Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Du n no to be honest .
2 Many of the events do not appear to be amenable to prevention .
3 The examples described below illustrate all these , though as yet there do not appear to be many instances of disasters in the management of which GIS has played a significant part .
4 According to the report , the proposed staffing structures for the projected new unitary authorities do not appear to be capable of maintaining the current level and quality of services and management practices .
5 Loadings do not appear to be good with one train having only three coaches .
6 Therefore , the day-by-day changes in the timing of rhythms seen in the aged do not appear to be due to day-by-day irregularities of habits , and this suggests an internal cause due to the body clock .
7 Those which grow near silty areas do not appear to be strong plants .
8 The same calculation for sharing a bed ( 22% ) should be viewed with caution since the ethnically specific relative risks associated with this factor do not appear to be homogeneous .
9 Here , however , the peltae themselves do not appear to be hollow , and the volutes have only one band .
10 As a contribution to the development of sources of geothermal energy , an attempt is being made to establish credible gas geothermometry for the East African Rift , for conventional models do not appear to be applicable .
11 Though pedestrians and cyclists are to be ‘ encouraged to use the facilities provided for them ’ there do not appear to be any facilities other than the traditional footpath .
12 There do not appear to be any negative affects on the plants .
13 The ACOG guidelines ( 1986 ) do not specifically address weight training , which is becoming increasingly popular with women , but there do not appear to be any documented harmful effects .
14 Sadly , there do not appear to be any takers .
15 There do not appear to be any significant decisions on the word " technical " , but it is not difficult to contemplate circumstances where the purchaser may wish to absorb his purchase into an existing business which operates with different technology .
16 However , a study of specimens of A. grandis identified by Koehler shows that the ridged ventral arm plates do not appear to be constant feature and that differences in arm spine number are within the normal range found in A. otteri .
17 But while such differences are common , they do not appear to be universal .
18 Large companies do not appear to be unchallenged .
19 What is perhaps more disturbing is that many existing IT specialists do not appear to be aware of some fundamental principles involved in designing reliable , " user-friendly " and " environment-friendly " information systems .
20 Its main function is to attract a female : male cuckoos do not appear to be territorial since the areas over which males sing often overlap as do the egg-laying ranges of females .
21 Some differences have been noted which do not appear to be trivial .
22 Activation and CytR regulation in the three promoters containing double mutations were identical with that of the promoter only containing the -65 mutation ( data not shown ) , hence , positions +4 , -1 and -33 do not appear to be important for CytR regulation .
23 The prisons do not appear to be full to overflowing as in so many European countries .
24 But some people do not appear to be able to use it responsibly : they do not seem to know when enough is enough .
25 For example , no neuron behaves like a RAM chip , and synapses do not appear to be symmetric as in a Boltzmann machine .
26 The images and symbols that are used in Between to demonstrate the mechanics of the imagination do not pretend to be original ; they are self-consciously mined in the cultural history of the West .
27 Even if you do not intend to be disloyal there is always the risk that you might be careless .
28 I do not mean to be offensive to the hon. Member for Sherwood when I say that he has entertained us with his prepared briefs in many of our coal debates , but that it is a bit rich of him continually to criticise the contraction of the coal industry when he has supported many of his Government 's policies on the industry .
29 In addition to the single people who choose to be alone , there are many hundreds of thousands of widows , widowers and unmarried people who do not choose to be alone , but are .
30 Unveiling proposals for a new global anti-missile system in co-operation with the United States , Yeltsin emphasised that " we do not want to be mere partners , we want to be allies " , adding that a new democratic Russia would play a full role in joint efforts based on collective security .
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