Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , at the same time , these ‘ philosophical ’ aspects of his subject must not be a substitute for either accuracy or depth within his chosen field . |
| 2 | The date must not be a future one , nor must it be out of date ( more than six months ) . |
| 3 | You must develop a series of ever more suspenseful situations and , though her hero or heroine must eventually " be all right " , the final denouement must not be a let-down . |
| 4 | The novelist must not be a party to the bad habits of the reader . |
| 5 | Therefore , your club must not be a closed shop . |
| 6 | For example , a commitment to acknowledging and validating personal biography must not be a justification for intruding too deeply or too early into a woman 's personal history . |
| 7 | The commitment to assessing needs in a gender-sensitive as opposed to gender-biased way must not be a reason for ignoring the way old women define their roles . |
| 8 | EUROPE 'S people must not be a divided people . |
| 9 | And just a week before the Council opened he warned the papal curia that it must not be an obstacle in the way of reform . |
| 10 | Deprivation must not be an excuse for everything . |
| 11 | Science must not be an idol ; rather it is a pilgrimage , an exercise for the creative minds of every new generation . |
| 12 | There must not be an imbalance in Europe between those who work and those who do not , and between relative social and living conditions . |
| 13 | ( 4 ) It must not be an exempt transaction . |
| 14 | Caution will have to be the watch word , but caution must not be the excuse for shying away from the challenges of this changing continent . |
| 15 | ‘ Increases in the practice of dieting must not be the result . |
| 16 | All staff must be aware that they are confidential and so must not be the topic of gossip . |
| 17 | That must not be the beacon that the West offers after the rebuke from Pale . |
| 18 | Land set aside in the EC must not be the green light for imports from other countries either — whether from countries in the GATT negotiations , or from Eastern Europe . |
| 19 | It must be national and it must not be the plaything of any political party . |
| 20 | We played in Guernsey and this man came after us waving a stick and shouting that we were heretics and ‘ Thou shalt not be a false Messiah ’ . |
| 21 | However they should not be a worry for a pilot who is well trained , and who keeps in practice and thinks about the conditions before each flight . |
| 22 | But that realisation should not be a disappointment : rather it liberates us from the job of creating masterpieces , and gives us a much more achievable task . |
| 23 | The Confederation of British Industry also wants hacking outlawed , but the Data Protection Registrar is adamant that hacking per se should not be a crime . |
| 24 | Winning the three-year-old stayers ' race on Star Lord ( 2.30 ) should not be a problem for Roberts but the price will be cramped . |
| 25 | Entry should not be a reaction to short-term problems , but a considered response to long-term needs . |
| 26 | Canada 's Mackenzie King , always the most suspicious of British motives , said that each country should develop the routes important to it , and there should not be a single Commonwealth body to control aviation . |
| 27 | Alexander seems to have shared this insouciant attitude to the economic problem , arguing at one stage that there should not be a problem of competition for manpower between civilian and military uses as ‘ a slight increase in productivity ’ would solve the manpower gap . |
| 28 | His inexperience over hurdles should not be a bar to victory here . |
| 29 | To loud Conservative cheers , he demanded a serious study of the constitutional and economic consequences of monetary union , adding that it should not be a study confined to European central bank governors . |
| 30 | To loud Conservative cheers , he demanded a serious study of the constitutional and economic consequences of monetary union , adding that it should not be a study confined to European central bank governors . |