Example sentences of "it not [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also warned : ‘ I prefer it not to be carried because the Conservatives , who are desperately clinging at straws because of the popularity of our policy , against the irrelevance of theirs , would do what they could to make mischief about it . ’ |
| 2 | A Formula 1-style wing is obviously part of the package — it 's important enough to the prototype 's aerodynamics for it not to be excluded from its testing programme . |
| 3 | In fact , the only film director who flourished within the Ealing set-up , by focusing upon the studio 's evasions and working sufficiently within the grain for his deviations from it not to be too embarrassingly apparent , was Alexander Mackendrick . |
| 4 | Neither father nor mother can deprive themselves of their rights , except in the case of a separation agreement between husband and wife ; and even such an agreement will not be enforced by the court if the court considers it not to be for the child 's benefit . |
| 5 | The honeycomb-like appearance of the skin shows it not to be a single fruit but an inflorescence , the melding together of many single fruits . |
| 6 | His basic proposition was ‘ That which is is , and it is impossible for it not to be . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ At first I thought it was rubbish and so was I. ’ The implication , of course , is that Mr Bowen now considers it not to be ‘ rubbish ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ The Bangles wanted to emphasise the rock'n'roll side of the band and in doing so thought regalia and kind of hippyish , Hendrix-style clothing was gon na put that image across , but it ended up looking very glamorous , it ended up looking glammier and glammier even though the intention was for it not to be glamour … |
| 9 | Consultant anaesthetist Dr Mike Jordan , who has been on the planning team for nine years , adds : ‘ It would be crazy for it not to be used . |
| 10 | This feeling was greatly strengthened when , six months later , Sir Robert was again approached about the Suez programme and again asked for it not to be shown . |
| 11 | Between Rudolfo and the gamekeeper there 's just enough of the land being cultivated for it not to be confiscated . |
| 12 | Alternatively , it might be said that the talk about words conveying ideas it not to be taken seriously . |
| 13 | She knew that Nîmes was a provincial city and would have preferred it not to be , seeing " provincial " in terms of the English nineteenth century novel , not of the Roman Provincia , Provence . |
| 14 | Breach of confidence might qualify as unlawful means ( assuming it not to be a tort in itself ) but there has been no subsequent support for Lord Denning M.R. 's suggestion that the concept might extend to ‘ interference with the press . ’ |
| 15 | And if he would have preferred it not to be Frizingley , to be , in fact , anywhere else but there , he managed to quell his initial misgivings by the grim reminder that he would be unlikely to know anyone in St Jude 's now . |
| 16 | Harris would have kept her name out of it and she had forgotten , in her agitation , to ask for it not to be revealed . |
| 17 | You 'd prefer it not to be a Copt , would n't you ? ’ |
| 18 | ( 184 ) She would swallow it all up , she would assimilate the evil news and make it not to be … |
| 19 | get your stuff and you 'd want it not to be obvious that you 'd got your stuff . |