StringNet search result

Example sentences of "[modal v] not be put [adv prt] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Naturally , it must not be put on a square which is on the same row or file or diagonal as another piece .
2	This should not be put on a back burner .
3	The Queen , he said , should not be put off by any oddity of manner but could be assured that this was a man of great learning , deep human sympathy , and outstanding pastoral gifts .
4	Readers interested in social policy should not be put off by the disciplinary context of geography : in many respects present-day geography is the next-door neighbour of social policy studies .
5	Visitors should not be put off by the modern appearance of this roof , nor by the notice on the gate to the abbey field which indicates a slight trek back along the lane to Abbey Farm to pick up the key to view St Leonard 's Church , Kirkstead .
6	The constant updating of all media contacts should be of top priority and should not be put off and off until a spare moment arrives .
7	Researchers and students alike should not be put off , as Morton was not , by roads which seem to lead nowhere , or which seem dangerous to travel along .
8	She was still telling herself she should not be put out by a kiss from a youngster who did not realize what he was doing , and she tried to nod her golden head with an appropriate display of adult wisdom , as she said : ‘ Yes , you 're wasting your time .
9	Picton-Howell had worked hard for the project since the early days , and had kept her old job as London office administrator on Equal Opportunities grounds that the post should not be put out to competitive interview after capitalization .
10	Cavers should n't be put off by the recent radiation scare , according to the National Caving Association .
11	Sometimes when it is really cold , and it rains heavily all day long , some of the horses that we normally stable overnight are kept in longer , and may not be put out in the paddock until the next day when the rain has stopped .
12	It would deal with wasteful prescribing and wide variations in performance to be found between one hospital and another , which could not be put down simply to lack of resources , he said .
13	At 19 of the locations , flames could not be put out easily , if at all , because of poor access to hoses .
14	‘ I was in Reception when she phoned , but the call could n't be put through to you , as your line was engaged .
15	What right did he have to come back into her life like this , trying to shatter it into little pieces that could n't be put back together for a second time ?
16	Antonio Cellini would not be put off so easily .
17	Tim would not be put off .
18	She suspected that the good doctor might be laying it on a little thick , but she would not be put off , and said in her stiffest voice , ‘ Yes , I understand all that , and I am prepared to work hard , ’ and she added for good measure , ‘ You need not worry about followers .
19	But she would not be put down ; she would not .
20	Nell would n't be put off .
21	And she hoped I would n't be put off like she was .
22	But she would n't be put off .
23	But there it is : poor Willy left his intellect spattered across a dry-stone wall in the Cotswolds and , like Humpty Dumpty , ca n't be put back together again .
24	Besides , they will not be put off because they know a bargain when they see one .
25	He wo n't be put off with a surface answer , but he wants to know the far end of everything ’
26	‘ I wo n't be put off .
27	The truth is , that the clock can not be put back .
28	It was , presumably , drafted and engrossed by persons of reasonable educational standard , and the eccentricities ( to modern eyes ) in the orthography can not be put down to illiteracy .
29	Likes and dislikes can not be put down to pure genetic inheritance alone .
30	The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change has constantly warned governments that the business of reducing carbon dioxide emissions ( by 60 per cent over the next two or three decades ) can not be put off any longer .