Example sentences of "[be] [pron] not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As to trapping you , are you not already trapped by the past ? |
| 2 | Are we not perhaps condemned to periodical or non-periodical ‘ crises ’ on an inverted basis , on a different correlation between production and consumption ? |
| 3 | Arguably , Macao would worry less about its future were it not constantly exposed to the nervousness of Hong Kong across the water . |
| 4 | Were it not better done as other use to sport with Amaryllis in the shade , or with the tangles of Nayera 's hair . ’ |
| 5 | The sort of habitus which , it seems , would enable this sort of accumulation is one not primarily structured by scientific competence but one attuned to the accumulation of symbolic capital . |
| 6 | Why was I not instantly informed of his true situation ? |
| 7 | This is the ‘ truest cause ’ of Thuc. i.23 , a famous and deeply original statement which is the first conscious attempt to develop a theory of historical causation : ‘ The truest cause ’ , he says , ‘ was one not much admitted at the time : it was the growth of Athenian power , which frightened the Spartans and forced them to war . |
| 8 | And furthermore , went on the priest , was it not so proven by Holy Scripture ? |