Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [verb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Five year cases only ) If you are applying for a divorce because you have lived apart from your husband or wife for at least five years , your application would not be granted if it meant that your husband or wife would suffer grave financial hardship . |
| 2 | Winter savory can be grown from seed sown outdoors in August ; it should not be covered as it needs light to germinate when it will then sprout in about ten days . |
| 3 | The importance of this scheme can not be over-emphasised as it provides pupils with set targets which will motivate them to work hard and raise the standard of their play . |
| 4 | Even if reasonable steps have been taken to bring the exemption clause to the notice of the buyer , it will not be incorporated if it does not clearly cover the particular transaction in question . |
| 5 | Fundamentalism is a belief system that can not be refuted because it comes from a supreme being . |
| 6 | The Middle East Economic Digest of March 16 described this prediction of a budget surplus as surprising to many observers , but noted that , in the absence of figures for years more recent than 1984 , it could not be determined whether it implied higher income or a sharp reduction in public expenditure . |
| 7 | If the behaviour can not be ignored and it makes you cross , say so . |
| 8 | It must also be said that a plain boiled ham presented on or off the bone is a delight to the jaded palate and should not be ignored because it remains undistinguished by any special cure . |
| 9 | However , the theory developed by Freud can not be dismissed because it assumes an innate mutual hostility among people . |
| 10 | A company can not be authorised if it does not comply with these essential standards but each member state can impose additional standards of its own on its own nationals ( in the case of financial resources requirements , for example ) . |
| 11 | She has challenged certain long-established political assumptions : that a government could not be re-elected if it presided over a massive increase in unemployment ; or that a government had to govern with the consent and co-operation of the major interests , particularly business and the unions . |
| 12 | President F. W. de Klerk announced on June 7 that the nationwide state of emergency , renewed annually since its imposition in June 1986 [ see p. 34663 ] , would not be renewed when it expired at midnight on June 8 . |
| 13 | Mrs Blair added that any move away from the bid and offer system to single pricing would not be accepted if it threatened to reduce or ‘ dilute ’ the value of existing unit holders investments . |
| 14 | He appears to have maintained in the Court of Session that the provisions of that Act should not be applied because it had been passed without his having had notice as required by Standing Orders … |
| 15 | This simple fact can not be overstressed and it accounts , in part , for the continuing lack of precise data on the numbers of physically handicapped in Britain : we do not know exactly how many people are physically disabled because they are not a clear homogeneous group that can be counted . |
| 16 | It is important that this is done immediately , as the master disk can not be copied once it has been used . |
| 17 | But then there are other forms where this description does not suggest itself , or might not be admitted if it did : for example , ballroom dancing , which would be normally set down simply as ‘ a pleasurable social activity ’ ( and as such different from art ? ) . |
| 18 | But Night Trap could not be exempted because it depicted violent actions involving realistic images of human beings rather than straightforward computer graphics . |
| 19 | However a special resolution required under the section may not be proposed unless it has been recommended by the directors , and there is circulated to members entitled to notice of the meeting a written statement by the directors of their reasons for making the recommendation , the amount to be paid to the company in respect of the proposed issue , and the directors ' justification of that amount . |
| 20 | The SAC 's letter to the organisers says the grant will not be paid because it classes the festival as ‘ a local project ’ and can support only ‘ national and regional organisations and schemes ’ . |
| 21 | I 'll do your arm , but do n't be complainin' if it fockin' well hurts . |
| 22 | The gun is still being evaluated , and wo n't be introduced until it 's been given Home Office clearance . |
| 23 | ‘ Laughing when you should be crying ca n't be helped but it sends other people the wrong signals , so they may be shocked . ’ |
| 24 | That there was a pattern for her in Lermontov 's novel is conceivable : but it ca n't be claimed that it fits her with exactitude , or that it provides an explanation of her conduct . |
| 25 | They have to invent so many for other people they just ca n't be bothered when it comes to themselves . ’ |