Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [vb mod] not [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | The Iranian , Syrian and Turkish governments were also reported to be concerned that the elections in Iraqi Kurdistan should not be seen as a first move towards the creation of an independent Kurdish state . |
2 | A six-month old Rodin should not be sold for as much as one the artist himself made . |
3 | It is likely that the next session will be decisive and that a curator will then be elected on a temporary basis : the appointment to direct the Visual Arts sector for the 1992 and 1995 Biennales can not be confirmed until the Executive Committee , whose mandate has now expired , has itself been completely renewed . |
4 | The coming battle for the soul of Central Europe will not be decided on the playing fields of EMU , nor by throwing in the sheepmeat regime at the decisive moment . |
5 | If central Asia could not be approached from the Caspian it had to be penetrated from the north , which meant bridging the gap between Russia 's south-eastern military outpost at Orenburg and the Aral Sea . |
6 | Admittedly , a No from the Bosnian Serbs should not be considered as an unequivocal , irreversible rejection of the peace plan , any more than a Yes should have been regarded as a wholehearted acceptance of it . |
7 | Gareth Jenkins , Llanelli coach , is anxious that the younger Quinnell should not be rushed despite the impressive strides he made last year . |
8 | The pace of change that arms control has to match in Eastern Europe can not be predicted , but it shows every sign of moving far faster than Nato can respond . |
9 | Surely an aircraft bound on an important secret mission deep into enemy-held eastern France would not be used simply as a tug for a glider bound for a different , nearer destination — somewhere in Normandy , perhaps — when the lives of the highly-skilled parachute troops in that ‘ tug ’ , and the success of the ultimate S.A.S. operation itself , might be put in jeopardy . |
10 | These have now been awarded to Alder Valley and as from April 27th Liphook will not be included in this route . |
11 | If Western Europe could not be liberated from Britain , it would have to be defended . |
12 | He guaranteed that Sunday 's Rumbelows Cup final between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest at Wembley and the FA Cup semi-final replay between Liverpool and Portsmouth next Monday would not be affected . |
13 | The European Parliament ( EP ) on June 13 adopted a report by its members warning that the proposed EES must not be allowed to compromise the EC 's autonomy of decision-making , undermine the EP 's powers or affect the pace of economic and political integration in the EC . |
14 | Surely those who extended the hand of ideological comradeship to the Third Reich would not be treated in such a manner ? |