Example sentences of "[modal v] not [vb infin] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly even information that would predict the market share perfectly must not cost more than £75k or an overall reduction in pay-off will result . |
| 2 | Clearly even information that would predict the market share perfectly must not cost more than £75k or an overall reduction in pay-off will result . |
| 3 | It must also seek the permission of the Charity Commissioners , because of a scheme set up in 1986 under which the Trust must not hold less than 50 per cent of the voting rights of Wellcome . |
| 4 | the trust must not hold more than 10 per cent of the total capital of any one company ; |
| 5 | Sarah had been able to attend the caelidhes again , warned by her mother that she must not do more than two dances , but she found them greatly changed . |
| 6 | A typical pattern is described by a former minister of transport and subsequent chairman of BR : ‘ Over and over again we could have settled much more cheaply by settling more quickly but , at each stage , we were told that we must not settle quickly because the Government really were going to fight this one to the bitter end … |
| 7 | Junctions controlled by police or a traffic warden , when all traffic is held up by police officer or traffic warden you must not go left or right until you are signalled to do so . |
| 8 | We must not move on until we have understood that this philosophical impetus to the modern age is the rise of a new humanism with man at the centre . |
| 9 | In fact it almost seems to be a condition of such performance that the exponent must not proceed logically but must temporarily inhibit his conscious critical faculties and accept control by intuition . |
| 10 | Now I see that I know nothing , only I must not say so for I should lose the good opinion of my neighbours and they would no longer trust me with money for my experiments . |
| 11 | You must not have more than 2 players from 1 team . |
| 12 | But Coun Bill Dixon , the borough council 's housing chairman , rubbished the figures , saying each flat should not cost more than £30,000 . |
| 13 | It is essential that in exercising the very important jurisdiction to grant judicial review , the court should not intervene just because the reasons given , if strictly construed , may disclose an error of law . |
| 14 | The court can proceed in the absence of any respondent but should not do so unless satisfied that the respondent has received reasonable notice of the hearing or that the circumstances justify proceeding in his absence ( FPCR , r16(3) and ( 4 ) ; FPR , r4.16(3) and ( 4 ) ) . |
| 15 | Judge Owen stayed the proceedings last November , ruling the trial should not go ahead because delays in bringing it to court amounted to an abuse of the court process . |
| 16 | Never over-exercise ; the ideal period should not last longer than 15 minutes . |
| 17 | As a rule-of-thumb , your debts ( excluding mortgage ) should not total more than three months ' earnings before tax . |
| 18 | The EEC recommends that tap water should not contain more than 5 micrograms per litre . |
| 19 | ‘ They believe girls should not speak up and that they should let their parents control their lives . |
| 20 | the principle of span of control : managers should not control more than 5 or 6 subordinates if they have interlocking responsibilities . |
| 21 | You should not arrive early as we are most unlikely to have waiting space available in the lounge area . |
| 22 | But you know the situation is it 's like Mum should not expect just because Claire and Steve go away that it 's immediate pack your bag it 's gon na co |
| 23 | The crucial phrase in the White Paper guidance was that the Authority should not license more than one British airline to serve the same route , with British Airways as the preferred airline to the USA . |
| 24 | This would not mean that A and B are liable for conspiracy wherever they acted unlawfully with the foreseeable consequence that C suffered loss , for conspiracy should not extend further than the other economic torts ( for example , interference with contract by unlawful means ) where the predominant view is that this is not sufficient . |
| 25 | It might be thought that the crime of incest which covers parties who consent in the legal sense should not extend further than serious acts of penetration . |
| 26 | Norman Collar was determined they should not slow down and he and Joan took an active part in delivering meals on wheels and ran a Red Cross hospital trolley service . |
| 27 | [ pause ] But you know , sir , if one has scruples one should not yield implicitly till they are satisfied . |
| 28 | I should not run home and stay here in fear , for my sister can not harm me . |
| 29 | Waverley 's arts and museums officer , Carol Sacha , said : ‘ People should not lose out because they are deaf or blind . |
| 30 | ‘ The Department of Education and Science themselves said the teachers should not get more than five per cent that is what teachers have got in recent years . |