Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , the whole business has been carefully planned , even though the other disciples seem not to have been privy to the arrangement . |
| 2 | All this head of steam must have been boiling up at the time of JTR 's visit and yet he seems not to have been aware of it . |
| 3 | At the time , Anselm seems not to have been aware of the importance of the words which he heard , for he left Rome the next day without further discussion and returned to Lyons . |
| 4 | Though the import of the announcement was obvious to Indians , it seems not to have been obvious to the British government , which avoided making any explicit statement on dominion status for India for another twelve years . |
| 5 | Fleming was no chemist and appears not to have been interested in pursuing the chemical problem . |
| 6 | Leighton 's error in allowing Didier Deschamps to beat him at the near post and present France with an advantage they did not deserve was crucial to the outcome of the match . |
| 7 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |
| 8 | Newspapers that do not change are likely to be the exception rather than the rule . |
| 9 | The result is that it is very complex ; in addition , I must note that quite a few words are given stress patterns that I do not feel are acceptable in present-day English . |
| 10 | An impression has undoubtedly gained ground — which I do not think is fair to the Wolfenden Committee — that the Committee desired to legalise homosexual conduct . |
| 11 | He did n't like being alone with his Dad . |
| 12 | We now know that Robin Smith , John Cunningham and Pat Walsh in Scotland , and Arthur Dolphin and Pete Greenwood in the Lakes , were doing first ascents every bit as difficult as those by Joe Brown and Don Whillans — but I do n't remember being aware of this at the time . |
| 13 | ‘ All right , I do n't like being alone in the house with the children , I admit that … ’ |
| 14 | Employers who are aware of a problem and who do n't act are liable to be prosecuted . |
| 15 | No , do n't try being evasive with me the way you were with the police , because it wo n't wash . |
| 16 | ‘ Grown-ups do n't mind being nasty to children but they do n't like other grown-ups to know they 've been nasty . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't mind being general about Toby , but his personal life is up to him . ’ |
| 18 | But I do n't mind being bossy at all ! |
| 19 | Section 1(1) provides that if death is caused by any wrongful act , neglect or default which is such as would ( if death had not ensued ) have entitled the person injured to maintain an action and recover damages , the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued is liable to an action for damages , notwithstanding the death of the person injured . |
| 20 | To rush in and quantify a situation which one does not understand is wasteful of the time of both researchers and informants . |
| 21 | The USA , which well within the memory of the majority of its inhabitants , was the world 's leading oil supplier , does not like being dependent on imported oil , particularly oil imported from areas of the world where political unrest means that a loss of supply — for instance through a closure of the Strait of Hormuz — is always a possibility . |
| 22 | Is not used to and does not like being dependent on others . |
| 23 | But I only have reason to believe that my experience makes that proposition probable if I have reason to believe quite generally that events which I have not observed are similar to events which I have observed . |