Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I must not make the same mistake this time .
2 We must not make the same mistake again .
3 He had reason to believe , he said , that the Normans in Herefordshire had made good use of the Roman building-materials ready to hand , and there was no reason why others should not do the same .
4 Determined that she should not go the same way as her sister , Jonadab Oaks had ruled Martha with a rod of iron ever since Tamar 's seduction by Sir William Forster .
5 If the LEA were to lay down as a condition of grant that we should have nothing to do with the University body , we should refuse the grant , and I do not see why Universities should not show the same loyalty to us .
6 But they wrote and edited with their eyes also on the contemporary situation and on the future , with a determination that the people 's faith and worship should not be swamped by the religions of their Babylonian masters , and that once back in God 's Land , they should not commit the same dreadful mistakes again .
7 ( The start-up of the Medical Negligence Panel should not pose the same problems as for the Personal Injury Panel .
8 The duke had been a loyal upholder of the house of York , a central figure in Edward 's polity ; there was no obvious reason why he should not occupy the same role under Edward V. In this respect , precedent was on Edward 's side .
9 The duke had been a loyal upholder of the house of York , a central figure in Edward 's polity ; there was no obvious reason why he should not occupy the same role under Edward V. In this respect , precedent was on Edward 's side .
10 ‘ It is well established that in certain cases a trading corporation may bring a suit in respect of an imputation on its trading reputation , and I see no reason why a non-trading corporation should not have the same rights as respects imputations on the conduct by it of its activities .
11 So he knows — we know — we thought we knew , though of course we may be wrong — that you should n't make the same mistake as he did , going into acting . ’
12 So there 's no reason at all why you should n't have a few hours off .
13 It 's hard to accept that the people we care for may not feel the same way about us .
14 For example , it may not want the same sweets as , as the little kid , you know little kids like little kids ' sweets , and grown up kids like more grown up sweets , they may like bubble-gum and things you would n't give to a little baby .
15 Regrettably no , the safety standards and regulations in operation overseas are those of the country in question and may not reach the same level as those we enjoy in the UK .
16 We may not possess the same mind structure , the same subtle energy anatomy and function , but enough similarities are present for some sort of meaning to be conveyed .
17 Friends who are very dissimilar may not give the same thing to each other , but what each gives can sometimes be even richer for this : it can make up for the other 's deficits .
18 Consultancies may not enjoy the same growth as in-house public relations departments for this reason .
19 I 'm not saying you may not lose a few good people but on balance it 's worth that sacrifice rather than pursue an enforced redundancy policy .
20 But doctors warn The Price Is Right star may not sound the same when he starts speaking again .
21 On this basis the Council issued a statement the following year on Procedure for Validation of Courses of Study , the kernel of which was the CNAA 's wish to respond differently to institutions which themselves differed widely in range of work and in experience : ‘ an application from a college where the staff for the proposed course is of known academic quality and experience may not require the same scrutiny of detail by the Council as in other cases ’ .
22 Competition for a female or other sex object may not produce the same hierarchy as that for food , simply because a sexually aroused animal , say , is not necessarily a hungry one .
23 Given a free choice , children usually choose the apparatus they are ready for and although a three-year-old may imitate the feats of an older child with a funnel , tube and bottle , he may not gain the same satisfaction as he does from achieving something much more simple on his own .
24 On the other hand she regrets the collapse of the grant-aided sector because other women like her may not have the same opportunities in the future .
25 The lessons may not have the same applicability in the UK where health care costs are already much lower .
26 Now , it seems , the meteorites may not have the same origins as the Earth .
27 But it does point out that " almost perfectly contestable " may not have the same status as " almost perfectly competitive " .
28 Of course , the identity of the region and the regional identity of its inhabitants may not coincide : what outsiders identify as a particular region may not have the same contours as the insiders — on the outsider 's and the insider 's view , see Johnston ( 1988a , 1988b ) .
29 Stan Reynolds , Harry Little , Carl Einstien and Fred Grummidge may not have the same ring about them but between 1950 and 1960 these were the names on the footballing tongues of Whaddon .
30 Although the latter may be slightly cheaper than sateen , it may not have the same draping quality .
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