Example sentences of "[modal v] not [be] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tessa legislation specifies that the account must not be held on behalf of another person . |
| 2 | But camapigners insist that if they are to trust the aircraft information must not be held back from them . |
| 3 | Sir Derek believes he should not be held to blame since the fraud occurred in the accounts of International Signal and Control , which had received a ‘ clean ’ audit when Ferranti bought the company two years ago . |
| 4 | Young people should have the right of independent counselling , and should not be held in police cells . |
| 5 | The fact that Baudrillard 's name has been linked with the Situationists should not be held against them . |
| 6 | They took comfort from Dr Kohl 's apparent embrace of the need for more detailed discussion of the Delors proposals and more powers for the European Parliament and restated their belief that a conference on economic and monetary union should not be held hastily . |
| 7 | They took comfort from Dr Kohl 's apparent embrace of the need for more detailed discussion of the Delors proposals and more powers for the European Parliament and restated their belief that a conference on economic and monetary union should not be held hastily . |
| 8 | Certainly , to the accountant , there is no reason why those doctors who are high spenders in their prescribing habits , should not be held to be financially accountable for their decisions . |
| 9 | Lord Rawdon told the Committee of the whole House of Lords , which read his bill clause by clause in May , that he thought a debtor should be able to swear to the real cause of his debt and , if there was no question of fraud or any intention to abscond , he should not be held in custody for more than eight days and be discharged on filing common bail . |
| 10 | The Council agreed that the company should not be held to the requirement to construct the line from the ‘ Robin Hood' ’ down Elmers End Road to the Beckenham boundary , unless Beckenham U.D.C. constructed a continuation to Elmers End Station . |
| 11 | This states that , where a player commits an act of foul play which has not been detected by the match officials , that player 's union has the discretion to cite that player to show cause why he should not be held accountable in the same way as a player who has been ordered off the field of play . |
| 12 | ‘ The proposition need not be questioned that where an Act purports , invalidly , to require a payment to be made , leaving the liability to be enforced by means of an action in which the invalidity of the statute is an available defence , a person who might have relied upon that defence but has paid without raising it should not be held , just because he was obeying the de facto command of a legislature , to have made the payment involuntarily . |
| 13 | These include procedures designed to ensure that : ( 1 ) no alleged contemnor shall be in any doubt as to the charges which are made against him ; ( 2 ) he shall be given a proper opportunity of showing cause why he should not be held in contempt of court ; ( 3 ) if an order of committal is made , the accused ( a ) knows precisely in what respects he has been found to have offended and ( b ) is given a written record of those findings and of the sentence passed upon him . |
| 14 | However , Weatherbury people began to protest publicly that he should not be held responsible for the crime . |
| 15 | An engagement party is traditionally held by the future bridegroom 's parents , but there is no reason why one should not be held by the bride 's family , or by both families in their own home or elsewhere , particularly if the two families live in different areas . |
| 16 | The title is fine , and the author 's name should not be held against him . |
| 17 | Pickets handing out leaflets to passers by may thereby cause harassment , alarm or distress , but they should not be held to be guilty of an offence on that account alone . |
| 18 | In practice , it may well be , that the police give effect to the spirit of the decision in Beatty v. Gilbanks that a man should not be held to commit an unlawful act when he does an act that is otherwise lawful merely because those who oppose him respond with violence or the threat of it . |
| 19 | On that occasion , in contrast to Kohl 's increased pressure for early all-German elections ( following Christian Democratic setbacks in two Land elections on May 13 — see p. 37467 ) , de Maizière declared that " all German elections should not be held until the Soviet Union [ was ] fully satisfied on the external aspects of unification " . |
| 20 | This non-reciprocal pattern of usage is closely linked with expectations that the younger person should not be held back as they make their way through an English-speaking educational system by an over-familiarity with Patwa . |
| 21 | The account may not be held on behalf of a person other than the account-holder . |
| 22 | Learners , for instance , may not be held accountable , because accountability implies knowledge , and it is unlikely that the learner will have acquired sufficient knowledge or have sufficient practical experience on which to base the assessment of the care given . |
| 23 | Presidential and legislative elections may not be held simultaneously . |
| 24 | Judges , lawyers and witnesses may not be held responsible for any statement uttered in court . |
| 25 | This was because with the older gliders like the T21 or T31 , the wings were very high and they could not be held securely except by keeping one wing low . |
| 26 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 27 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 28 | It is believed that the report will criticise successive corporate affairs ministers at the department of Trade and Industry , despite a claim last year by Lord Young , the former Trade and Industry Secretary , that an internal investigation concluded his department could not be held responsible , and could even throw the spotlight on the role of Lord Young . |
| 29 | Once it was clear that the room could not be held , he would order its evacuation , men leaving two at a time by the far window . |
| 30 | These , however , could not be held regularly , and it was not until 1874 that regular services were held in St. Mary 's Cemetery Chapel , Cambridge Street , but these were still not satisfactory . |