Example sentences of "[that] we [modal v] not [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knowledge that we would not see restaurants or hotels for some time gave a poignancy to our days in Aswan . |
| 2 | I tell Opposition Members that we shall not give way ; we shall retain control over public spending . |
| 3 | Because Liberal Democrats alone understand that we shall not change Britain 's future unless and until we change Britain 's electoral system , we are committed to electoral and constitutional reform . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman is unfair to claim that we have said that we shall not take action . |
| 5 | We have said clearly that we shall not accept changes in the rules on rabies unless we can have at least the same safeguards as we have today . |
| 6 | There is a parallel between East and West a slippery slope that we dare not set foot on . |
| 7 | On the one hand we are being told we must deal with the deficit , and on the other that we must not close things and rock the boat with the NHS White Paper around . ’ |
| 8 | Which brings me to the point that we must not lose sight of the fact that in rugby terms we are not world champions . |
| 9 | My dad always used to say that we could not afford lunch , although , I have to say , this did not stop him eating it . |
| 10 | The concern of civil libertarians , that we should not do things to or about old people which run counter to their wishes , is entirely legitimate . |
| 11 | Editor , — J R F Gladman makes the reasonable point , following my observations in West Cumbria , that we should not underestimate asthma in elderly people . |
| 12 | The new philosophy said that we should not make value judgements : you ca n't think in an Aristotelian way ; no value judgements , no good and bad . |
| 13 | But it can be argued that we should not view rights in this way , and that when their use has adverse effects on third parties , rights should not be treated as signifying a moral entitlement in the right-holder to bring about those effects . |
| 14 | Adam Smith 's famous dictum that we should not subsidise grape production in Scotland , does not extend to subsidising wine imports at the expense of the ‘ wine of the country ’ . |
| 15 | Nor that we should not form opinions or make evaluations . |
| 16 | The lesson is that we should not judge people by their reputation , without knowing a great deal more about them . |
| 17 | Even the rules of social politeness , which suggest that we should not burden others with our problems , will lead us all to respond to enquiries after our health with an automatic ‘ Very well , thank you ’ when often we may be feeling poorly or even downright miserable . |
| 18 | I said at the time that it was rather important from the point of view of the economy that we should not have wage increases which we could not afford . |
| 19 | The Old Age religions teach that we should not have desires , that we should simply accept whatever happens as God 's will . |
| 20 | ‘ I simply meant that we should not have fish so unfailingly , on a regular day of the week , in future . ’ |
| 21 | That is the point that we have addressed in saying that we will not meet fees , however high . |
| 22 | We and our EC partners have repeatedly made it clear that we will not recognise changes in Yugoslavia 's internal borders unless they are brought about by peaceful negotiation . |
| 23 | He has also insisted that we will not keep troops on the ground when the war is over , and that a solution must be found by the local governments and not imposed on them by the US and/or Britain . |
| 24 | Branches should avoid merely asking the insured to obtain estimate(s) or quotation(s) unless the type of claim or the remoteness of the location means that we can not make use of our own local or national arrangements with traders . |
| 25 | We regret that we can not exchange tickets under any circumstances . |
| 26 | If we accept that we can not prevent science and technology from changing our world , we can at least try to ensure that the changes they make are in the right directions . |
| 27 | This criticism is forcefully made by Connolly , in the course of a discussion of structuralist theories , of which he takes Althusser s to be a prime example : One of the two complaints aired in this passage has already been discussed the incredulous observation that we can not view people as role-bearers who lead complicated lives in modern industrial societies and simultaneously regard them as determined . |
| 28 | He knows there are times when we feel so deeply and yet so confusedly that we can not frame petitions , but simply come in silent pleading to the Lord . |
| 29 | However , although literature in general and certain works in particular would seem to support Derrida 's claims about the principle of différance in language , the very nature of those claims means that we can not regard literature as being a special kind or use of language . |
| 30 | We have come to appreciate that we can not expect children to live by our adult standards too early , or too quickly , without doing them harm ; but nor should we expect them to socialize themselves . |