Example sentences of "it must [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must not be followed rigidly but should be modified in the light of information that becomes available as the test progresses . |
| 2 | It must NOT be connected permanently to the mains . |
| 3 | It must not be shackled or restricted . |
| 4 | There 's a littleness about it all : again it must not be seen as mere chance that we encounter Swift 's Lilliput on the first page of the novel . |
| 5 | Thus education was to be productive of a ‘ good ’ , politically respectable State ; but it must not be seen as instrumental in any narrow or vocational way . |
| 6 | It must not be prescribed without a careful history ; if the child 's real problem is not enuresis but psychogenic polydipsia , desmopressin may provoke water intoxication and hyponatraemic fits ( RAF Bell et al , personal communication ) . |
| 7 | It must not be assumed that the absence of a 24-hour rhythm in newborn babies means that they have no rhythms at all . |
| 8 | It must not be assumed that the most likely date is in the centre of the range ; to quantify the distribution of the calendar dates , one of the probability methods ( which require computerisation ) must be used . |
| 9 | Although owning a car is common today , it must not be assumed that all nurses can provide their own transport . |
| 10 | However , at present it must not be assumed that sales always produce immediate problems . |
| 11 | So also , it must not be assumed that Ministers and civil servants regard judicial decisions as necessarily embodying the ultimate wisdom , especially where those decisions limit their powers . |
| 12 | The lists of items in Categories I , II , III and IV are not exhaustive , and it must not be assumed that items of storage not specifically mentioned are regarded automatically as coming under Category I. In general , items under Categories II , III and IV are those where experience has shown that the materials produce exceptionally intense firms with the high rate of heat release . |
| 13 | It must not be assumed that everyone wishes to participate — ‘ active citizenship ’ ( to use one of the Conservative Party 's catchphrases ) is not for everyone . |
| 14 | It must not be assumed that everyone initially agrees about the implications . |
| 15 | About the withheld novel of mine she wrote nobly : ‘ It must not be spoiled by being adapted to the sensibilities of living persons . |
| 16 | Editor , — The article by Lesley Rees and John Wass is an excellent example of factual and well reasoned analysis ; it must not be ignored . |
| 17 | It must not be concluded that the Sahara was well watered in the Pleistocene : it probably had a hot steppe type climate rather than a true desert climate as at present . |
| 18 | It must not be waterlogged , but when improved with garden compost or manure it is ideal . |
| 19 | It must not be thought that these are neglected in the French nuclear programme . |
| 20 | It must not be thought that such differences are mere matters of imagination , and that we take the sensations to be different because we represent each of them to ourselves as occupying a different place . |
| 21 | But it must not be thought that papal conciliar decrees which seem so clear-cut to the modern scholar , who sees them in all the clarity of the printed page , had a similar force and clarity for contemporaries . |
| 22 | But it must not be thought that he was in this alone in his society : there were others also who were not . |
| 23 | Examples of this category are black — in blackbird , blue in blue-tit , and red in red wine ( it must not be thought that red here is merely a colour term : a red wine is a type of wine , whereas a red dress is not a type of dress ) . |
| 24 | But it must not be thought that this domination is exercised only through the repression of dissent by police , though this certainly is important . |
| 25 | The baton is , however , necessary at the Opéra , where large choruses are frequently sung in the wings … it must not be thought that such a distant group of singers can hear the orchestra , however numerous : each person sings in his neighbour 's ear , and I have sometimes surprised myself by singing off the beat and incorrectly conducting [ conduisant ] the chorus surrounding me . |
| 26 | As Dr Bennett , an expert on ovarian and uterine diseases , put it , because of the influence it would have on the character of English women ‘ it must not be used for virgins ’ . |
| 27 | The term ‘ education for racial equality ’ , incidentally , is highly inflammatory and implies an aggressive campaign designed to brainwash people : it must not be used . |
| 28 | It must NOT be deleted , as in this event the hard copy location of all previously hard copied items will be lost . |
| 29 | It must NOT be deleted or otherwise removed by the Hard Copy Manager . |
| 30 | It must not be exaggerated ; the growth of the United States was enormous , but even that giant 's stride did not deprive Europe of the economic leadership of the world by 1914 . |