Example sentences of "[be] not [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will be dealing with seven ( although another claim I am not making is that of exhaustiveness ) : affection , status , stimulation , autonomy , security , money and belief . |
| 2 | The main reason they are not overcome is lack of time to discover the mistake and put it right . |
| 3 | Under the Child Minders Regulations Act of 1948 a person caring for reward for one or more children under five years of age to whom they are not related is required to be registered with the local authority . |
| 4 | Responses that are not rewarded are less likely to be performed again . |
| 5 | It is widely recognized among those involved with education that one of the most significant aspects of certification procedures is that aspects of educational endeavour which are not assessed are unlikely to be taken seriously by either teachers or pupils . |
| 6 | But your Major alas … ’ ‘ … while we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen : for the things which are seen are temporal ; but the things which are not seen are eternal … ’ |
| 7 | The main disadvantage of the network approach is that areas which are not covered are thereby excluded completely . |
| 8 | Tax is imposed as a rate or series of rates ; e.g. income tax is levied at just 20% , 25% and 40% of taxable income whilst VAT items that are not exempted are zero-rated or pay 17.5% . |
| 9 | ‘ But the question they are not answering is what are we going to do about the NHS . |
| 10 | Those that are not reviewed are returned as rapidly as possible so that they may be submitted elsewhere without delay . |
| 11 | erm Darwin says in the origin , and I 'm sorry I ca n't read it to you , but I was desperately looking for the quotation in the origin before I can and I could n't find it but I assure you it 's there erm in which he remarks that in all probability the periods of time during which species are not changing is probably very large compared with those periods when change is taking place . |
| 12 | I , I do n't often agree with Jim about anything , but I really do agree with him about this , that there has to be some clear guidelines , I think , as to how these are fixed , they are not going be have the potential of being very unfair to people because people operate in different ways in different areas and I would suggest that it would be a good idea if this community were to ask for erm guidelines to be drafted for this committee to agree so that there is a more even fair , laid down procedure for dealing with the cases coming before the panel . |
| 13 | The pastor who is not praying is playing ; the people who are not praying are straying . |
| 14 | er is not a possibility of having more open days so that general public can come in to see what 's happening and not only advertise in Harlow but advertise I live in Bishop 's Stortford now in the surrounding districts erm time gets although you said you get fifty per cent of people coming from outside of Harlow it does n't matter where the people come from as long as they come so more open days free erm to get people to come in and er particularly er outside people also I would suggest that the er chairman 's of the local district council 's who are not contributing be invited to the open day to see what er the playhouse is doing for the people who live in there er council area 's to see whether we can get some more supports er as a Stortford resident I 'd be quite happy to add a bit on my community charge to go to the playhouse . . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're not fussing are you , old love ? ’ teased Travis . |
| 16 | If your scales are wrong you 're not progressing are you ? |
| 17 | If you 're , if you 're if you 're cold and hungry you 're not learning are you ? |
| 18 | You 're not cooking are you ? |
| 19 | you 're not cooking are you ? |
| 20 | You 're not cooking are you ? |
| 21 | We 're not recording are we Clare ? |
| 22 | and he 's Ron you 're going to experience a lot of things that you 're not going be happy about he says but I 'll let you find out for yourself . |
| 23 | But what they 're not doing is spending loads of money on hospitals and houses and schools and raising the general living standards , they 're spending it all on heavy industry and armaments . |
| 24 | ‘ What we 're not doing is offering the client an audit on a regular basis , ’ said , ‘ although whether it will form the catalyst for more regular contact is another matter . ’ |
| 25 | There 's a lot of things we 're not doing is n't there at the moment ? |
| 26 | They 're not working , they 're not working are they ? |
| 27 | " I 'm sorry , Mr Grout , but what you 're not having is Unemployment Benefit . |
| 28 | What we 're not saying is that the the development er the road is development led . |
| 29 | But we 're not saying is the pipe-work and the little waterways if you see the machine you 'll understand more . |
| 30 | They 're not bothered are they ? |