Example sentences of "this [modal v] not be [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reasons for wanting to do this may not be restricted to cost , although for many this will be the most important factor . |
| 2 | More seriously , he quoted Synod 's resolution on sexuality , and argued that an organisation whose beliefs and aims contradicted this should not be allowed to use church premises . |
| 3 | Evaluation has its own jargon and this can be a major stumbling block , leading the Working Party on Training specifically to suggest that this should not be allowed to confuse the issue : |
| 4 | We felt this should not be allowed to stand in the way of the child protection process , so we tried to put the responsibility where it should properly lie — with the perpetrator . ’ |
| 5 | The over zealous activities of a few PR advisers who succumb to this should not be allowed to damn the profession as a whole , he said . |
| 6 | The institute stresses , however , that this should not be used to justify widespread use of such fertilisers , a major contributor to acid deposition . |
| 7 | This should not be taken to imply that consumer spending really depends on credit . |
| 8 | However , this should not be taken to imply that this approach does not have its critics or that all researchers working within the developmental paradigm are in agreement regarding the more detailed aspects of language development . |
| 9 | This should not be taken to imply any reduction in the facilities or standards previously provided by the establishments affected . |
| 10 | This should not be taken to imply that there was in any sense an unrestrained licence for peasant sexuality ; there was no ‘ amorality ’ in a fundamental sense . |
| 11 | ( This should not be taken to mean that such psychopathological trends could not appear in individuals before the coming of cultivation or delayed-return hunter-gathering , merely that they would have been much less common and could not have taken on the collective , cultural significance which they did in the Neolithic and subsequent epochs . ) |
| 12 | However , this should not be taken to suggest that the present generation are seduced by their salaries and expenses to the degree that they will abandon their principles in order to continue to have access to the institutional channels for political activity . |
| 13 | ‘ You have always insisted that groups like this should not be encouraged to take hostages . |
| 14 | They say scenes like this must not be allowed to happen here , and infiltrators must be rooted out … |
| 15 | This must not be taken to imply that Edward Crumwallis was unfit for his position . |
| 16 | Indeed it is quite possible that at this pH range there is a mixture of gastric acid and duodenal alkaline juices which may be damaging ( with toxic synergism ) to the oesophageal mucosa , but this can not be assessed using the parameter of pH . |
| 17 | ‘ This can not be allowed to pass without redress ! |