Example sentences of "not [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the rules were , they were not necessarily made to be broken , but they were n't necessarily there to be obeyed either . |
| 2 | However , this has not necessarily proved to be the case when the time has come to commit the words to celluloid . |
| 3 | The word ‘ reasonable ’ in the definition indicates that the goods are not necessarily required to be of the very best quality but that the level of quality demanded depends upon the circumstances of the ease , including the price . |
| 4 | The fact that work performed-by one group is not necessarily found to be repeatable by another is nothing new . |
| 5 | A proactive search is undertaken to identify companies and businesses which are not necessarily known to be for sale but which meet the client 's acquisition criteria . |
| 6 | Social services were provided by local councils but these councils were not especially noted for being bonded to local cultures . |
| 7 | Their activities were thus not only believed to be tangible proof of the truths of Christianity , but were also an essential link between men and a somewhat remote but terrifying god . |
| 8 | The expanding volume of traffic not only brought into being the colourful and idiosyncratic travelling labour force of the canal boatmen but also increased the need for short-haul overland carriage , more expensive in cost per mile than long-haul and needing just as much muscle in loading and unloading . |
| 9 | Children are not only encouraged to be proud of who they are , but to discuss any differences . ’ |
| 10 | So it 's not only got to be done , that 's the problem . |
| 11 | It is not only thought to be so but it undoubtedly is so , and getting better in each and every part of the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | It is worth noticing , however , a consequence of this justification of clause 3 ; this is that a belief is not generally considered to be justified by the mere fact that it is true , for otherwise clause 3 would be unnecessary . |
| 13 | ‘ To have intercourse with a woman who is not your wife is , even today , not generally considered to be a course of conduct which the law ought positively to encourage and it can be argued with force that it is only fair to the woman and not in the least unfair to the man that he should be under a duty to take reasonable care to ascertain that she is consenting to the intercourse and be at the risk of a prosecution if he fails to take such care . ’ |
| 14 | The press are not normally allowed to be present during chambers applications . |
| 15 | Attention will be focused on young people who are not normally considered to be at risk in terms of drug misuse . |
| 16 | To some extent , also , the very operating procedures of an organization may be discriminatory in practice even if they are not overtly intended to be . |
| 17 | BIRTH OF A BUSINESS COUNSELLOR Chartered accountants are not usually motivated to be competitors , salesmen or traders . |
| 18 | ( c ) For left arithmetic shift , when the sign bit is changed ; rounding errors in right arithmetic shift are not usually considered to be a case of overflow . |
| 19 | Secretion of bile is not usually considered to be of much importance in this response since the gall bladder procides a mechanism for rapid delivery of bile into the duodenum at mealtime . |
| 20 | It is not usually considered to be an important tone for foreign learners to acquire , though it is still useful practice to learn to distinguish it from other tones . |
| 21 | ARC is a term commonly used to describe one or more illnesses that occur during HIV infection which are not formally regarded to be AIDS . |
| 22 | They are also not formally regarded to be AIDS . |
| 23 | ‘ My only excuse is that I was pretty exhausted after my stay in the Middle East , and not totally reorientated after being awakened after such a short sleep . |
| 24 | Mini-bus services have been experimented with in a number of areas , although the savings over larger buses are not always felt to be great and , frequently , mini-buses will be too small to cope with maximum demand over part of the route ( Dobbs 1979 ) . |
| 25 | The traditional division , whereby the advice worker advises clients and the manager does everything else , was not always thought to be efficient or fair . |
| 26 | The defence of the coastline had also to be seen to , and was not infrequently found to be wanting , most particularly when small forces of enemy soldiers attacked the English shore and ravaged villages and towns which they found undefended . |
| 27 | This is not positively expressed to be the law , unlike section 18 , which expressly provides that the offence may take place in private as well as in public , and affords a private dwelling exemption . |
| 28 | Working-class Protestants had some material advantages over their Catholic competitors and enjoyed preferential treatment in housing and local government employment but these advantages were sometimes marginal and were not often felt to be considerable advantages because the Protestants did not sit down to statistical comparisons of their standards of living with the opportunities of Catholics . |
| 29 | Secrecy can be damaging in that : ( a ) the sources of power and influence are obscured ; ( b ) public servants are not properly accountable ; ( c ) public participation is seriously hampered ; ( d ) justice is not often seen to be done ; ( e ) inefficiency and error are made more likely . |
| 30 | However , x 3 is not now required to be an integer so we can only branch on x 1 . |