Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] be not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be comforting to me at any rate personally to know that even so eminent a , a , er an ornament of the present administration as my Noble Friends also found these th th this material a matter for stumbling and was not perhaps inclined to give it a crown of lucidity . |
| 2 | This type of planning may be motivating but is not very effective . |
| 3 | I should think so , providing that 's not too loud . |
| 4 | The key to a successful prosecution is proving that at the time of the offence the children understood the seriousness of what they were doing and were not simply behaving mischievously . |
| 5 | Er I think what he 's trying to say about the rich peasants is that er that they were always resisting the movement , it was only later on when they find that you know , that they , they need to get involved otherwise their own positions are er threatened then , then they 're joining and they 're only joining but were not actually participating in it , they 're not moving along , and so that 's what , that 's why he 's making a distinction between different types of peasants . |
| 6 | This means that a low maintenance composition needs to use materials and planting that are not only easy to care for but look good throughout the year . |