Example sentences of "need not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays , impartiality need not be expressed quite so crudely , and a look at any group 's case load will show that a balance is always maintained . |
| 2 | An art monograph need not be about a person , but can be about an individual work or a scheme such as a mural decoration . |
| 3 | Such poems ‘ need not be stimulated by real-life events ’ such as the plight of the Marseilles dock-workers , which has effaced the sight — darkly limned in Jaromil 's juvenilia — of Magda in her bath ; and if the poet who displays his ignorant , indifferent self-portrait is hoping for applause , there is a chance for him to do well in the new world of revolution , which rings with applause , and with blame . |
| 4 | In Great Britain the ear becomes accustomed to the native British voice handling the classical text , but this really should not hinder American actors ; they need not become totally ‘ accentless ’ in order to play classical verse . |
| 5 | But a tutorial need not be directly connected with a production in rehearsal . |
| 6 | This need not necessarily be antipathetic to ‘ pub values ’ as we recognise them . |
| 7 | Hotels taking part need not necessarily have computerised property management systems — a facsimile machine can be used as the link . |
| 8 | The unit allows messages of up to 55 characters to be printed and has a repeat function which means repetitive text need not be re-keyed . |
| 9 | The fact that a wide number of manufacturers work to the same pattern means that the caterer who is topping up need not return to the same source for the top-up . |
| 10 | After more flying the beginner will learn to recognise and accept that he need not worry about the effects of these bumps . |
| 11 | This need not happen . |
| 12 | Providing the disabled person is entitled to receive mobility allowance , it need not necessarily be the disabled person who has to be the driver of the vehicle . |
| 13 | Obviously concerned that his analysis of the negative influence of discipline on the efficiency of systems of communication might offend or incite displeasure , he avoided confrontation ; but he need not have worried . |
| 14 | ( 1966 : 72 ) recognized such unobtrusive measures have found favour in field-work and I discovered at an early stage that the problem remains one of revealing the structural warts of the system while somehow indicating that this need not be seditious ; and indeed might even be of some value . |
| 15 | As for the build-up venues for the Grand Slam Cup , providing the surface was the same , the geographical choice need not matter . |
| 16 | The dry-assembly need not be cramped tight , but the wet one obviously must . |
| 17 | To do this they will need not only a knowledge of the vocabulary of steps through which dancers communicate , but an ability to explain their design so that dancers can give it depth of feeling ( see page 78 ) . |
| 18 | For example : each soloist need not begin with a formal bow to a king or to the audience , nor end with another bow or considered pose ; but such behaviour may be included if the choreographer wishes to locate dance in a particular century and probably a palace in which the story unfolds . |
| 19 | And here is a place where nice need not mean too naughty — the creamless syllabub is made with Tofu , the dandelion coffee mousse contains agar agar , and the all-time favourite is a gravity defying lemon meringue pie . |
| 20 | Normally , they need not additional support , but you must take care to ensure that the position is between joists , and that there is sufficient clearance above the light to prevent overheating . |
| 21 | They need not cost you more than a meal out and a trip to the theatre , yet they will provide many more hours of pleasure . |
| 22 | This dubious eschatology need not worry us because the novel makes no attempt to encompass it . |
| 23 | The total number of turns need not be exact but will be around 170 . |
| 24 | Note that the three gates constituting the oscillator itself need not be exclusive-OR types — you can use any cmos inverter . |
| 25 | The note explains that the series resistance of the mosfet need not lead to inefficiency and a circuit performing at higher efficiency than the one using bipolars is feasible . |
| 26 | Lodge suggests that this need not happen , if one sees the monologic and dialogic as dominant tendencies rather than mutually exclusive terms . |
| 27 | The critical reader of a poem needs to have some idea of what a poem is , which need not be a theoretically sophisticated idea , and some acquaintance with poetry already . |
| 28 | The conveying need not , indeed should not , be done in an authoritarian way . |
| 29 | One , which need not concern us , has to do with imagery . |
| 30 | The latter need not wait for a change of heart on the part of the Prime Minister , or the election of a new government , before translating guilt about the condition of those less fortunate than themselves into action . |