Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [adv] [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , whereas a horseman 's work formerly revolved almost entirely around his horses , his modern counterpart must not only be a tractor driver but a ‘ general farm worker ’ — a mechanic , a labourer and perhaps even a part-time stockman , too . |
| 2 | Yet it should not simply be a bolt-on addition at the end . |
| 3 | This is inconvenient to the tidy-minded , but should not otherwise be a matter for regret . |
| 4 | And a production should not just be a matter of getting a good notice and leaving it to go to seed slowly . |
| 5 | Vogtlander added , ‘ any new tax should not just be a means to raise additional revenues as an easy way out for governments with budget deficits ’ . |
| 6 | Secondly , while such knowledge may involve certain skills , it should not merely be a matter of skill . |
| 7 | To really enjoy your garden it should n't just be a home for plants . |
| 8 | Well er to me it does n't matter s er that much , what I 'm concerned about is that this is a matter of public interest , it should n't just be a matter of professional interest and it 's for these reasons I think the government should take a rather more lively interest er than perhaps it does . |
| 9 | Pam Nelson may not yet be a household name but if this young American progresses in the same manner as previous Pilkington Glass U.21 Champions Steffi Graf , Arantxa Sanchez , Jana Novotna and Manuela Maleeva , then it will not be long before her name appears in the latter stages of the world 's leading tournaments . |
| 10 | We may not yet be a vigilante state but there is no doubt that more people feel compelled to mete out their own justice rather than entrust it to the police and courts . |
| 11 | And we in the church may not yet be an army ‘ mighty and terrible with banners ’ , but we can muster resistance by coming together in little bands of hope ready to strike in deep raids behind enemy lines . |
| 12 | This may not just be a change in location and hence in pattern , since there may be contemporary settlements beneath the present villages , an aspect Bob Smith is examining in the Wiltshire valleys . |
| 13 | Platelet-specific protein levels have been compared in diabetics with and without clinical evidence of vascular disease ( Betteridge et al , 1981 ) , and although there was a more pronounced increase in diabetics with retinopathy , those diabetics without clinical evidence of vascular disease still had higher levels of platelet-specific proteins than controls suggesting that the enhanced platelet activation may not just be a consequence of vascular damage but may precede its development . |
| 14 | Furthermore , a masters degree may not even be a qualification in the usual sense at all : Oxford and Cambridge University BA graduates can , after a specified number of years , obtain an MA without any further study or assessment . |
| 15 | Of course , yours may not necessarily be a dress . |
| 16 | a client , who may not necessarily be a KPMG audit client . |
| 17 | In some respects , today 's emphasis on women 's rights , literature and issues may not only be a drive to increase women 's standing in relation to men , but may rather be a celebration of the rediscovery of the shared communication that women have . |
| 18 | Similarly , the distinction between ‘ old-fashioned ’ and ‘ modern racism ’ may not always be a distinction in kind , but may reflect an ability to provide justifications , often post hoc , for views and positions . |
| 19 | The significance of the decision here , given that the case concerned a child who was not terminally ill , is its recognition that it may not always be a doctor 's duty in law to preserve life , provided certain conditions are met . |
| 20 | ‘ You forget that my husband 's death has never been proved , so I may not really be a widow , ’ she said , confused . |
| 21 | It may not quite be a Booker Prize contender is in itself but for the memories it brings back it is a wonder . |
| 22 | ‘ I mean , there might not even be a shipment of coke . ’ |
| 23 | Knowing the way Kirov works , it might not even be a carrot . |
| 24 | However , while returning home with the Cup might not quite be an occasion for breaking out the ticker tape and launching into an orgy of street parties , it would be nice to see England do well , and there is no reason why they should not . |
| 25 | He 'll explain how one day she 'll not only be a princess — but an heiress too . |
| 26 | There could not even be a question of dual nationality . |
| 27 | This could not even be a matter of learning something to her advantage . |
| 28 | But Foucault 's own subsequent work shows that it could not really be a question of choice on these terms , for the simple reason that , as he himself is at pains to point out in The Order of Things , history is itself a discursive practice : while the latter can not be simply equated with the textual , it can not be crudely opposed to it either . |
| 29 | The river — it stretched away as far as he could see in either direction , and could not therefore be a lake — was very wide . |
| 30 | Except that now , she realised , this could not possibly be a dream . |