Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [verb] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This plant exports the chips to Japan for processing but the scheme to replace the original forest with plantation to sustain the plant indefinitely has foundered because it has not been demonstrated that timber-growing is a worthwhile economic activity that does not threaten ownership of the land . |
| 2 | The case has not been proved that job evaluation and performance-related pay can be applied to nursing . |
| 3 | It 's not been proved that children living near power cables are more likely to develop leukaemia . |
| 4 | It has not been explained how they were able to do so without taking any instructions from Mrs. Steed , but it has not been suggested that Mrs. Steed authorised them to do so . |
| 5 | It should not be concluded that intonation is not important for conveying attitudes . |
| 6 | ‘ It can not be over-emphasised that statistics , if these are to have any meaning , should be gathered by those who know the churches well and who are concerned that the statistics reveal the truth . |
| 7 | ‘ … [ I ] t can not be argued that violence exists solely as a cultural phenomenon … violence is almost certainly embedded in the natural world ’ ( 1982 : 54 ) . |
| 8 | Also , it can not be ignored that Marco did n't have many options , since Eddie was about to kill him , and Marco 's actions were in self-defence : I think that Marco may only have beaten Eddie up had he not drawn the knife , but not killed him . |
| 9 | It can not be assumed that women over 65 would have had an adequate screening history and therefore can be forgotten , or that there is no point in regular follow-up of older patients . |
| 10 | So also , it must not be assumed that Ministers and civil servants regard judicial decisions as necessarily embodying the ultimate wisdom , especially where those decisions limit their powers . |
| 11 | Indeed , it should not be assumed that Jacobitism was based solely — or even primarily — on the legitimist principle . |
| 12 | It is rather that the whole point of a national curriculum will be lost if it can not be assumed that children at 11 will be ready for whatever is the generally agreed content of the first year at secondary school . |
| 13 | The lists of items in Categories I , II , III and IV are not exhaustive , and it must not be assumed that items of storage not specifically mentioned are regarded automatically as coming under Category I. In general , items under Categories II , III and IV are those where experience has shown that the materials produce exceptionally intense firms with the high rate of heat release . |
| 14 | Of course , it should not be assumed that prescribing of psychotropic medication for such problems actually causes patients to take overdoses . |
| 15 | The outcome is quite unknown but Ceolred was unquestionably the invader and it should not be assumed that Ine won . |
| 16 | It simply can not be assumed that samples selected for their distinctiveness on one variable will vary randomly on others . |
| 17 | It should not be assumed that people do not care whose sandwiches they are buying in a BR buffet . |
| 18 | It can not be assumed that symptoms are caused by disturbed gastric emptying . |
| 19 | However , at present it must not be assumed that sales always produce immediate problems . |
| 20 | It should not be assumed that relationships between the Board and the District were adversarial or competitive at that time . |
| 21 | " Let it not be imagined that grouse are an easy quarry for any hawk to take . |
| 22 | Stated baldly , and cheerfully ignoring the Secretary of State s admonition not to impute guilt to either Meehan or Waddell , his conclusions were that while Waddell and McGuinness probably carried out what he called the initial assault , ‘ it can not be disproved that Meehan and Griffiths were not a follow-up team with the role of dealing with the safe or safes believed to be in the bungalow ’ . |
| 23 | Although many questions in parliament about aircraft accidents are put in a genuine spirit of inquiry , it can not be denied that others are merely tabled in an attempt to embarrass the minister or government of the day . |
| 24 | Whether or not we accept their view , it can not be denied that groups are always an important part of any developed political system . |
| 25 | It can not be denied that air pollution needs to be addressed but we should n't be fooled into paying more of our hard-earned cash which will be used to pay for Mr Lamont 's bungles . |
| 26 | It can not be denied that Court–Country tensions did exist ; the question to consider is the extent to which they cut across party , and served to undermine the pattern of political allegiances mapped out above . |
| 27 | It can not be denied that rock has always been the province of men , even if they have often aped the female . |
| 28 | However , it should not be forgotten that Nicolae Ceauşescu 's colleagues and their wives had quickly learnt to reward themselves for the hardships of their long struggle for power . |
| 29 | While they made a deep impression upon French society in this age , it should not be forgotten that mercenaries constituted a phenomenon encountered elsewhere , in Spain , in Germany and , in particular , in the country dominated by merchant states , Italy . |
| 30 | It must not be forgotten that pedestrians are not only concerned with danger from traffic , but also with the threat posed by other people ; as Hanna puts it ‘ not all pedestrians are Good Guys ’ . |