Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adj] not [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must be careful not to assume that this ‘ beads on a string ’ pattern is the norm , because in such areas there is frequently abundant prehistoric and Romano-British settlement on the dry and now abandoned chalk uplands . |
| 2 | Diplomatically she accepted it would be better not to mention that it was jealousy about her ideas . |
| 3 | It would be unfair not to recall that they did , in the long term , have a formative influence on the social history of the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | But it would be fatuous not to conclude that a flow of petro-dollars could help Baku fight the war . |
| 5 | All the same , it would be naive not to recognize that there are cases where executives are not going to achieve much without the assistance of detached yet sympathetic support from someone based outside the organisation . |
| 6 | We shall expect the Spirit to bring us assurance that we are indeed the sons of God , and conversely we shall be careful not to deny that any Christian people , any sons of the heavenly Father , possess the Spirit of adoption . |