Example sentences of "it [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had it not been realised that it was the work of a humble man , this poem would be thought a sacrilege and an example of striking pride and arrogance , but instead it is an invitation to extreme exaltation of spirit for it comes from a man who has submerged his ego in the All . |
| 2 | For had it not been raining so hard on that Tuesday evening I would have arrived at the Philharmonia Hall in good time . |
| 3 | I think it has no little merit ; but as a copy to be prefixed to the sweetly easy poems of Molly Leaper [ sic ] , had it not been written , I should not have advised the measure ; and yet I love that genius should shew its powers . |
| 4 | He imagined labour as it would be , had it not been formulated by capitalism , and say that it would then be merely an aspect of the total business of living , unseparated from such activities as recreation , consumption , family life : that it would be just part of existence . |
| 5 | Indeed , had it not been constructed when it was , Peter Scott 's Wildfowl Trust situated further up river at Slimbridge would probably have lost much of its new grounds to erosion by now . |
| 6 | The House of Lords would certainly not have survived had it not been reformed by Harold Macmillan 's Life Peerages Act of 1958 . |
| 7 | After ill , had it not been brought before Parliament by Mr C. B. Adderley' ‘ in no retrograde spirit ’ , but as something which merely followed ‘ the dictates of commonsense ’ ? |
| 8 | It would have been still worth one million pounds had it not been cancelled of course , and the item is actually cancelled , so consequently , naturally not . |
| 9 | And it has And it has has it not been admitted in at least one of your background documents that the character of the settlements round York have a part to play in that ? |
| 10 | Has it not been told to you " from beginning " ? |
| 11 | It would almost certainly have been given the same support by the full House had it not been attached to a Bill to reform obscenity law , with which it had no clear or logical connection . |
| 12 | Has it not been proved in the House that a woman can get to the top job in the land ? |
| 13 | Legs , perhaps of the same body have turned up and last year yet another body , or rather the 70 or so fragments of what had been a body , had it not been mangled by machinery , were recovered . |
| 14 | And it seems undeniable that ICMESA was in possession of a plant which , had it not been modified , would not have exploded . |
| 15 | The lenders , whose objects were left in embarrassing limbo when the show made museum history and went bankrupt a month early , may have asked themselves whether they would have been prepared to lend had it not been held at the V&A , and , in fact , it was the V&A which was left with the unbudgeted task of getting the exhibits back to the owners . |
| 16 | But had it not been to rid herself of her aura of wealth and privilege which had created her feeling that she was the darling of the gods — although the same gods knew how brutally they had treated her — that she had come to the East End to work , and to live as though she really needed to , and to survive on the pittance which she had earned , without bolting back again to luxury and comfort ? |
| 17 | You may smile , but does freedom of the press mean freedom to choose its own standards ? … down , as I would have been obliged to do had it not been burned down during the state of emergency which followed independence . |
| 18 | The increase in the number of single-parent families has been detailed in Part I. The rise has been so significant that , had it not been overshadowed by the advent of mass unemployment , much of today 's public debate about welfare reform would be centred on how best to help this group of claimants . |
| 19 | In terms of it not being cared for , yeah , I mean who do you |
| 20 | The decision on this paragraph turns on the proper construction of the crucial words ‘ in matters relating to a contract , ’ it not being disputed that the place of performance of the obligation in question ( if it exists ) was England . |
| 21 | and it a it had happened to of slipped away at that time and I went to step off , and , with it not being blown up properly that 's how it just flattened and I went off sid I 've still got a big bruise on my left knee ! |
| 22 | First questio , the question , and I 'd like to comment as well is , erm , what , are there plans for the future of greatly expanding Environment Department , er , and why is it er , and why is it not being put through policy , first . |
| 23 | Mr Geddes added that his group was of the view that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had failed to consult the Scottish people about water privatisation and was pursuing the matter in spite of it not being included in the Conservative election manifesto . |
| 24 | Evidence might also be brought of the amount of time spent performing the function , the consequences of it not being performed by the job-holder , the relevant terms of any collective agreements , the work experience of past holders of the position , and the current work experience of co-workers in similar jobs . |
| 25 | It will have damaging consequences which willl flow from it not being targeted tightly on violent offences , as the Home Secretary suggested that it was . |
| 26 | Let it not be said that the government rushes into legislation without consultation . |
| 27 | The question to be asked then is , given that women are unlike Jesus of Nazareth in the form of their humanity , may it not be said that a woman baptized into Christ is not differently related than is a man to Jesus as the Christ ? |
| 28 | Let it not be said we do n't have any standards in this office . |
| 29 | Could it not be said the overwhelming factor of modern life is the apathy amongst the majority of its members , which should engender concern regarding the way government is designed ? |
| 30 | But could it not be argued that the RSPCA , and others who carry out such a praiseworthy activity , are interfering with the natural selection process ? |