Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [be] [adj] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bride 's parents should not be present at this stage . |
| 2 | The new church should not be dismayed at trouble within or without in the early stages : it may well come as a result of being on a collision course with the forces of evil who , putting it bluntly , do not want the new church to survive ! |
| 3 | This Britain had done and she should not be dismayed at their majority , but be proud of it , and of the imperialism which had made it possible " . |
| 4 | Mr Geoff Dossetter , the Federation 's spokesman said : ‘ It is a buyer 's market out there and there is no reason why women should not be good at selling cars . ’ |
| 5 | If we can give tax concessions for unleaded petrol to improve the environment , surely we should not be aghast at the prospect of tax concessions to secure that alarms are fitted in our cars and that some protection is provided to stop a lot of this senseless crime . |
| 6 | It will probably be very untidy ( and you may need that ability to cope with unfamiliar attitudes ) but you should not be concerned at this stage with what it looks like , only what it does . |
| 7 | If we consider Braybrook and Powell 's ( 1980 ) surprise at finding 22 children with acceptable , natural speech abilities , and apply it to Conrad 's ( 1979 ) national study of school leavers , we find that we should not be surprised at all . |
| 8 | One should not be surprised at the offsetting movements of currencies , since if some currencies are appreciating then as a matter of arithmetic other currencies must be depreciating . |
| 9 | It is the same — and we should not be surprised at this — in ordinary discourse . |
| 10 | People should not be afraid at all . ’ |
| 11 | And whether he were not in this dilemma ; that either his estate might enure for life , at his option ; and then according to Lord Coke such an estate would , in legal contemplation , be an estate for life ; which could not be created by parol : or if not for life , being for no assignable period , it must operate as a tenancy from year to year ; in which case it would be inconsistent with , and repugnant to the nature of such an estate , that it should not be determinable at the pleasure of either party giving the regular notice . |
| 12 | Erm You asked some while ago whether it should n't be possible at least to have a an agreed view on how many people are dying as it were . |
| 13 | Developing specific goals to implement your objectives is not necessary and may not be practical at this point , but you will need to do that eventually . |
| 14 | Scholars who are good at knowing where to look for the sources of their subject matter may not be good at knowing where to look for suitable software . |
| 15 | I may not be good at long-lasting relationships , but even I can see this is not the way to become those Folks on the Hill , Darby and Joan , who used to be Jack and Jill … |
| 16 | Occasional breakdowns in the training may not be uncommon at this stage , and you should make sure that the litter tray is available overnight or if you have to leave the puppy for a short time during the day . |
| 17 | In modern drainage systems , an inspection chamber may not be necessary at all junctions and bends : a rodding point may be provided instead . |
| 18 | The baby may or may not be due at any time . |
| 19 | The manager of the recruiting bureau may or may not be present at the interview , but may be present when discussion takes place afterwards , or may have submitted a written report on the recruit 's attitudes and progress so far in the bureau . |
| 20 | Clearly any or all of these are possible but erm er naturally you would understand that if you had them daily by film you would be having you know ninety pieces of paper er and clearly that may not be appropriate at times well times , you know hundreds by the looks of it now but usually times ten at least . |
| 21 | This staff may not be available at many medical schools . |
| 22 | It may not be relevant at all , but I 'd better tell you . |
| 23 | NEDs may not be independent at all , as their appointment may be for some personal reason or because of existing business connections . |
| 24 | But of course , this ‘ new order ’ may not be monopolar at all . |
| 25 | This may not be obvious at once . |
| 26 | From these beginnings there developed ideas which have become standard in much management training and practice , that members of large organizations have social and psychological needs which may or may not be satisfied at work . |
| 27 | What lies behind these conceptions of content and object is the true idea that the nature of consciousness itself may not be different at all between the times when we think truly and when we think falsely , or when we want what exists and when we want what does not exist . |
| 28 | If any of them hinted afterwards that his wife might not be thrilled at seeing them again , he 'd say , ‘ You can tell her to bugger off any time . ’ |
| 29 | ( d ) Dishonesty need not be present at the start of the transaction . |
| 30 | Those few students who require a highly specialized training in computer-aided research skills , can and should be taught by historians though the provision need not be available at every single university . |