Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] we [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | The nineties have yet to prove themselves a kinder and gentler decade , but that should not stop us from looking forward again . |
| 4 | But that should not stop us from recognising that things are very much better in the '90s than they were in the '70s . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He added defiantly : ‘ This bomb will not deter us from putting Portadown back on the North . ’ |
| 8 | But he vowed : ‘ This bomb will not deter us from putting Portadown back on the map as the hub of the north . ’ |
| 9 | Future generations will not thank us for spending our energies and money on nuclear weapons , and on the unseemly attraction of enormous wealth to a tiny minority in north America and western Europe while the majority of the population of the world sees nothing but environmental destruction and the continuing decline in living standards . |