Example sentences of "not [adv] [be] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The narrator may not wholly be in jest when he refers to sexual intercourse with a certain girl , 17 or thereabouts , as ‘ the ultimate indecorum ’ , and rereaders of the novel are likely to be mindful of the survival here of an old England lived in by people like the middle-aged T. S. Eliot , exponents of a disgusted chastity . |
| 2 | Fourth , if , having acted according to these principles , he were subsequently challenged regarding the lawfulness of his conduct , the doctor would have the benefit of the defence of necessity if he had intervened , but if he had not intervened , he would not thereby be in breach of his duty to his patient . |
| 3 | The debate should not endlessly be about tactics , it becomes self-defeating to go on and on and on wrangling about tactics when it is the motivation behind those tactics that holds the key . |
| 4 | This was bound to entail a new evaluation , which ( we may note ) might not necessarily be to Homer 's advantage , for all the undoubted " harmony " and " beauty " of the early epic . |
| 5 | ‘ Otherwise he is keeping in touch and working on his Ministerial papers — although he may not necessarily be in town . ’ |
| 6 | Because the primary nurse can not personally be on duty to give care throughout that time , arrangements must be made for care to continue during her absence . |
| 7 | I would need to revise my knowledge of patient/client confidentiality so that I may not inadvertently be in breach of proper professional conduct . |
| 8 | This technology will not only be of use to the programme itself , but can also be made available at state and local levels . |
| 9 | Theoretically , Karla Fohrbeck could in her official capacity prevent any purchases she disapproved of , but such a veto would not only be in breach of artistic freedom but would also conflict with her idea of autonomy for the museums in her charge . |
| 10 | Hope concluded that he could trust him insofar as the man was certain of payment , but saw also that such payment need not only be in cash . |
| 11 | Disaggregated data will not merely be by product but also by geographical area . |
| 12 | You can not always be on hand ( and nor would you wish to be ) to monitor your child . |
| 13 | The senior staff of the TANU press felt that , while they might not always be in agreement with everything the Government and its various ministries did or said , they were committed to its goals ; the same , they believed , could not be said of the Standard . |
| 14 | He could not possibly be on steroids : he is too damn skinny . |
| 15 | Marian was alarmed and Allen drew quietly to one side so that they should not both be within reach of this giant . |
| 16 | Thus an owner of land and a person intruding on that land without his consent can not both be in possession of the land at the same time . |
| 17 | Because Labour was once against Europe , it can not now be for Europe . |
| 18 | The pubs have closed ; our friends will not yet be at Paprika 's Cafe . |