to slaughter . |
| 39 | Social phenomena have a disconcerting habit of climbing up to positions of eminence from which they conveniently repudiate their humble origins ; we must not be misled by this . |
| 40 | One must not be misled by the apparent simplicity of section 6 and Couturier v. Hastie . |
| 41 | Nasser must not be turned into a hero and gratuitously accorded the leading role in the Middle East . |
| 42 | The problem for competition policy , as stated by Judge Learned Hand in the Alcoa decision ( 1945 ) in the US , is that ‘ The successful competitor , having been urged to compete , must not be turned upon when he wins ’ ( quoted in Schmalensee ( 1987 ) ) . |
| 43 | Some government statements have come perilously close to saying ‘ we can not afford old people ’ and those who care for old people must not be diverted from a moral stand by economic filibustering . |
| 44 | The cost of its operation is part of the budget and the state assets under the agency 's control must not be utilized for the purposes of the |
| 45 | But this basic dualism in Judeo-Christian thought must not be understood as a moral dualism . |
| 46 | Nevertheless , adjudication must not be understood as the arbitrary exercise of the subjective will of the judge , nor a resolution in terms of social policy nor ‘ the common purpose or interest ’ of civil association . |
| 47 | ‘ I must not be understood to be laying down a rule that in no case where a wife acts on her husband 's instructions and under his influence is it necessary to show that she has received independent advice . |
| 48 | However , the appointment of a receiver must not be equated with that of a liquidator : ( i ) where a receiver is appointed the company need not go into liquidation and if it does the same person who acted as receiver will normally not be appointed liquidator ; ( ii ) liquidation is a class action designed to protect the interests of the unsecured creditors whereas , as we shall see , receivership is designed to protect the interests of the security holders who appointed the receiver and it is for this reason that a receiver can be appointed even where the company is in liquidation ; ( iii ) liquidation terminates the trading power of the company whereas this is not the case with receivership ; ( iv ) a liquidator has power to disclaim onerous property , something not possible in the case of receivership ; ( v ) a liquidator in a compulsory winding up is an officer of the court whereas this is not the case with a receiver unless appointed by the court ; ( vi ) lastly , it is easier to obtain recognition of liquidation as opposed to receivership in proceedings in foreign courts . |
| 49 | The former Kent and England spinner Derek Underwood , director of cricket at Club Surfaces , had this to say : ‘ Of course I enjoy seeing our pitches go in at the Etons and Tonbridges , but it is at grass-roots level within the state-schools sector that the wealth of untapped talent must not be lost to the game . ’ |
| 50 | Coffee contains volatile gases which must not be lost after roasting if the beans are to have a good nose . |
| 51 | Presuppositions are the silent partners in thought , but their silence must not be mistaken for their absence . |
| 52 | However , after the case was over I confess to having cheated and done what the voices of infallibility , myself among them , have said must not be done in construing legislation : I looked at Hansard . |
| 53 | ‘ However , the law must not be seen to be an ass . |
| 54 | There 's a littleness about it all : again it must not be seen as mere chance that we encounter Swift 's Lilliput on the first page of the novel . |
| 55 | The American writer Leslie Farber has a great deal to say about ‘ the life of suicide ’ , which he insists , ‘ must not be seen as the situation or state of mind which leads to the act , but that situation in which the act-as-possibility , quite apart from whether it eventually occurs or not , has a life of its own . ’ |
| 56 | The Chairman of the Chambre Nationale , Yannick Guilloux , said the charges brought against Britain must not be seen as the stand of one European country against another but a bid to harmonise tax regulation , at as low a rate as possible , in order to protect the art market within the EC as a whole . |
| 57 | If people do n't like the message they can discuss it , but the report must not be seen as a whitewash . |
| 58 | The king must not be seen without his clothes . |
| 59 | Seeing the primal figure is dangerous ; tribesmen avoid the sight of their chief , and God can not and must not be seen by mortals . |
| 60 | But Gentlemen for your deliberations to be useful they must be free — your opinions must not be shackled by authorities ; & I know that were I present your candor and delicacy towards me would be such , as to prevent that freedom of discussion and investigation , which is absolutely necessary to obtain a knowledge of facts . |