Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It 's just not good enough , it 's every time he gets some new feathers and as an officer of the Roman Imperial Army he must not be without feathers .
2 " Payment in " shall not be mentioned in the pleadings and the notice must not be with the pleadings or documents for the use of the court at the trial or arbitration until after its decision , except in the case of a defence of tender , or the filing of a plea under the Libel Acts ( Ord 11 , r 7 ) .
3 You must not be under the influence of alcohol during the course of your duties .
4 But the new property must not be worth more than the old one .
5 Matthew Pinsent says they must not be over confident .
6 He has just seen that the ultimate aim of the caseworker must not be to casework at all , but to get his cases to face up to caseworking themselves .
7 In Case 1 we saw how the Nuer linked legitimacy to the payment of bridecattle ; in Case 2 Nayar legitimacy was established by the child 's mother being of the proper social age , a " mother " and not a " child " , with the added proviso that the presumed genitor must not be of lower caste than the mother .
8 The site must not be within a conservation area ( that is , a national park , area of outstanding natural beauty , etc. … ) ; and
9 Having obtained B , we now select a pivotal element in it for the next step ; the selection is arbitrary except that the element must be nonzero and must not be in the second row , which contains the unit .
10 Thus the person being cared for must be receiving attendance allowance , in recognition that s/he is ‘ severely disabled ’ ; the carer must not be in full-time education or earning ( from April 1992 ) more than £40 a week ; carers can not take more than four weeks ' holiday in any six-month period , nor can the disabled person be in hospital for more than four weeks at a time .
11 the DC must not be in the In Approval or Approved state .
12 The DC must already exist and must not be in the ‘ in approval ’ or ‘ approved ’ state .
13 The DC to be aborted must already exist and must not be in the state IN APPROVAL or APPROVED .
14 At the time that Offline initiates the offline workload , this Operator Terminal must not be in use by any other process .
15 She felt every emotion in the book of love but she must not be in love with Damian Flint ; she must not , must not , must not …
16 SHOULD the personable Steve Norris fail to impress as an under-secretary at the Transport Department , it should not be for want of preparation .
17 SHOULD the personable Steve Norris fail to impress as an under-secretary at the Transport Department , it should not be for want of preparation .
18 Hofmann believed that the proper objectives of such research should not be for personal gain , but for the pursuit of fundamental knowledge and the fulfilment of social needs .
19 As Hilary Land reminds us in another article ( Land , 1980 ) Ada Nield Chew , a radical suffragist , wrote that women should eschew the role of the ‘ domestic tabby cat ’ and that ‘ marriage and motherhood should not be for sale .
20 Partnerships should challenge the trend ; partnerships should not be about alternative sources of funding for the public education service but about ensuring proper levels of public funding with additional support from the private sector .
21 However , the EC authorities should not be over zealous in this matter to the extent of arguing that any territorial division of the EC market , especially the charging of different prices in different countries , is a sign of non-competitive behaviour .
22 As the polymer sample should not be under a tensile stress , the suspension wire supporting the disc is passed over a pulley and the weight of the disc and sample are counterbalanced by loading the end .
23 Of these a hundred and sixty eight contain expressions of opposition to fox hunting and thirty eight contain either expressions of support for fox hunting or that the county council should not be considering the matter for one reason or another .
24 It should not be beyond the wit of woman ( and man ) to devise more adequate forms of compensation .
25 Although chain hotels are often constrained by bulk purchasing agreements and central decision making , it should not be beyond the imagination of those involved to make each property memorable through small design details such as prints or lighting .
26 Lastly , it should not be beyond the capacity of the SNBTS ( undoubtedly the most efficient in Britain and , therefore , quite possibly the world ) to devise a system whereby those who wish their blood to stay with the NHS can be satisfied .
27 Why , in other words , should perception be of the perceived object rather than any other object in the causal chain further back in the causal chain ; why every perception should not be of the Big Bang that started off the Universe .
28 This seems to indicate that the igfet should not be of much use and , indeed , this is the case at low frequencies of operation .
29 But the memory of Bregawn should not be of a recalcitrant mule goaded into action as the rest of the field leaves him way behind , but of a good Cheltenham Gold Cup winner storming up the hill to head the procession of Dickinson horses which was the most remarkable training feat of modern times .
30 Such a negative criterion could be that the parties should not be of the same sex , as could be the notion that one party should not be an animal .
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