Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [not/n't] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may or may not be of significance that the Oxford English Dictionary can find no instance of the word ‘ pornography ’ being used before 1864 ( in a decade , it may be noted , which also saw a generalised use of the term ‘ capitalism ’ ) . |
| 2 | The situation in which a sexual problem is " masked " by a non-sexual presenting problem which may or may not be of true significance is not uncommon . |
| 3 | They frequently have to deal with awkward and unpleasant problems which may or may not be of their own making . |
| 4 | Extensive microbiological evaluation obviously increases the number of abnormalities detected ; however , these may or may not be of pathogenic relevance as also indicated by the persistence of symptoms after eradication of several infective agents reported by others . |
| 5 | On the other hand , a Type B non-profit might produce a series of Revenue Accounts ( which may or may not be on the ‘ income and expenditure ’ basis ) , a series of Balance Sheets , no overall Balance Sheet and no Cash Flow Statement . |
| 6 | ‘ The result is : ( 1 ) That this Act does not necessarily require anything to be done under it which might not be done without causing a nuisance ; ( 2 ) That as to those things which may or may not be under it , there is no evidence on the face of the Act that the legislature supposed it to be impossible for any of them to be done ( if they were done at all ) somewhere and under some circumstances , without creating a nuisance ; and ( 3 ) That the legislature has manifested no intention that any of these optional powers , as to asylums , should be exercised at the expense of , or so as to interfere with , any man 's private rights . |
| 7 | Yet an evaluation seems so often to be understood more as a sort of independent commission of enquiry undertaken at a fairly late stage in the life of a programme or project by ‘ experts ’ from outside whose findings may or may not be in straightforward language . |
| 8 | They are also influenced by individual employees , whose standards may or may not be in line with those of the official organization . |
| 9 | So until that comes out I can not actually confirm what may or may not be in that manifesto . |
| 10 | It would not be right frankly , for ministers to issue edicts about particular children , whether they or not they should or should n't be in care . |
| 11 | ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’ |
| 12 | Half-way through the twentieth century it was becoming clear to the more perceptive analysts that , whatever the political limitations might or might not be to that form of growth , there were ecological limitations looming on the horizon . |
| 13 | In addition , there was the set of Hardnut 's Cathedral keys which might or might not be with Wheeler . |
| 14 | As one teacher put it to me , ‘ on a bad day I have the feeling that I am struggling hard to do something that may not be worth doing at all ’ . |
| 15 | A very strong impression , even now , is of a lack of diversity in the planning and delivery of activities in ways that may not be in the best interests of the children . |
| 16 | She will try to accept the fact , as she takes her mother 's ‘ elevenses ’ in to her , that any attempt she may make to start a discussion of something that might not be of immediate interest to her mother may be turned off suddenly like a switch , and will plunge her temporarily into an emotional darkness in which she will feel very much alone . |
| 17 | This attitude also led him to express his distaste for the American-sponsored discussions on world trade , known as the Kennedy Round , that were currently being conducted within GATT : again , he suspected that they would produce a heightened American influence in Europe , something that would not be in Western Europe 's or France 's interests . |
| 18 | We are to have larger leagues next season and in the long run that ca n't be for the good of the game in Wales . |
| 19 | This can be difficult to organize and may not be of great use to the teacher either in planning lessons or in providing feedback for diagnostic purposes . |
| 20 | Unregistered foals could be worth less and may not be worth breeding for sale . |
| 21 | Having obtained B , we now select a pivotal element in it for the next step ; the selection is arbitrary except that the element must be nonzero and must not be in the second row , which contains the unit . |
| 22 | The DC must already exist and must not be in the ‘ in approval ’ or ‘ approved ’ state . |
| 23 | The DC to be aborted must already exist and must not be in the state IN APPROVAL or APPROVED . |
| 24 | The police say it trivialises the rave drugs scene and should n't be on sale . |
| 25 | But if he did n't find out , he 's out of touch and should n't be in his high office . |
| 26 | Nothing wrong in his world , and should n't be in hers — and she could n't really understand why it was . |
| 27 | You must be able to swim 500 yards and should not be in full time education at the time of the expedition . |
| 28 | This shows total disrespect to the king because openly implies that he is weak and foolish and should not be in his position of power . |
| 29 | Therefore he needed to be in London and could not be in Cuddesdon . |
| 30 | Palace have won just once in the Premier League all season and could not be in worse shape to face Liverpool tonight in the Coca-Cola Cup as they attempt to exorcise the haunting memory of their 9-0 Anfield thrashing in 1989 . |