Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew her close again and they fell silent , Rachel reflecting on how hard it must have been for David not to have told her what had really happened between himself and her sister , then another thought struck her . |
| 2 | I am of course not speaking of those from the interior it is necessary to be more guarded with them particularly those of the Namoi and Juden ( ? ) parts , which I am now about to visit . |
| 3 | I am aware that you are much more concerned in the matter , which I am going to lay before you , than your Mother , yet I should not have troubled you with it , except through her , had it not been of Importance not to lose time . |
| 4 | ‘ We are under instruction not to confirm or deny anything , ’ she said . |
| 5 | They are under orders not to reveal the identities of their clients or what they are prepared to pay . |
| 6 | Most of those that are clumped , however , are in groups not associated with the topography , while some species are restricted to particular kinds of site : Ocotea skutchii , for example , is always on slopes . |
| 7 | In the spaciousness of a large chamber they may make only four or five a second , but as they approach the rock walls and need to know exactly where they are in order not to crash into them , they increase the speed of the clicks until they are emitting as many as twenty a second and the sound becomes , to our ears , an almost continuous rattle . |
| 8 | They are in fact not excluded at all . |
| 9 | Companies will also be under pressure not to apply narrow limits on shareholdings . |
| 10 | Most of the readings will be from studies cited in the previous chapters , although some will be from studies not cited in the main text . |
| 11 | This makes you look alert , as indeed you will have to be in order not to fall off ! |
| 12 | Mr O'Hara Labour MP for Knowsley South was unhappy over the ‘ insensitive ’ wording which made it clear the payments were for people not expected to live longer than six months . |
| 13 | Most were for cars not starting due to battery failure and people forgetting to put anti-freeze in their radiators . |
| 14 | At one time during field-work the traffic police became more unpopular than usual because they were under instruction not to let police colleagues off minor traffic violations . |
| 15 | In 1989 it was reported that landowners were under pressure not to renew leases to the largely Indian cane farmers . |
| 16 | Out of kindness to me , the army had allowed them to travel without permission from the Algerians , though we were under orders not to enter Niger without confirmation of clearance . |
| 17 | He wanted to project the image of being in television not to make money but because it was fun . |
| 18 | Therefore , students generally only really looked to housing benefit to top up their accommodation needs and only then if they were in property not owned by their college . |
| 19 | Having simply ignored Mrs Thatcher 's opposition to economic and monetary union and the Social Charter , EC leaders were at pains not to underline her complete isolation . |
| 20 | Categories are as the last competition i.e. HUMAN PORTRAITURE , PICTORIAL , LANDSCAPES , FLORA AND FAUNA , ARCHITECTURE/BUILDINGS/RECORD AND ANY PRINT ( the latter is for exhibitors not having previously won a prize ) . |
| 21 | The bank manager , Maurice Langton , is under orders not to allow anyone to open the door except you , Donna . |
| 22 | Hewlett-Packard 's KGB claims DEC/Europe is under orders not to sell Unix and move Vax 4000s and 6000s instead even though Europe is hot for Unix : It 's the margins , you see . |
| 23 | The postponement of the most painful tax increases — intended to raise £6.5 billion extra next year and a further £10.5 billion the year after — is in order not to knock off course the fragile economic recovery . |
| 24 | Threfore , accurate diagnosis of H pylori in these patients is at least as important as it is in patients not taking NSAID . |
| 25 | Susan Suleiman points out , however , that Iser 's claim for the multiplicity of ‘ correct ’ readings is in fact not borne out by his readings themselves ( Suleiman 1980:24 , cit . |
| 26 | By ignoring concealed households , it is in fact not seeking to house its people , and is in fact not doing what in fact it says it should be doing within the explanatory memorandum . |
| 27 | By ignoring concealed households , it is in fact not seeking to house its people , and is in fact not doing what in fact it says it should be doing within the explanatory memorandum . |
| 28 | An area which is at present not built on , which is open , which has had greenbelt protection since nineteen eighty , which it is now proposed should no longer have it . |
| 29 | Credit unions are by law not allowed to charge more than 12.6 per cent interest on loans to their members . |
| 30 | The bride 's parents are by tradition not permitted to accept the hospitality of her in-laws . |