Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [noun prp] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | But things were n't normal at home because her parents had said she must not meet Rob . |
| 4 | A group of chattering women in torn dresses and faded shawls entered the shop and Hari moved quickly towards the door , she must not hamper Ben when he should be working . |
| 5 | He must not alienate Phil Jordan , who was only doing his job and trying to be a friend at the same time . |
| 6 | To seize it he must not let Mr Kaifu get all the credit if the trade talks succeed . |
| 7 | We must not allow Ipswich to widen the Lennie Lawrence Blackburn are virtually home and dry for the championship , but the challenge of Ipswich could leave Boro chasing a play-off spot . |
| 8 | We must not allow Ipswich to widen the gap . ’ |
| 9 | In his veto message Sinner warned against the abuse of governmental power , stating that government " must not play God " . |
| 10 | That , whatever happened , she must not see Luke Hunter again — and certainly not here , on his own territory . |
| 11 | ‘ If it means she must not see Charles , that is a price she is willing to pay . ’ |
| 12 | Visitors can reach treasures of both Tuscany and Umbria and should not miss Greve And Figline whose central squares are among the most attractive of Tuscany 's less celebrated squares . |
| 13 | Simultaneously , the populations of developed nations have aged ; and , despite general agreement that age per se should not preclude CPR , controversy still smoulders over the application of modern drugs and complex expensive technology to patients of advanced years . |
| 14 | We should not ban Voltaire 's Candide , Tom Paine 's Age of Reason , Bertrand Russell 's Why I am not a Christian , Scorsese 's The Last Temptation of Christ , or Monty Python 's The Life of Brian . |
| 15 | On Dec. 18 EC Foreign Ministers , meeting again in Brussels , agreed that de Michelis should not meet Aziz unless the Bush-Aziz meeting had taken place . |
| 16 | Although he acknowledged that there had " been no sign of flexibility " during his talks with Hammadi , Rafsanjani asked rhetorically why he should not meet Saddam Hussein " if there is hope for the salvation of the Iraqi nation " , and added that it would be " logical " to talk to the US administration if the pursuit of peace made it necessary . |
| 17 | Given those characteristics we should not expect BBC and ITV viewers to be influenced in different ways . |
| 18 | The one indisputable position which connects the two poems is that Octavia should not marry Florio or Philander on the slender hope that love will prevail . |
| 19 | It was a condition of his bail that he should not approach Bridget Coffey , the complainant . |
| 20 | Some instinct told him he should not let Cleo out of his sight . |
| 21 | Mr Taylor should not let Mr Johnson get too close . |
| 22 | Most experts are hard pushed to explain why normal , healthy people should not take E. Some suggest that it may promote Parkinson 's disease — after all , the symptoms are fairly similar : short-term memory loss , the shakes , jaw-ache and constant chewing . |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps you should not take Anna out today . |
| 24 | Today Strathclyde 's chairman of roads and transport , Malcolm Waugh , will tell the Transport Secretary , John MacGregor , in Glasgow that the Government should not use EC aid as a substitute for its own cash to councils . |
| 25 | We should not allow John Smith and his hitmen to take it from us . |
| 26 | Still Charles 's biographer should not look Nithard 's gift-horse in the mouth ! |
| 27 | The most sustained recent discussion of the nature of the ‘ academic ’ is to be found in the journal Minerva ( see Shils 1984 ; Lobkowicz 1984 ; Ruegg 1986 ) where it is explored in relation to concepts such as truth , inquiry , research , culture ( Bildung ) , community , rationality , disinterestedness , voluntary solidarity and equality among researchers ; though one should not overlook Broady 's ( 1978–9 ) stimulating attack on mere academicism . |
| 28 | But they should not flog Mr Devine . |
| 29 | Bring the very best reason you can against why you should not accept Christ and once you put it under the ga , under the scrutiny it just disintegrates . |
| 30 | Lothar immediately sent emissaries into the regna assigned to Charles " so that they [ i.e. leading men there ] should not accept Charles 's lordship " , while Lothar himself moved south-east " to receive those who came to him from Provence " . |