Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [be] such a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bukharin was warning that there should not be such a fundamental revision of policies as would mean a return to the arbitrary and commandist methods of ‘ war communism ’ , This meant that , for Bukharin , industrialisation should proceed within the established framework . |
| 2 | Does the Minister agree that there should not be such a gallery and that our collections should be dispersed throughout the whole of Scotland ? |
| 3 | So , the thing is you should n't be such a good cook Graeme ! |
| 4 | I say well should n't be such a good cook ! |
| 5 | But that may not be such a bad thing , says Ian Marshall . |
| 6 | While programmers have not been able to do that the results they have achieved suggest that this may not be such a good idea . |
| 7 | If you have to rely solely on public transport then the rural life may not be such a good idea , unless everything that you have to be near is within your area . |
| 8 | Looked at from this angle , the mystery may not be such a mystery after all . |
| 9 | If your partner is opposed to condoms , uncooperative or not interested , sexual intercourse may not be such a good idea . |
| 10 | But the imbalance grows on you , even if structurally it may not be such a good idea , since some very squat buttresses on the left-hand or north wall had to be built on during a partial restoration of the building in the last century . |
| 11 | However , such a mental exercise may be found to be of more benefit to him than could any rules , and as such may not be such a bad thing . |
| 12 | Now only if I knew Jamie Forrester tickets may not be such a problem at times … |
| 13 | Now that might not be such a bad thing . |
| 14 | A member of our research team will show a tape of one of the programmes and hopefully that will persuade whoever it may be that it might not be such a bad thing to appear on it . |
| 15 | If he said ‘ Good morning , men ! ’ as he passed by then it might not be such a bad day . |
| 16 | I was up ‘ til midnight making the gekhakte chicken liver and roasting the turkey for the sandwiches and doing the potato salad , so you 'd better not give me any nonsense about your latest low-fat diet , Rebecca , or you either , Rainbow , though a little slimming routine might not be such a bad thing for you , except today 's a special occasion , so just tuck in . |
| 17 | On second thoughts , it might not be such a bad idea , if only for a different reason . |
| 18 | It might not be such a bad thing — if we can get decent cover for Beeney at a cheap price , we should still be able to get a decent fee for Lukic . |
| 19 | The reaction from Ulster Unionists has been an almost automatic rejection , but Downing Street has been keen to point out that Foley has been vocal in his criticism of the IRA and his appointment might not be such a bad move . |
| 20 | If Jimmy Shine were so loveable and bright , he could not be such an ecumenical failure at everything from school to girls , from New York to San Francisco , from painting to living . |
| 21 | Perhaps resting there would not be such a bad thing for a week or two longer ? |
| 22 | But I come from Tobermory , a Scottish island village where it would not be such a craven blunder . |
| 23 | This man , with his town-bred ignorance , combined with his native shrewdness and suspicion , would not be such an easy person to work for . |
| 24 | Perhaps it would n't be such a bad idea to be slightly more circumspect about looking for her . |
| 25 | Besides saving the EMS , a little prudential supervision of the world 's last wholly unregulated financial market would n't be such a bad idea . |
| 26 | ‘ There would n't be such a thing as a cigarette ? |
| 27 | Maybe tonight would n't be such a cop-out after all … . |
| 28 | Dying would n't be such an awfully big adventure for Uncle Vernon — he was too old . |
| 29 | There ca n't be such a solution . |
| 30 | Seeing yourself as others see you wo n't be such a dramatic experience for everyone but it is certainly a compelling one and it can become an experience you learn from . |