Example sentences of "it [modal v] not be [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only under a threat to withdraw the final from Del Mar did the organisers appreciate that a roof was an integral part of the deal , even if it may not be needed to protect horses and riders from the elements . |
| 2 | While it might help submarines to detect fishing activity , it should not be seen to take the onus of avoiding fishing vessels away from submarines . |
| 3 | Unanimity was less marked in the scramble for office after Asquith 's departure ; " the three Cs " , Curzon , Chamberlain and Cecil , managed to keep official party interests to the fore by ensuring that Curzon rather than Carson should join the war cabinet — disloyalty might be useful but it should not be seen to pay . |
| 4 | Everyone feels the need nowadays to qualify the term ‘ Third World ’ , stating quite correctly that it should not be taken to imply a homogeneous entity . |
| 5 | Editor , — The short paper by B W Lloyd and P Barnett provides confirmation that problem list letters are welcome by their recipients , but it should not be taken to imply that these are a new invention . |
| 6 | Well , it should not be taken lying down . |
| 7 | However , it should not be allowed to continue making a nuisance of itself by jumping up at a visitor while they are sitting down . |
| 8 | The dispute between the volunteer and the professional is likely to continue but it should not be allowed to obscure the fact that the skills of the good adviser are not necessarily professional skills , nor are they especially lawyerly skills . |
| 9 | If their own heart is breaking it should not be allowed to show . |
| 10 | It was laid down in the 1991 Duopoly Review that it should not be allowed to offer entertainment until at least 1997 , when the situation will again be reviewed , and possibly for another three years after that . |
| 11 | His example shows us that it matters how our anger is expressed , and that it should not be left to simmer unattended . |
| 12 | It is strongly recommended that after this operation the unit should be allowed to reform up to strength and be retrained as a parachute unit , and it should not be required to operate again before May . |
| 13 | It should not be used to make good any cuts that have been sustained as a result of falling rolls , ratecapping , etc . |
| 14 | The courts are unwilling to adjourn a petition more than once since it must not be allowed to hang over the debtor 's head indefinitely . |
| 15 | It must not be allowed to happen to anyone else . |
| 16 | Yes , Euro Cities is an organisation of Brussels but it must not be allowed to dominate the proceedings and massage and manage the cities . |
| 17 | Because it is pathological it must not be allowed to appear in public in its own form . |
| 18 | Much would depend on the exact state of affairs in Ireland and something would depend on the success of the Progressive parties in patching up a new electoral pact ( although after the events of 1912 and 1913 it could not be expected to work as well as in 1910 ) , but all of these factors would operate in the broad context of a probable Unionist victory . |
| 19 | It could not be allowed to represent the nation in arms . |
| 20 | Furthermore , its spire could not exceed thirty feet — it could not be allowed to dominate the Protestant church at the northern entrance to Carewstown . |
| 21 | Unlike plants and animals we do not have to go to bed with the sun or to get up at each high tide ; our man-made environment is based on a 24-hour solar day of course , but it need not be timed to coincide with sunrise or sunset . |
| 22 | On the eve of the IAEA visit Argentina announced that it was cancelling an US$18 million deal to supply nuclear equipment to Iran , because of a lack of safeguards to ensure it would not be used to make nuclear weapons . |
| 23 | If the company had been solvent and considering a civil action against the Bank , it would not be allowed to take pretrial depositions from those who may have participated in the fraud . |
| 24 | The government of Taiwan announced on May 11 that the vessel was free to dock in the country but that it would not be allowed to return if it violated international law by making unauthorized broadcasts to the mainland . |
| 25 | It would not be allowed to pick and choose for long . |
| 26 | That wildfire feeling might have got a hold a month back , but it would not be allowed to do so again . |
| 27 | It would not be expected to depend particularly on the frequency , the rate at which the waves rose and fell . |
| 28 | Mr Widmer said the company was re-assured that it would not be forced to move . |
| 29 | Mr Widmer praised the minister for his ‘ sympathetic attitude ’ and said the company had come away from the meeting re-assured that it would not be forced to move . |
| 30 | It will not be desired to find all people who absent themselves without leave . |