Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , on defence , the Foreign Secretary made it clear that , although Europe has an increasing role in respect of threats outside the NATO area , the movements towards building up a European defence identity must not weaken NATO or confront the Americans with a single European view . |
| 2 | But you must not build shops and hotels in the graveyard . |
| 3 | Questions must not presume that respondents have more knowledge than in fact they have , and must not lead respondents towards a particular answer . |
| 4 | Thinking that dog must not eat dog , even if my meal be only that of a mongrel , I had almost decided to spare him . |
| 5 | I must not give way to it , because it is so unlike me and quite causeless . |
| 6 | Mr Browning motioned his wife to be quiet and taking Wilson 's arm conducted her to the door , saying something to the effect that she must not give way to gloomy thoughts and that doubtless she was tired with a young baby still nursing and a house to run . |
| 7 | When Mrs Browning spoke to her out of the darkness , saying , ‘ Come , Wilson , come , dear , you must not give way , ’ she thought , why not , why not give way ? |
| 8 | One must not give way to despair . |
| 9 | In a company of men one must not give way ; it is one 's duty not to show fear and if one senses fear in another , automatically one becomes braver . |
| 10 | Parties must not give effect to a merger before they notify it to the Commission and for three weeks thereafter . |
| 11 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
| 12 | Was n't it Mr. Justice Cocklecarrot ( or was it Mr. Justice Wool ? ) in Misleading Cases in the Common Law who observed sternly to that persistent litigant , Mr. Haddock , ‘ People must not do things for fun . |
| 13 | ( 2 ) The agreement must not contain price restrictions . |
| 14 | Any protection screen designed for this purpose should be at least 800mm in height above floor level , and must not contain gaps in excess of 75mm . |
| 15 | Conditions to be met are that the employee must be enrolled for at least one academic year with actual full-time attendance to average at least 20 weeks a year , and the rate of payments ( excluding university fees etc payable ) must not exceed £7,000 a year or the equivalent monthly or weekly rate . |
| 16 | When using this method , the panes must have a width less than 250mm , and the area of each pane must not exceed 0.5m 2 . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) The amount of credit given must not exceed £15,000 ( Consumer Credit ( Increase in Monetary Limits ) Order 1983 ( SI 1983 No 1878 ) ) . |
| 18 | It goes without saying that it is not £75,000 in respect of each but the total earnings ’ figure which must not exceed £75,000 . |
| 19 | Letter post items must not exceed 610mm in length by 460mm in width . |
| 20 | The minimum donation which an individual can make under the Gift Aid is £600. the total donations which an individual may make under Gift Aid in any tax year must not exceed £5,000,000 . |
| 21 | Any one application must not exceed £1,000 and a maximum of three applications in three years can be made . |
| 22 | The Collor administration wants to start fresh debt talks next month , while insisting that annual interest payments must not exceed $5 billion , half of what normally comes due . |
| 23 | ‘ We must not make assumptions about that child watching . |
| 24 | The Minister purported to give guidance , the effect of which was , that social fund officers must not make payments which would result in the budget being exceeded . |
| 25 | She must not make capital out of her distress , on the one hand ; on the other the items were quite small and there was no need to humiliate herself . |
| 26 | Indeed , the casual indifference of this earlier document makes it quite clear what the English were after ; France , as the later memorandum said , must not make Scotland a ‘ footstool ’ to look over England , and whether that be resolved , as the memorial of the 8th put it , by Mary 's heir Châtelherault or by her bastard half-brother lord James , should he have designs on the crown , really did not matter . |
| 27 | JACKEY : Why , aunt , if they are actually married there 's no help for't and we must not make mischief between man and wife . |
| 28 | You must not make contact until you are over your border . ’ |
| 29 | Paragraph 610 of the Bar code provides , first : ’ Counsel must not make statements or ask questions which are merely scandalous or intended or calculated only to vilify insult or annoy either a witness or some other person ; counsel must if possible avoid the naming in open Court of third parties whose characters would thereby be impugned ; counsel must not suggest that a witness or other person is guilty of crime , fraud or misconduct or attribute to another person the crime or conduct of which his lay client is accused ’ |
| 30 | You must make sure that you deal ( and are seen to be dealing ) impartially with all aspects of your work , eg you must not wear items which may indicate political , controversial or other affiliations which might bring your impartiality into question . |