Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] be [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shall not only be deeply wounded if you spurn my offerings , I sha n't know what to do with the things . |
| 2 | Most members of the ruling élite , though , were becoming increasingly aware that Western contacts were inevitable , and should not merely be passively endured but exploited to Japan 's advantage . |
| 3 | About 1884 he sold his share and turned his attention to devising an improved process for manufacturing aluminium , a metal whose unique properties could not then be adequately utilized because of its high cost . |
| 4 | Despite extensive research , the causes of sick building syndrome have not yet been clearly established and so are unlikely to be eradicated in the near future , according to a new report from the Health & Safety Executive . |
| 5 | I am preparing a big adhortatio for everyone who has not yet been utterly suffocated and swallowed up by the present age . " |
| 6 | The significance of his gearless pedestal has not yet been fully realised but it so influenced engineer 's thinking that solar powered lights are feasible even in the higher ranges . |
| 7 | However , because this ‘ Galilean ’ mentality has not yet been fully understood and absorbed , errors can still be made and damaging operations done . |
| 8 | Of course , there are often political reasons why this vision can not yet be fully realised but that is all the more reason why an understanding should be pursued . |
| 9 | The codification of knowledge into computer software , does however , suggest an intriguing new source for the future that is not yet being effectively captured and archived . |
| 10 | The nature-nurture debate can not therefore be readily resolved and gender identity is heavily influenced by parental treatment and socialisation , but also is influenced by the genetic make-up of a person . |
| 11 | You do n't grasp it when you 're young , and if you 're born , obviously as a lot of the population now are , much younger , and have n't really been either touched or involved in a war , it 's very difficult , it 's something which we 've all seen on television , we 've all seen it at the films and you tend if you 're not careful , to pick up the glamorous side of it , you do n't realise I do n't think and in fact I keep saying this — I do n't think you can ever realise what it must be like to be in a battle until you 've actually been there . |