Example sentences of "then it [vb mod] [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If news bore little or no relation to a person 's experience , then it might not be remembered . |
| 2 | If he said ‘ Good morning , men ! ’ as he passed by then it might not be such a bad day . |
| 3 | Well if we were into or into or then it might not be a problem |
| 4 | If it was an accident , then it ca n't be explained . |
| 5 | ‘ Then it ca n't be broken . |
| 6 | No one says that YOU have to , and if your main reason for wanting a close friendship is to be like everyone else then it wo n't be much of a friendship anyway ! |
| 7 | Briefly , if it is possible to interpret ( Ex ) Fx substitutionally as well as referentially , then it wo n't be superfluous to say that F 's actually exist , for on a substitutional interpretation they need not do so . |
| 8 | ‘ Then it wo n't be long before you wish you had , ’ he answered , turning his back on her . |
| 9 | And if the past is given an exclusively negative interpretation , if positive memories are forbidden , then it wo n't be possible to mourn either , to take leave from what has been lost . |
| 10 | But even then it wo n't be will it be that much ? |
| 11 | Oh well if it 's seeple then it wo n't be the petal |
| 12 | and then it wo n't be sticky , I ca n't roll it out to make those shapes at the moment cos it 's too sticky , yes we 're gon na have to stick it in the fridge and when it comes out it will be just ready then . |
| 13 | right , then it wo n't be on blue paper if it was posted but you did put down that two |
| 14 | Big deal : then it would n't be him helping the police with their inquiries , it 'd be me . |
| 15 | then it would n't be involved in the scaled fee . |
| 16 | And if we lived in the country then it would n't be me coming home every night whacked out and wanting to be looked after and having a squawking infant instead . |
| 17 | Then it would n't be so much of a shock to you , either ! |
| 18 | If it , it was n't dirty then it would n't be . |
| 19 | Cos then it would n't be yours would it ? |
| 20 | But if this new development were to be simply an aid to better assignments and projects then it would not be remarkable , because library instruction which is project-related and project-inspired , is not unusual , though it is less common than the separate library lesson . |
| 21 | The ‘ unit of desire ’ however , is admitted to be a presumption , but if it were possible to prove with scientific exactitude that it really existed then it would not be within the province of religion at all , but of science . |
| 22 | As we discussed at our first meeting and as I subsequently discussed with Angela Rumbold , it was very clear that unless there was a preparedness on the part of the Home Office to take its hands off the management of the Prison Service in its day to day business and allow itself to be constrained by matters of policy only , then it would not be possible to effect the changes which you deem desirable and which have become very clear to me as being necessary during the talks I have had and the visits I have made . |
| 23 | He must remember to insist on being in the foreground , however ; then it would not be so bad . |
| 24 | If the creditor knew that the surety , whilst understanding the nature of the liability he or she was accepting , was in fact acting under the influence of the debtor , then it would not be safe for the creditor to rely upon a document executed in these circumstances , unless it believed on reasonable grounds that the surety had in fact received independent advice . |
| 25 | If , however , it were marketed as a child 's toy or the blade were such that when used to peel potatoes it disintegrated into splinters , then it would not be as safe as people generally were entitled to expect . |
| 26 | If the area of interest is not trivially small then it would not be possible to show all this information on a single map . |
| 27 | Then it may not be possible to load records in any predetermined order , and lower packing densities and changes in bucket size or type of algorithm may be needed to give an acceptable performance . |
| 28 | For example , if a hotel wants to develop an impressive mail-out , then it may not be advisable to use a third A4 size — it should perhaps be larger with a specially designed envelope which interests the reader sufficiently to open it and read its contents . |
| 29 | I mean if we 're talking about existing staff , then it may not be enormous but there is an in there is a cost involved with it , |
| 30 | Yet he insists that if the arts are a necessary element in culture and if culture is essential to develop a people 's highest spiritual capacities , then it must not be forgotten that without religion no culture can exist . |