Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | HI FI enthusiasts who do not want to be involved in new-fangled digital technology now have a fresh analogue controversy to get their teeth into . |
| 32 | ‘ We do not need that kind of publicity and do not want to be involved in that sort of thing . |
| 33 | I do not want to be predictable , because the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) does not like people to be predictable . |
| 34 | You do not want to be anthropomorphic about animals when people are dying needlessly around you , but there was a sad aimlessness about this beast , limping around the tarmac on three legs , moving hesitantly towards people , then thinking better of it , or standing motionless for minutes on end , staring into the bushes on the perimeter . |
| 35 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
| 36 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 37 | You do not want to be hungry . |
| 38 | By the same token that we do not want to be able to identify Mrs. X , it would not be appropriate for me to reveal the exact nature of either the charge or the punishment received by the soldier . |
| 39 | We do not want to be dogmatic . |
| 40 | Mr Winterton added : ‘ I do not want to be bitter or vindictive . |
| 41 | But they argued on the basis of British press reports that despite the considerable identity of views of the participants to the talks ‘ the Romanian leaders do not wish to be involved in any Western plan for the establishment of a ‘ neutral ’ Afghanistan ’ . |
| 42 | I have allowed several interruptions and , although I do not wish to be discourteous , I should get on . |
| 43 | ‘ I do not wish to be hard upon poor people in great affliction ; but I can not help thinking that they have been doing for hundreds of years past something very like what the Bible calls ‘ tempting God' ’ — staking their property and their lives upon the chances or no earthquakes coming , while they ought to have known that an earthquake might come an day . ’ |
| 44 | Obviously your personal situation will affect the choices you make but a sound principle to follow was laid down by William Morris who wrote ‘ have nothing in your home which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful ’ . |
| 45 | It is accepted that individual positions are unequally rewarded , but the questions of access and opportunity now become central , and although Western capitalist societies do not claim to be equal , they do claim to offer equal opportunity to all in the competition for unequal positions . |
| 46 | I do not claim to be comprehensive in what follows , rather my aim has been to assess some of the main features of kin support in the past which have particular relevance to the central theme of this book — how important are duty , obligation and responsibility in motivating the support which people give to their relatives ? |
| 47 | I do not claim to be able to unravel the complexities of atonement . |
| 48 | I do not claim to be gifted — it 's just something you either possess or you do n't . |
| 49 | Although the police do not need to be certain that a person has heard or seen what is going on before they can call for quiet under the Act ( since it is sufficient that they have reasonable cause to believe that an offence is being committed ) , they would afterwards have to conduct house to house enquiries before they could truthfully say that the conduct was actually heard or seen by a bystander . |
| 50 | Though all members of a cycle group do not need to be competent in all five of the recognised face skills , the team as a whole must be able to deploy sufficient resources on each shift to man the roles likely to arise . |
| 51 | To enjoy it , we do not need to be dry : just in need of a restorative or relaxant , or maybe a focus for a social moment or brief encounter . |
| 52 | Such goods do not need to be durable or aesthetic , so long as they are hygienic and functional . |
| 53 | Socio-cultural anthropologists do not need to be expert anatomists or geneticists or specialists in the biology of nutrition but they are likely to talk a lot of nonsense if they do not take account of what experts in such matters have been able to discover . |
| 54 | This is all I shall relate about Charlotte 's circumstances in order to protect her anonymity , but suffice it to say , I decided to play along with her idea of aromatherapy being simply a pleasant way to relax — indeed , you do not need to be ill to enjoy the benefits of aromatherapy massage . |
| 55 | Governors and teachers do not need to be able to work these out , but they should be able to understand how the figures were reached and what such a budgetary report means . |
| 56 | Senses need to represent unitary ‘ quanta ’ of meaning , but they do not need to be finite in number . |
| 57 | Rollers do not need to be circular in order to offer constant breadth . |
| 58 | We do not need to be aggressive and anxious if we have open access to the Father , the indwelling presence of Christ in our hearts , and the guidance of the Holy Spirit . |
| 59 | This is because females reared on larger hosts are able to lay more eggs , but males do not gain by being larger . |
| 60 | Large units do not seem to be deficient in democratic qualities and may even be more democratic in some respects ; 4 . |