Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] just [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 You should not just abandon the site to nature , these areas have very specific needs . ’
2 This led George Klein , of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden , to suggest ( Nature , vol 294 , p 213 ) that these translocations might not just activate the antibody genes on the normal rearranged DNA — they might also activate a proto-oncogene on chromosome 8 .
3 He would n't just kill the guy until he was sure of his next move .
4 You ca n't just ignore the fact that people have been cured — all right , I agree , they are unorthodox methods .
5 Erm , we ca n't just ignore the responsibilities that we 've been given .
6 I mean Forest are pulling everybody behind the ball and you know they ca n't just sling the ball through .
7 Dance music changes fast , so you ca n't just stay the same , but the dance music audience has little patience with those who ca n't find a new trick that is just as magical as the old one .
8 So we ca n't just realise the asset , dash out and build a house through a housing association because we have this crucial land problem .
9 ’ We ca n't just deliver the phetam now we know it 's stolen .
10 It 's quite obvious as regards the longer-term that we must think in terms of today 's starting point , we ca n't just introduce the market and cease all state regulation .
11 But I ca n't just play the pawn any more .
12 We ca n't just reduce the struggles of half the population to a demand for money .
13 And these days you ca n't just take the speedometer out and fiddle the numbers back like you used to ten years ago .
14 People do sit down to discuss and pool ideas , but in mainstream broadcasting boundaries are more rigid between technical and conceptual areas and she misses the opportunity to use her technical skills : ‘ If you see a shot that you really like you ca n't just grab the camera and say , ‘ Oh , can I have a go . ’
15 The point I 'm making is that you ca n't just interchange the words ‘ black ’ music and ‘ disco ’ music .
16 Rhys considers it unwise to attempt radically to alter taxes on large cars , as proposed by Labour : ‘ You ca n't just decimate the luxury car trade , ’ he says , ‘ Most big cars may well come from Germany but you have to consider how it would affect the dealer network . ’
17 And er , they ca n't just close the doors and put a notice in the window .
18 But this network will not just serve the big occasions .
19 Targetted regional aid will not just help the companies it will bring training oppertunities for tradesmen and managers alike .
20 That will not just include the admission of new partners and the nature of the partnership business ( which in the case of solicitors can not really changeand see ss24(7) and ( 8 ) above ) but will extend to matters of policysetting up new departments to take on types of work not previously accepted or closing departments which have proved unprofitable , opening and closing branch offices , expelling partners , changes to the name of the firm , raising additional capital from the partners themselves or by way of loan , and other matters which one way or another can significantly affect the liabilities of each partner .
21 We can not assume that any part of the education system works as it is supposed to ; as Macdonald ( 1980a ) has pointed out , we can not just analyse the production of cultural messages ; we also have to analyse their reception .
22 We should look seriously at such ideas , because , unless we say that everybody should be in work at the same time , we can not just forget the pool of unemployed .
23 They can not just assume the researcher role and use students as experimental subjects , observing how they learn under varying conditions with detached interest to satisfy an intellectual curiosity .
24 On the other hand , Labour and other opposition parties , can not just reassert the old statist notions about public funding of public production .
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