Example sentences of "nothing [vb mod] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been duped into believing the gag ( nothing may be published without sanction from Lord 's ) protected them . |
| 2 | Nothing should be missed out and nothing should be assumed or taken for granted . |
| 3 | For many years it was supposed that nothing should be revealed about the bargainer 's intentions . |
| 4 | It is essential that the Security Service should be kept absolutely free from political bias or influence and nothing should be done that might lend colour to any suggestion that it is concerned with the interests of any particular section of the community , or with any other matter than the Defence of the Realm as a whole . |
| 5 | But this only confirmed the importance of AFHQ 's view , reflecting that of Churchill , that nothing should be done to provoke the Yugoslavs or exacerbate the tense situation until all military preparations had been made for full-scale action if necessary . |
| 6 | Clearly this would mean that nothing should be done with respect to the EEC which was legally irrevocable . |
| 7 | Nothing should be done to further trade with the Iranian Government until that fatwa is lifted from the shoulders of Salman Rushdie . |
| 8 | I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come . |
| 9 | Nothing should be missed out and nothing should be assumed or taken for granted . |
| 10 | The principle always that nothing should be hidden : There is only this . |
| 11 | This was not so , said the Minister : the president 's speeches were being broadcast in instalments , on different days , so that nothing should be lost . |
| 12 | Of course there would be some non-contentious business , perhaps quite a lot ; but even then , there must also be the reservation that nothing should be disclosed by the one group to the other which might prejudice its case when the business was contentious . |
| 13 | Jane knew from bitter experience that love is a rare thing , so she felt very strongly that nothing should be allowed to come in its way , that nobody should be condemned to endure the rest of life with those two small , sad words : ‘ if only … . ’ |
| 14 | Nothing should be allowed to disturb the emotional flow , nor should the interest be given the chance to lapse . |
| 15 | The Scots will not now name their squad until today but nothing should be read into the delay . |
| 16 | Nothing should be taken for granted . |
| 17 | She reminded herself that nothing must be touched or disturbed . |
| 18 | Nothing must be done to give the Tunnel an unfair advantage vis-a-vis other modes of cross-Channel transport and this includes investment in Tunnel related infrastructure . |
| 19 | Victor Mature , who has given so much pleasure in his day that nothing must be said against him , is , however , not wholly convincing sitting in a cell wearing a leather mini-skirt , reading Pythagoras . |
| 20 | In the , when we dealt with the matter of children and communion , we based the whole case upon the doctrine that nothing must be allowed to stand in the way of the grace of God being available for all and sundry . |
| 21 | Nothing must be allowed to stand in the way of that . |
| 22 | Nothing must be allowed to interfere . |
| 23 | Nothing must be allowed to happen to him . |
| 24 | As Rowntree put it , life on the poverty line is governed by the regulation that ‘ nothing must be bought but what is absolutely necessary for the maintenance of physical health ’ ( Rowntree , 1941 , p. 103 ) . |
| 25 | Kathleen evidently ran things around here and nothing could be done without her say-so . |
| 26 | Nothing could be done to alter what felt like a sentence . ’ |
| 27 | Something must be done , but nothing could be done , seems a fair summary of the commission 's conclusion . |
| 28 | It was her age she supposed , and nothing could be done about it . |
| 29 | She had come to the Centre in the depths of despair , weeping , gnashing her teeth and venting her hatred upon the doctors who had told her , at the eleventh hour that she had cancer and nothing could be done . |
| 30 | However , despite the repeated calls for co-operation between the different interests , nothing could be done to allay the criticisms of certain members of the Board of Education , sections of the educational press , notably the School Government Chronicle ( organ of the LEAs ) , and several local Directors of Education . |