Example sentences of "[adj] period [modal v] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many cases , the victims of that period can not engage in much consumer spending now . |
| 2 | Never over-exercise ; the ideal period should not last longer than 15 minutes . |
| 3 | Given diminishing marginal utility of income , more income in one period can not compensate for lower income in another period . |
| 4 | It is less frequently pointed out that the proportion of the population of pensionable age during the same period will not increase , and that the heaviest financial cost arises from pensions , not from use of services . |
| 5 | Again , many decisions which are successfully carried out in a given period may not turn out to have been the best possible courses of action . |