Example sentences of "[adj] [vb mod] [not/n't] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The FCC 's cleverly contrived technical contest may have helped accelerate the move to digital broadcasting , but that may not be of much help to the terrestrial TV broadcasters it had hoped to escort into the digital age , nor give much of an edge to American equipment makers . |
| 2 | So a female quail does not begin to incubate her clutch of a dozen or so eggs until it is complete , and that may not be for a fortnight after the first was laid . |
| 3 | What environmentalists are concerned about is the fear that in spite of a clay lining — dangerous waste from the site will eventually leak through the porous chalk below and into the groundwater — though that may not be for another fifty years . |
| 4 | Although that may not be against a literal interpretation of the wording of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty , would not such a move be a gross affront to the potential proliferators who are reconsidering the need to indulge in the acquisition of nuclear weapons ? |
| 5 | With majority voting the European Commission and the Council of Ministers can put things through that may not be in the Labour Party 's and our interests . |
| 6 | That may not be by name , John . |
| 7 | ‘ That should n't be tae hard , ’ Paddy said . |
| 8 | ‘ But that should n't be for a while , they 're not calling the twenties up yet … |
| 9 | Naturally we lose some points at the beginning and end ( four in this case ) but this may not be of great importance in a long series . |
| 10 | Performance and comfort : if you prefer bags with lots of room to move , then this may not be for you . |
| 11 | Adults are at least able to acquire , even though this may not be at a sufficiently high level of competence . |
| 12 | But I think what , perhaps the , the best thing to do is when the transcriptions come back , and this may not be till the summer because it is a very long long process , when they come back , they will all go back to the person who made them ten people . |
| 13 | It should be noted that for some performances , this may not be until the interval . |
| 14 | This is ridiculous this , this should n't be on the road . |
| 15 | It is quite natural for all human beings to seek the company of their peers , but surely this should not be to the exclusion of contact with people of all ages . |
| 16 | The overriding aim is to increase the value of the reports by providing more information , but this should not be at the expense of clarity . |
| 17 | It is suggested that this should not be from the treating surgeon . |
| 18 | But the shaming should not be of a ‘ stigmatizing ’ nature which will tend to exclude them from being accepted members of the community ; it should be of a kind which serves to reintegrate them within it , by getting them to accept that they have done wrong while encouraging others to readmit them to society . |
| 19 | Again , when Jews were refused ordination in the national protestant church in Germany during the Third Reich , the church split , for there were those who said that on principle ( whatever might be the case in the state ) this could not be in the church . |
| 20 | If hamlet ( or rather the actor playing him ) , catches a frog in his throat during a soliloquy , since one is experiencing a human drama this need n't be in the least distracting — indeed the element of human fallibility and frailty thus introduced could even enhance the impact of the performance ( admittedly it could also be unintentionally quite hilarious ) ! |
| 21 | This need not be of concern as easily chewed food like fish fingers , beefburgers , and rissoles are commonly provided as children 's foods . |
| 22 | This need not be of great concern to management , however , given the capacity of most companies to finance themselves through retained earnings . |
| 23 | This would not be to the exclusion of other World Religions which would be included in their appropriate curricular area . |
| 24 | ‘ This would not be in the educational interests of either the Government , the Department of Education or schools . ’ |
| 25 | 14.1 shall not be under any liability to or to any party in any way whatsoever for the destruction , damage , delay or any matters of this nature whatsoever arising our of war , rebellion , civic commotion , strikes , lock-outs and industrial disputes ; fire , explosion , earthquake , act of God , flood , drought , or bad weather ; the unavailability or deliveries , supplies , work , disks , or other media or the requisitioning or any other act or order by any government department , council or other constituted body . |
| 26 | The people who have done this will not be at peace for years to come . |
| 27 | In most cases this will not be of much use , but at this stage there is nothing to lose . |
| 28 | This will not be as a result of a concession to terrorism . |
| 29 | Of course , like the sentences about the knight , the dragon , and the pineapple , they might form part of a discourse , and if we stretch our imaginations we could come up with a situation in which they do ; but this will not be by virtue of the words so and she , but because of some other information about the context . |
| 30 | As far as I am concerned , this will not be in the foreseeable future ! |