Example sentences of "not [be] [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also a knowledge that could not be unlearned or removed from the human stockpile . |
| 2 | Such an occurrence would not be possible when solving ILPs . |
| 3 | Why not be progressive and try to take the game to new areas of the world ? |
| 4 | But then why , as he lay there pink and rested in his striped Viyella pyjamas feeling no older and certainly very little wiser than he had when he used to open his eyes in his prep school dormitory over sixty-five years ago , should he not be alive and kicking ? |
| 5 | But for Lally 's courage and abandon , Nicandra thought , she might not be alive and trembling now . |
| 6 | We can not be certain that Act 1 scene 1 of Q1692 was ever acted . |
| 7 | 9.3.1 A named individual may not be available when needed |
| 8 | Maybe techniques of evaluation ( important though they are ) need not be sharp when faced with a strong weight of empirical and impressionist evidence of the failure of conservation efforts to halt the deteriorating environmental situation in substantial areas of the world . |
| 9 | Keith Sutton … brings us the worst of Fleet Street , the Sun , disguised as ‘ radical ’ … you can not be radical and look like the Sun ; it is a contradiction in terms . |
| 10 | It was agreed that the order should be made , but the local authority proposed a programme of rehabilitation , whereas the guardian ad litem was of the opinion that rehabilitation would not be successful and recommended that the child be placed with long term foster parents . |
| 11 | The case series quoted in their article in support of a low mortality after intervention in elderly people may not be representative as published series are often of highly selected patients and from centres of excellence and are likely to overestimate the results obtained in more typical practice . |
| 12 | This may not be practical when dealing with foreign intermediaries . |
| 13 | Do not be over-enthusiastic and bore people . |
| 14 | The argument from numbers continues to have some appeal in the criminal law but there are now few situations in which there may be an indictment for conspiracy in respect of acts which would not be criminal if done by one person . |
| 15 | Awards should not be automatic and follow simply as a result of doing a particular job . |
| 16 | BELVILLE : Thou wast ever an impudent fellow and many a vile roguery have you kept from your mother — these late hours , these all-night works can not be right and to come home so sober . |
| 17 | This indemnity shall not be prejudiced or waived by any exercise of our rights under Condition 3.3 . |
| 18 | Having examined the practice in different common law jurisdictions , their Lordships consider that the principles endorsed by the Jamaican Court of Appeal , particularly with regard to inconsistent previous statements , represent what will normally be an acceptable way of achieving fairness to the accused and they take the opportunity of saying that in a civilised community the most suitable ways of achieving such fairness ( which should not be immutable and require to be reconsidered from time to time ) are best left to , and devised by , the legislature , the executive and the judiciary which serve that community and are familiar with its problems . |
| 19 | Why not be honest and admit it , ’ he jeered while blocking her exit from the doorway . |
| 20 | They reflected as to whether division at the top of the Korean peninsula might not be preferable but believed that the 38th parallel could be accepted if the Russians insisted on moving into the northern part of the peninsula . |
| 21 | He was then asked to explain why they would not be taxable and replied : |
| 22 | Lewis was inclined to ground his grudging acceptance of democracy on the doctrine of original sin ; Tolkien rejected it on the grounds that public virtue can not be mechanised or formulated . |
| 23 | Almost every finding made by the tribunal would be reassessed in the superior courts and be binding if right , but would not be binding if judged by the superior court to be wrong . |
| 24 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 25 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 26 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 27 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 28 | These identifiers need not be valid and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN PMR will start and finish the report with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them . |
| 29 | On the other hand , a photograph can not be generalized or simplified to bring out the important diagnostic features of a species ; it must be always of an individual at a particular time and place . |
| 30 | In terms of tangible costs as expressed by conventional accounting the savings may not be dramatic when compared with conventional operation . |