Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [be] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | You must not be under the influence of alcohol during the course of your duties . |
| 2 | The DC to be aborted must already exist and must not be in the state IN APPROVAL or APPROVED . |
| 3 | Of these a hundred and sixty eight contain expressions of opposition to fox hunting and thirty eight contain either expressions of support for fox hunting or that the county council should not be considering the matter for one reason or another . |
| 4 | Lastly , it should not be beyond the capacity of the SNBTS ( undoubtedly the most efficient in Britain and , therefore , quite possibly the world ) to devise a system whereby those who wish their blood to stay with the NHS can be satisfied . |
| 5 | It should not be beyond the wit of woman ( and man ) to devise more adequate forms of compensation . |
| 6 | Although chain hotels are often constrained by bulk purchasing agreements and central decision making , it should not be beyond the imagination of those involved to make each property memorable through small design details such as prints or lighting . |
| 7 | It is quite natural for all human beings to seek the company of their peers , but surely this should not be to the exclusion of contact with people of all ages . |
| 8 | Boys and girls should not be on the road after dark . |
| 9 | The argument is clear : anti-insider dealing law is unenforceable ; an unenforceable law is a bad law ; bad law should not be on the statute books . |
| 10 | The overriding aim is to increase the value of the reports by providing more information , but this should not be at the expense of clarity . |
| 11 | ‘ But weeding out false claims should not be at the expense of prejudicing genuine claims . ’ |
| 12 | But this policy of buying time should not be at the expense of those young people who are currently losing out at school . |
| 13 | The use of sponsors ' logos should not be at the expense of the prominence of the HCIMA logo ; |
| 14 | A Sky spokesman added : ‘ We agreed to a police request that Bobby Gould should not be at the ground , even though he worked for us in the same capacity at the first match between the two sides . ’ |
| 15 | Professor Williams defends the man 's right to utter such threats and considers that he should not be within the section 's scope : |
| 16 | Membership of tribunals should not be within the patronage of the Minister , the decisions of whose officials are under review . |
| 17 | Therefore the actual payments are similar in Cantal and Powys , though the effect of the Sheepmeat Regime in the UK gave the Powys hill farmer an extra £2.08 per ewe ( on 1.34 million sheep ) in 1982 , though it could be argued that if an upland farmer in the UK can make use of the Sheepmeat Regime and claims its payments plus HLCAs , his farm should not be in the LFA at all . |
| 18 | Despite frequent classically economic liberal claims that government should not be in the business of picking winners , the institutional arrangements for achieving this do seem to work smoothly enough in some countries . |
| 19 | ‘ Firstly , the child should not be in the forest at this time . |
| 20 | The work reported on in section 3.3 suggested that there may be economic efficiency ( as well as taxation efficiency ) reasons for the introduction of share options , and in general it suggested that managerial emolument packages should not be in the form of a straight salary but should involve some performance-improving subtleties . |
| 21 | The Troon man , who declared early in the tournament that the lack of atmosphere in the absence of players such as Nick Faldo , Fred Couples and Greg Norman did nothing for his game , went on to denounce the event as ‘ a bit of an amateur sham ’ and suggested it should not be among the counting tournaments for Ryder Cup selection . |
| 22 | He told me that with chicken pox I should n't be with the team , and he kept making remarks which made me feel embarrassed . |
| 23 | Well the proposals in the Good Report as I said for final salary schemes is that a third of the trustees should be elected from he actually says from the active members er we know and comments that in great length a about the difficulties that it would be to er actually er elect er er members who are pensioners or from the deferreds Er I find that er somewhat simplistic view point in that er er the pensioners at least get communications from the administrators of the scheme every month , they get a monthly cheque , so it sh should n't be beyond the wit of man to be able to er be able to contact the pensioners and organise pensioner meetings but pensioner trustees to be elected . |
| 24 | There are some people who really should n't be on the panel because they really do n't know enough about the job . |
| 25 | This is ridiculous this , this should n't be on the road . |
| 26 | Buckmaster was right : he should n't be in the building . |
| 27 | Does most things , perhaps , to the people who should n't be in the city . |
| 28 | Irene should n't be in the city . |
| 29 | Nobody stands up and says that we should n't be in the business at all , we should get rid of all of them , so all the argument about how many . |
| 30 | ‘ She should n't be in the office on Saturday . ’ |