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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If Western Europe could not be liberated from Britain , it would have to be defended . |
| 9 | 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 . |