Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A visit to a stately home and certainly a game of Monopoly could not be pure fun , divorced from politics . |
| 2 | Involving the fire , the exit th there , we actually talked about er , issuing a memo to all the branches and telling them there ought not be electrical equipment on overnight . |
| 3 | It is important for the diagnosis of partial relations that the occurrences in unshared syntactic environments should not be distinct senses . |
| 4 | In some specimens the apical papilla may not be distinct while in others there are 1 or 2 large , pointed papillae ; these are flanked by up to 6 flat , pointed or sometimes scale-like oral papillae . |
| 5 | It can not be mere coincidence that the abandonment of paternalism came about when the party was on the cusp of a new generation of leaders . |
| 6 | They overstay their time , but may not be genuine non-returners . |
| 7 | Whatever the empiricists ' originative material for concept-abstraction may be , it can not be epistemic appearances . |
| 8 | If that is so , presumably costs to industry will be that much lower here than in the rest of Europe , so there will not be equal competition with enterprises in the other 11 nations of the European Community . |
| 9 | There are other signs that might lead you to believe that there 's things not as they might be , the legs may not be equal length particularly if only one is dislocated and that 's fairly obvious is n't it because the , the , the ball joint 's not in the socket and there 's a bigger gap so the leg hangs down longer and you 've all changed a baby have n't you and you see that they 've got little creases in the insides of their legs and across their buttocks , and those creases may not be a mirror matching they are normally , so those are clues . |
| 10 | The first is that it need not be democratic government , or democratic propositions , to which the people give their consent . |
| 11 | A partner must not be prohibited access to information at his reasonable request . |
| 12 | Suppose a company has a training policy that women over 50 and men over 55 will not be reimbursed correspondence course fees because the company does not want to pay for training unless it can get at least ten years benefit from that training . |
| 13 | Love which was forced on God would not be divine love at all . |
| 14 | These hints had their final expression in an astonishing personal letter written by Knox to Mary on 26 October 1559 , claiming that ‘ if it be the office of a very friend to give true and faithful counsel to them whom he sees run to destruction for lack of the same , I could not be proven enemy to your Grace but rather a friend unfeigned ’ — even if moderation was never Knox 's strong suit and so , unable to keep up the quiet tone of the letter , he felt impelled to throw in a postscript : ‘ God move your heart yet in time to consider that ye fight not against man , but against the eternal God , and against his Son Jesus Christ , the only Prince of the kings of the earth . ’ |
| 15 | Some Marxist anthropologists have argued that units which do not contain classes are not true states , and of course , in these cases , by definition there can not be classless states . |
| 16 | She is surely not herself , this can not be normal behaviour , Kathleen Lavender said to herself , day after day , night after night . |
| 17 | But were creatures nothing more than their physical overcoats , why should they not be docile vegetarians in one stage and voracious prey-catchers in another ? |
| 18 | There are dicta in Vestey which indicate that Herdman v IRC may not be good law , but it is felt that the Revenue probably have the better argument on a simple reading of the legislation . |
| 19 | Would it not be good policy to consider this option ? |
| 20 | This will not be good news for those banks left with the bad debts . |
| 21 | The dangers of long exposure to fluorescent lighting and video screens are only now beginning to be appreciated , and the 50 Hz frequency of domestic electric-ring circuits may not be good news either . |
| 22 | There might indeed be news of her beloved Mr. Andrew , but it might not be good news . |
| 23 | Perhaps they could not be good wives and good mothers because they could not give what they had never had . |
| 24 | Cadbury 's Time Out will be a winner here , but it will not be conquering Europe . |
| 25 | That sport and , for that matter , entertainment may not be viable avenues from despair is less important than the fact that they were seen as such by groups who saw no alternatives . |
| 26 | Invert depths of sewers , pumping station Septic tanks and cesspools , approval for discharge of effluent Planning and environmental problems Classification of land , agricultural land , land with hope value , land scheduled for development ( usually in development or local plan ) Outline planning approval , detailed planning approval Built environment , redevelopment or change of use Existing planning approval may not be viable Planning conditions , open space , density , play areas , height and design of buildings Character of area and immediate environment |
| 27 | It need not be individual life , since in Bilbo 's second version others can take it up and follow it in their turn ; however in Frodo 's and Bilbo 's first version the image of the traveller pursuing the Road looks very like a symbol of the individual pursuing his moment of consciousness down the unknown road which is everyone 's future life , to an end which no one can predict . |
| 28 | ‘ Mind thoo , ’ went on his father , ‘ it 'll not be easy ti get a good man . |
| 29 | However , such performances can not be necessary conditions for such ascription , because of all those we would naturally deem conscious but who can not , for various reasons , provide them . |
| 30 | ‘ Fs , Gs , and the Big U. OK , that may not be great earthquakes for you , but people like my folks press you . |