Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A partner must not be prohibited access to information at his reasonable request .
2 The only restriction is that the main purpose of the Bill must not be public expenditure .
3 where the length of x is less than or equal to the length of y ( i.e. there must not be more symbols on the LHS of the rule than the RHS ) .
4 There must not be any spaces between LEFT$ and the opening bracket .
5 There must not be any spaces between the RIGHT$ and the opening bracket .
6 If in the course of time science produces evidence , from within the infinity of the universe , of some previously unknown and completely indestructible influence which caused life to commence , then that influence must not be designated spiritual' .
7 And like all gifts , it should not be unwrapped before.its time , so do n't unwrap your gift , or allow anyone else to unwrap your gift , or else God might , in His wisdom , come down and take it away again . ’
8 Firstly , the ethics derive from the interpretation of science as they do in all randomised trials ; secondly , quantitative estimates of efficacy are needed , to be balanced against reasonable estimates of possible adverse effects ; thirdly , in prevention trials the ethics can be largely a resource based argument with equity an overriding consideration ; and , fourthly , there should not be one law for practitioners and another for researchers .
9 The following year a London magistrate , struck by the notion that there should not be one law for the rich unavailable to the poor , permitted a man named Gleaves to bring proceedings against the authors and publishers of a book entitled " Johnny Go Home " , based on a Yorkshire television documentary which had exposed his insalubrious hospitality to feckless youths .
10 The programme 's drafting commission voted 7 to 2 for the proposition that the national question could be solved only by socialist revolution and that the party slogan should not be new frontiers , but the abolition of all frontiers .
11 It is important for the diagnosis of partial relations that the occurrences in unshared syntactic environments should not be distinct senses .
12 However Ms Armstrong , MP for North-West Durham , said : ‘ Mr Fallon should not be misleading people in this way .
13 He rejected claims that clubs like Birmingham should not be allocated fixtures in resort times at attractive weekends like the present Blackpool illuminations season .
14 The person to be interviewed should be given some indication of the topic and possibly of the kinds of questions they might be asked but it is important that there should not be any rehearsal of the interview as they will then lose their spontaneity .
15 THERE can not and should not be any sympathy for Michael Watson , the mugger who was yesterday jailed for five years even though it was a first offence .
16 He says there should not be any problem raising the money in the private sector .
17 ‘ There should not be any question of a bowler getting any outside help — I am dead against that .
18 There can not be and there should not be any attempt to open up a party political divide over the importance of further reducing tobacco consumption .
19 There should not be any grease in the front wheel bearings , they are lubricated with the oil in the swivel housings .
20 There should not be any need for this .
21 Thus , surely there should not be more prestige matches played by fewer paid combatants in front of passive and hospitality-packaged crowds , but more active support for the playing of the game by as many players as possible at as many levels as possible .
22 The floor should not be wet , polished or slippery , and there should not be loose rugs on it .
23 To make the most of the light coming through the window — which preferably should not be direct sunlight — seat the letter writers to face diagonally onto the window so that they are attractively cross-lit .
24 Courses should not be watered-down linguistics .
25 They should not be disconnected words .
26 Must n't be late home , said her teacher , off you pop .
27 Perhaps I 'm dying now , so there must n't be any secrets between us any more .
28 There must n't be any secrets between us , must there ? ’
29 Budd Staines Middlesex PPC : Current models seem to be auto-sensing , so there should n't be much problem .
30 There was absolutely no reason why I should n't be straight arrow and honest with them .
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