Example sentences of "but let [pers pn] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can sympathise with owners of great houses , faced with tax and running costs , but let them not think that furnishings of the standing of Kent 's at Houghton can simply be dispensed with as ‘ surplus to requirements ’ and that their loss from the house would not in future be regretted . |
| 2 | Of course , there may be those who would argue that the entrenchment of the middle ground in power would be a good thing that would lead to moderate government and stable policies , but let them not argue that it would also be fair or would give the majority of people what they wanted of government . |
| 3 | There was … but let me not digress . |
| 4 | BUT Let us not forget Let us not Oh , let's … ? |
| 5 | I believe the readers ads fulfil a necessary part of the market , but let us not forget our local and national dealers . |
| 6 | It 's great to be instantly famous — and that 's how A&M makes them feel — but let us not forget what the company 's really interested in . |
| 7 | But let us not forget the reputation for compassion in which Britain still leads the world … ’ |
| 8 | But let us not forget that he gave his life in an act of selfless devotion to the race . |
| 9 | It is only right that we should analyse and debate the internal workings of the trade and its infrastructure , but let us not forget who pays our wages — the consumer . |
| 10 | I appreciate the arguments that go on nowadays , but let us not forget that the old crossings were not suitable for the disabled , which is why , in the case to which I am referring , it seemed unnecessary for the authority to insist on a ramp being built . |
| 11 | ‘ But let us not forget that when most of us were children Bradford and Leicester were themselves Darlingtons , recognisably a part of the same country as ours . ’ |
| 12 | But let us not stop here in our excoriations . |
| 13 | By all means let us seek to prevent congenital abnormalities , but let us not betray our Hippocratic tradition in the process . |
| 14 | ‘ But let us not darken our hearts by imagining the trial of their gentle loyalty in the Dark Tower . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , thanks , ’ I said , ‘ for the kind words , Daisy , but let us not kid ourselves . |
| 16 | Health promotion has , rightly , moved away from the traditional approach , but let us not dismiss health education fully until it has been properly implemented , let alone evaluated . |
| 17 | I do not suggest that , just because Britain is less violent and less prone to crime than most other west European countries , that diminishes the necessity to concentrate on the picture at home , but let us not frighten people unnecessarily by comparisons with the rest of Europe and the United States . |
| 18 | ( Goodman , 1965 , p. 17 , p. 23 , cf. p. 14 ; Ayer , 1972 , pp. 120 f. , cf. p 118 ; Lewis , 1973 , p. 1 ; Mackie , 1973 , p. 64 ) As a look at the philosophy of language and its analyses of " meaning " or its uses of " semantics " quickly shows , much more would need to be done to give us a well-defined problem , but let us not linger . |
| 19 | I am inclined to doubt it , but let us not linger , and consider instead the second premiss of the argument . |