Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [adv] be done " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such previously unimaginable impertinences must not only be done by the book : they must be seen to be too . |
| 2 | ( 65 ) Justice must not only be done — ( … ) — but must manifestly be seen to be done . |
| 3 | In Sussex Justices the court said that " it is of fundamental importance that justice should not only be done but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done . " |
| 4 | It was always our contention that justice should not only be done but that justice should be seen to be done by the due process of the public inquiry . |
| 5 | Ever a man for taking the particular to exhibit the general , this allowed him a global crack at the Scots : he claimed that they were not interested in doing anything unless it had natural awkwardness in it : ‘ What can not be done without some uncommon trouble or particular expedient , will not often be done at all . |
| 6 | The dock company obtained planning permission to operate the dock as a commercial port , which can not sensibly be done other than on a 24-hour basis . |