Example sentences of "and [noun pl] be not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The acceptability of wishes and attitudes is not based upon such conformity , though of course they normally lead to the effort to produce it .
2 In theory , you can convert a road shoe to cross-country shoe or vice versa , but as midsoles and uppers are not designed for such changes , it would not always to wise to try to .
3 The links in figure 2.8 represent both forward and backward pointers , but the confidences and ranks are not displayed for simplicity .
4 By contrast , recommendations and opinions are not binding .
5 It was a ridiculous exaggeration and opinions were not moved .
6 Where a reduction of share capital of this nature is proposed which does not affect the cash resources of the company , and creditors are not affected because of the subsequent restoration of issued share capital , it is usual for the court to dispense with an enquiry as to creditors .
7 If political goals and values are not determined by social and economic relationships , where do they come from ?
8 The symptoms and signs are not considered to be the illness but rather to be the results of the body 's reaction to the original state of imbalance .
9 Natural sciences and humanities are not included .
10 for the construction or extension of a building or other erection on land ( Nevertheless contracts for repairs and improvements are not excepted unless they are secured by a land mortgage ) ,
11 New enterprises and institutions are not created de novo , out of nothing ; they emerge from a fabric of events which is already complex , which has been long in the weaving , and from which they take their characteristic shape and colour .
12 Parti-coloured hose with cap and bells were not worn until the Middle Ages , and , fetching though Jilly 's wimple is , she 's going to get caught up in the blackberry bushes before the day is out .
13 Nearly 30 separate documents can be used to prove that a man or woman is eligible to work , and employers are not required to verify any of them .
14 His heirs and successors were not to lay claim to them .
15 They have to manage without aids such as wheelchairs or special furniture and be able to write and draw — typewriters and computers are not provided .
16 Great emphasis is put on writing and drawing skills and typewriters are not seen as a substitute for writing .
17 Craig , 26 , said doctors did disclose that Kane had caught a bug and antibiotics were not working .
18 For women , in contrast , discontinuity is not the core experience , and relationships are not perceived as violent .
19 War machines and chariots are not affected by Animosity .
20 reported that the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board had listed all occupations vulnerable to blood-borne diseases , but that funeral directors and embalmers were not included .
21 Your income and savings are not taken into account for the reduction scheme .
22 Many of the craft would have been lost and commandos were not hazarded in foolish risks , although often taking calculated chances .
23 What is interesting , en passant , is that it is an army model and analogies are not drawn from the other services .
24 The first half was dreadfully stodgy and matters were not improved by the refereeing of Neil Midgley , one of the League 's most senior referees .
25 The net outcome of his days in office were that about two hundred of the cases which were brought to his attention were treated with regard for human dignity , but the law affecting the rights of dependants and visitors was not changed ( except for one fairly minor aspect : in 1974 the sexually discriminatory ‘ Husbands Rule ’ was changed to allow women born or settled in Britain to have their foreign husbands here with them ) .
26 This suggests that , instead of a once-and-for-all decision at the end of the analysis , there may be a process of evaluation that develops with the project , and that decisions and analyses are not undertaken without consideration of prior experience .
27 However , those who operate the law are well aware that it will only be respected to the extent that it conforms with public opinion : the reason why journalists and broadcasters are not prosecuted much more often for undoubted infringements of the letter of the laws of contempt and official secrecy is simply that the authorities are well aware that up-to-the-hilt enforcement of these vague laws would bring the law into further disrepute , and precipitate precisely the sort of clash between government and the press that it has been the British genius to avoid , whenever possible , by cosy arrangements .
28 A full cognitive understanding of the constancy of gender across time , space and circumstances is not reached until 8 or 9 years ( Kohlberg 1966 ) , but gender reassignment is usually only possible in the first two or three years ( Money and Ehrhardt 1972 ) .
29 These situations and circumstances are not seen as operating as ‘ causes ’ , in a determinist sense , but as offering incentives or disincentives that will have some degree of probability of influencing the direction in which the choices are made .
30 Basophilic atypical acinar cell foci and carcinomas were not found .
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