Example sentences of "[subord] there be not a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He is saying that where there is not a straight fight between Labour and Conservatives , people may wish to vote tactically . ’ |
| 2 | the natural deduction from what I have said so far would be for Governments to end the necessity of monetising debt and make sure that they do n't put themselves in the position of monetising debt — at any rate in circumstances where there is not a substantial deficiency of demand for labour and where therefore the monetisation of debt would not be counterbalanced by an increase in real production . |
| 3 | Such connections are occasionally recognised in orthodox medicine where there is not a long time delay between one complaint developing and the next , though the significance of the link between diseases is frequently missed . |
| 4 | How many orchestral recordings do you own of , say , a typical Romantic Symphony , where the orchestral playing is truly watertight of ensemble , where there 's not a single moment when any one player or section is audibly ‘ out of sync ’ with the main ensemble ? |
| 5 | In Grampian , there were seven murders last year compared with two in 1991 , in Dumfries and Galloway two rather than one and in Northern , where there was not a single murder in 1991 , last year brought five . |
| 6 | There is a rough division between east and west which became apparent in Peter Webster 's study of Severn Valley wares found on the Wall ( 1972 ) , for , although there is not a great quantity it has a definite western bias , which suggests that the means of transport was by the sea . |
| 7 | Although there was not a deliberate effort to discriminate on the grounds of sex , it was clear that the opportunities for girls to take CDT or for boys to take home economics were severely limited by the way the curriculum was organised . |
| 8 | Yeah , exactly cos there 's not a better way of doing as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 9 | Even if there is not a female specialist available , the more you ask , the more the services are likely to consider change . |
| 10 | It is evident that however the relationship is conceived it contains many elements of disorder and conflict , and that if there is not a substantial movement , in the medium-term future , towards greater economic equality among the nations of the world , the prospects for peaceful international cooperation will become still more discouraging . |
| 11 | Pressure on the government for military retaliation increased significantly , and Arens confirmed that " we are going to respond even if there is not a single other casualty " , but he also said that Israel would take account of the US , UK and other appeals not to disrupt the anti-Iraq coalition . |
| 12 | This is to inform you all that me and my Companions have Unanamously agreed and likewise made Oath to Each other that if There is not a speedy Altaration made for the Good of the poore that you have corn thinking to make your fortunes of shall have it burnt to the Ground whether it Be in Stacks or Barns for the fire that took place Last Week was but the begining of your Troble , we know every Stack of Corn about this Country , and Every Barn that hath Corn concealed in it for the Purpos of starving the Poore But we are Determind if thare is to Be Starvation it shall be a General thing not a parcial one for both Gentle and Simple shall Starve if any Do . |
| 13 | ‘ My lykewake 's to last ten days , mind , and if there 's not a good fight or two , I 'll be back to haunt you ! ’ |
| 14 | The overall conclusion to these studies is that organisations under capitalism are likely to have a more elaborate division of labour , hence a more extensive organisational hierarchy , make greater use of rules and procedures , and generally have a more complex form of organisation than would be the case if there were not a fundamental conflict being worked out within the firm between capital and labour . |
| 15 | Perhaps the strongest is that there are species in which some females reproduce sexually , and others by parthenogenesis : if there was not a short-term advantage to sex , the parthenogenetic females would long ago have replaced the sexual ones . |
| 16 | In terms of what would happen if this if you felt unable well if there was not a general location specified in the structure plan , then there are two two two ways forward . |
| 17 | The laird was startled to learn , however , that the lieutenancy of Marines would cost £300 , and shrewdly wondered if there was not a better opportunity afforded by the expansion of the army and the removal from the infantry regiments of many subalterns to fill captaincies in the Marines . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't see any good in him because there 's not a great deal of good to see . ’ |
| 19 | He claimed that complaints were up but nobody ever thought of complaining when the Labour party was in power because there was not a proper procedure , and in many cases the service was so bad that people did not bother . |
| 20 | Once round the loch and they headed back for their car , muttering that we were wasting our time because there was not a single fish in the loch . |
| 21 | His poem about Mesmer is a great puzzle to me , as I can not tell with any certainty what is his attitude to Animal Magnetism , whether mocking or endorsing , and this is so with other of his work , so that often one is led to wonder whether there is not a great pother of talk about nothing much . |
| 22 | Subsequent to this , as will be described in Chapter 9 , questions at last began to be asked as to whether there was not a direct conflict between AFHQ 's general policy , as confirmed in the Distone order , and the specific action being taken by 5 Corps at Eighth Army 's direction , in response to AFHQ 's order of 14 May . |
| 23 | However , there may be a loophole and that is that once the compatible interoperable program has been created there seems no reason why the interface details can not be subsequently used to create competing , replacement programs as long as there is not a substantial copy made of the code in the original program , as indicated in Figure 3 . |
| 24 | I always find it the reddest of the brilliant stars , though there is not a great deal of colour-difference between it and Betelgeux ; the name ‘ Antares ’ means ‘ the Rival of Ares ’ ( Mars ) . |
| 25 | Indeed , the reference to ‘ the social changes of the last fifteen years ’ makes it an understatement : for there is not a single social service today which was not framed more than fifteen years ago . |
| 26 | None of this may be objectively true — alternative , better , jobs simply may not exist even when there is not a high level of unemployment — but to the extent that individual workers believe the dominant achievement ideology in society then they will not wish to ‘ confess failure ’ by admitting that they do not enjoy an adequate level of job satisfaction . |
| 27 | I hope you 'll pick out what 's got to come from the East Midlands National airport , can I remind you that a list of that has already been made and passed by this council when there was not a Conservative majority and that had on it about seventy traffic calming schemes bottlenecks 'll be done all over this county which in themselves save accidents and save lives . |