Example sentences of "[vb mod] not be [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This public duty must not be influenced by private and personal interests . |
| 2 | Because , according to Pöhl , ‘ monetary policy must not be obstructed by fiscal policy ’ , an ‘ independent ’ central bank would not only be completely unprecedented in recent history , it would also represent an immense concentration of power in the hands of unaccountable bankers , who would perforce be implementing policies which might be very unpopular , within an area in which there may well not be the kind of national consensus which obtains in Germany . |
| 3 | The maintenance of high academic quality , especially in a period of expansion , must be of paramount importance for this University and must not be prejudiced by inappropriate or excessive efficiency measures . |
| 4 | There is the need to protect the anonymity of public servants whose loyalty to different political leaders must not be jeopardized by public exposure . |
| 5 | We must not be panicked by short-term problems . ’ |
| 6 | Today sees the start of National Chip Week , during which the Frozen Food Information Service will endeavour to persuade the British public that the humble chip is , in fact , an important part of a healthy diet and should not be condemned by would-be nutritional experts . |
| 7 | For example , despite her attachment to an extra-textual and pre-linguistic domain of mental activity , Nathalie Sarraute 's work , according to Heath , should not be limited by interpretative strategies which are fundamentally referentialist in orientation . |
| 8 | In terms of equilibrium theory , Bukharin was concerned that the existing , and fragile , equilibrium should not be destroyed by untoward leaps which would threaten the Soviet regime . |
| 9 | Francis Bacon took that line when he suggested that , in seeking to understand the immediate causes of physical phenomena , the experimental philosopher should not be diverted by metaphysical considerations concerning the purpose of the phenomenon in question . |
| 10 | There would appear to be no valid reason why poetic achievement should not be analysed by philosophical or even psychological methods . |
| 11 | A child is a person , but a person with a different developmental time-scale that should not be jeopardized by ponderous , Dickensian proceedings . |
| 12 | Our vision should not be clouded by present logistic and structural constraints : the NHS reforms have shown how quickly these can be changed . |
| 13 | Busy executives should not be bothered by trifling matters , so the receptionist must learn how to classify calls and route them to the person best suited to deal with them . |
| 14 | At the local level , where departments are often housed in the same buildings , and where officers and councillors — as well as prominent local interest group officials , journalists , council ‘ clients ’ ( headmasters , businessmen , builders , and so on ) — live in the same locality , the informal dimension is especially important and should not be obscured by undue emphasis on formal hierarchies . |
| 15 | It seems important that children should not be confronted by unfamiliar ideas and unfamiliar language at the same time . |
| 16 | Before departing , he sought an assurance from Lyndon B. Johnson that he would respond , asking that the talks should not be sabotaged by American air raids . |
| 17 | At Plymouth , for example , where in 1941 he was invited to prepare a redevelopment plan for the city , in cooperation with the City Engineer , H. Paton Watson , his starting point was that he should not be constrained by local authority boundaries : in his view Plymouth extended six miles and more beyond the city centre and should be planned on that basis . |
| 18 | He says to Pippin later , ‘ Generous deed should not be outweighed by cold counsel ’ . |
| 19 | Actuarial advice should not be restricted by national boundaries . |
| 20 | They should not be changed by unilateral action , nor by force . |
| 21 | If the presumption of wives ' financial dependence on their husbands is not outdated in the 1980s , equitable treatment of the sexes in tax , pensions , social security and the financial arrangements on divorce may not be achieved by equal treatment . |
| 22 | The 5000-word critical analysis , which may or may not be supported by graphical evidence , has also been criticised as being a test more of the candidate 's authorship than of his professional ability , and an exercise more easily tackled by the ex-full-time student than by the part-time candidate . |
| 23 | New uses may generate traffic — particularly heavy traffic which may not be welcomed by local residents . |
| 24 | In the duodenum and ileum , a major component of HCO 3 - secretion is independent of luminal Cl - and therefore , may not be mediated by apical Cl - /HCO 3 - exchange . |
| 25 | The realities of modern politics are such that roles may not be confined by constitutional definitions of office . |
| 26 | The manual working class may not be divided by social origin , but it remains divided by industry , region , housing tenure and other factors , which are not politically irrelevant . |
| 27 | According to the type of enterprise chosen , certain formalities may or may not have to be carried out , those participating in the finance of the company may or may not be protected by limited liability , and the potential growth and financial resources of the enterprise may also be determined . |
| 28 | It may be true that ‘ an uncompromised normal fetus may not be harmed by intense maternal exercise in the first and second trimesters ’ . |
| 29 | This is , of course , no indication that strenuous aerobic exercise during pregnancy is not harmful , but an uncompromised normal fetus may not be harmed by intense maternal exercise in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy . |
| 30 | Even though the specific predictions of Engels might not be endorsed by modern anthropologists they would nearly all subscribe to the general thesis that as political and economic conditions change , so will marriage and the family change , and this conclusion is apparently still seen as shocking . |