Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [be] allow [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must not be allowed to happen to anyone else . |
| 2 | The courts are unwilling to adjourn a petition more than once since it must not be allowed to hang over the debtor 's head indefinitely . |
| 3 | Such feelings are understandable but she must not be allowed to brood on them . |
| 4 | Damp must not be allowed to enter as rot can quickly result . |
| 5 | Because it is pathological it must not be allowed to appear in public in its own form . |
| 6 | Certainly censorship should not be allowed to masquerade as virtuous compromise , but nor should commitment to free speech go unexamined . |
| 7 | At one stage in the game they were down to 11 men , but their shortcomings should not be allowed to detract from Warrington 's impressively positive performance , the home side contributing much that was memorable in a thrilling and thunderously received encounter . |
| 8 | The unimpressiveness of some of Gandhi 's arguments in favour of ahi sā , however , should not be allowed to detract from the strength of other arguments , or cause us to lose sight of his basic position . |
| 9 | The controversy regarding treatment should not be allowed to detract from screening as improvements in current methods of treatment and the introduction of new strategies in management are likely to emerge ; it serves to make the point that a randomised controlled trial comparing the different methods of treatment and non-treatment should also be instituted . |
| 10 | But Angela , of Morriston , Swansea , said : ‘ This sort of thing should not be allowed to happen in a modern hospital . |
| 11 | I appeal to the Minister : the man should not be allowed to return to his unit ; he should remain where he is at this moment . |
| 12 | He should not be allowed to remain at large , particularly after this attempt to end his life . |
| 13 | Secondly , the child should not be allowed to remain in their hands ; so , since she is no longer at Ridgery Butts that is to the good . |
| 14 | The reason we do so is entirely based on our perception of what older people should and should not be allowed to do for themselves — at their age . |
| 15 | A proposed directive suggests that manufacturers should not be allowed to refer to helpful recommendations by health bodies ( ‘ The Intestines Inspectorate says fibre is good for you . |
| 16 | A clash of values between north and south should not be allowed to result in second-class rights for the poor |
| 17 | FIVE BANKS , which could lose over £100m if money market transactions by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham are ruled unlawful , should not be allowed to appear at the hearing into their legality , the High Court was told yesterday . |
| 18 | It also said that solicitors employed by large companies should not be allowed to appear in higher courts because the fact that they were employed might stop them from showing impartiality and detachment . |
| 19 | The meaning of a sentence should not be allowed to depend on punctuation . |
| 20 | He would be unlikely to give the Archangel Gabriel a run for his money and he should not be allowed to run to the House of Lords . ’ |
| 21 | The 63,500 places now available should not be allowed to reduce to 54,000 over the next five years , as would be the case if the 15 per cent . |
| 22 | Well , a little thing like that should not be allowed to stand in the way of such a great man , so Mr Pozsgay now spends one hour a week in the gym . |
| 23 | We felt this should not be allowed to stand in the way of the child protection process , so we tried to put the responsibility where it should properly lie — with the perpetrator . ’ |
| 24 | Different concerns and procedures , and hence unfamiliarity , should not be allowed to stand in the way of understanding . |
| 25 | The main principle is that the secretarial aspect should not be allowed to predominate in the assessment while the more complex aspects of composition are ignored . |
| 26 | Although the income generated by tea-rooms , shops and plant centres is of great importance to the Trust , it is vital that their presence should not be allowed to interfere with ‘ the genius of the place ’ . |
| 27 | At a banquet hosted by Yang Shangkun on Nov. 1 Nixon described the June crackdown as " excessive and unjustified " , saying that it had damaged US respect and confidence in the Chinese leadership and , speaking to Li Peng , he argued that the two countries ' differences over the events in June were " huge and unbridgeable " , but that Sino-US relations should not be allowed to founder over the issue . |
| 28 | Packaging from recycled paper and board should not be allowed to come into contact with fatty foods , according to the Swedish National Food Administration . |
| 29 | Despite Gorbachev 's assurances to two Armenian emissaries that a ‘ just solution ’ would be found , the Supreme Soviet Presidium warned on 23 March that ‘ self-proclaimed groups ’ ( a reference to the Karabakh Committee , a group of Armenian activists whose activities were made illegal ) could not be allowed to call for the redrawing of state and administrative boundaries , and Pravda made clear that the transfer of . |
| 30 | Tradition says that , worst of all , he was informed that he would not be allowed to partake of Communion at any service conducted by a Covenanting Minister , a sentence equivalent to excommunication from the Kirk he believed in , |