Example sentences of "not [be] [adv] [adj] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The superintendent was looking relieved that the incident had not been as bad as it might have been . |
| 2 | But we know it can not be quite right because it does n't incorporate the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics . |
| 3 | This last ambition may not be as absurd as it looks ; Sigistrix was , after all , the grandson of Theodoric . |
| 4 | In the conclusion to Chapter 2 , I suggested that the gulf between the view of humans as free and choice-making , on the one hand , and determined by forces outside of their control , on the other , may not be as unbridgeable as it seems . |
| 5 | Surprisingly , this task may not be as hopeless as it seems . |
| 6 | In this light , the high failure rate of leave applications would not be as surprising as it first seems . |
| 7 | If there is a desire to go down this road it has to be said it may not be as easy as it might at first seem . |
| 8 | But the restriction need not be as great as it first appears . |
| 9 | c ) You might not be able to assemble the furniture correctly so it will not be as strong as it should be . |
| 10 | This is in part due to practice ; but there is also an influence of maturation , for if a chick is prevented from pecking at food during its second day , it will still be better at pecking on its third than on its first day ( Figure 3.5 ) but it will not be as accurate as it would have been if it had been allowed to practise . |
| 11 | The answer might not be as obvious as it seems . |
| 12 | Where it breaks down and you get a governing body that is split down the middle , where you get staff who tend to who might tend to go in an opposite way to the head teacher , where you get parents who are asked to make difficult decisions as with an opt out ballot , then I think that you have to look very hard at the way that that school is managed and the way that it 's going in the future , because those are the sort of issues that unless you get those right the future for the school can not be as bright as it is for one where they are working as a team . |
| 13 | When people experience low self-esteem , their ‘ adult ’ may not be as active as it could be . |
| 14 | The Turks are worried that the meat they so painstakingly prepared will not be as tasty as it should be . |
| 15 | There will not be much re-nationalisation , for example , and the top rate of tax will not be as high as it was under Mr Healey ( although it will start much lower down the scale ) . |
| 16 | And that may not be as bad as it first sounds . |
| 17 | If they did not , the myth of the sense behind the sentence would not be as popular as it is . |
| 18 | Attempting to analyse verb-initial languages such as Arabic in terms of Halliday 's model highlights the fact that , for some languages , this type of analysis may not be as workable as it is in English . |
| 19 | If you are fortunate enough to own , or to find , an incunabulum or book printed before 1500 , do not be too alarmed if it has no title , since many books of the period had none , at least in the sense that we understand , the publisher/printer contenting himself with a curt statement of the title and author 's name , known as a ‘ label title ’ , or else a small introductory paragraph ( sometimes using a different coloured ink ) known as the ‘ incipit ’ , from the Latin ‘ it begins ’ . |
| 20 | In the latter case , if there is a provision for the tenant to provide a substitute guarantor on the bankruptcy or liquidation of the original guarantor the landlord should not be too disadvantaged and it would seem reasonable to resist the stringent forfeiture provision . |
| 21 | The piece must not be too heavy but it must have a certain weight to it . |
| 22 | The style of the figures is manifestly provincial and need not be so early as it looks at first glance , but it can hardly be after the mid century . |
| 23 | The loan requirements shall not be so stringent that it will make it impossible for a businessman to acquire these loans . |
| 24 | Although royal icing should be firm , it should not be so hard that it can not be cut with a knife . |
| 25 | I must check those feelings which are the expression of physical instinct craving for satisfaction , but God knows celibacy is as painful to women ( even from the physical standpoint ) as it is to men — could not be more painful than it is to a woman . |
| 26 | I 've noticed that most people over the age of forty whinge like a chainsaw about their memory not being as good as it used to be , or not being as good as they wish it were . |