Example sentences of "not turn [adv] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must try to ensure that , as a result of our own genetic manipulation , they do not turn out to be unpleasant surprises . |
| 2 | THIS MAY or may not turn out to be the winter when serious numbers of British skiiers forsake the Alps for the Rockies . |
| 3 | ‘ Opinion polls may or may not turn out to be right at a later stage ’ ; ‘ Local authorities exceeded projected expenditure by quite a margin ’ ; ‘ When this campaign started some weeks ago ’ ; ‘ I concede the point , for I have stated it many times in the past . ’ |
| 4 | However , this did not turn out to be such a cheap solution in the long run , since it set up conditions of even greater instability , necessitating repeated operations every two years.5 Major work on the river Taff and the river Usk in South Wales , carried out in the early 1980s , has precipitated extensive and unforeseen repair bills . |
| 5 | If , as seems probable , most teachers will sort out their pupils into the high and the low fliers at a fairly early stage , and if there is a whole separate set of papers in some subjects for the high and the low , then the difference between the higher grades of GCSE and O levels will not turn out to be very great . |
| 6 | Imposing English at all levels of the education system may not turn out to be either practical or appropriate . |
| 7 | If the hypnotist does not turn out to be as trustworthy as expected , this can be extremely dangerous . |
| 8 | However , because it is very difficult in practice to evaluate the integrals which this method involves , this does not turn out to be a convenient method for obtaining explicit solutions . |
| 9 | The particular decomposition ( 10.8 ) , however , does not turn out to be particularly convenient in the construction of explicit solutions . |
| 10 | Too often retired people will say that retirement did not turn out to be as they had expected . |
| 11 | This may not turn out to be so easy . |
| 12 | ‘ In fact , it may not turn out to be a job at all , but without you we could n't know for sure . ’ |
| 13 | Knowing my right hon. Friend 's concern for birds and particularly for our very valuable poultry industry , will he keep an eye on the latest scare for our ’ bootiful ’ turkey industry and ensure that that nonsense about which we are hearing — podo dermatitus — does not turn out to be a load of gobbledegook ? |
| 14 | It is true enough that there is often such a nuance ( see Quirk , Greenbaum , Leech , Svartvik , 1972 ) , but the proposal will not turn out to be satisfactory . |
| 15 | These arrangements are an unknown quantity and the administration may not turn out to be up to scratch . |
| 16 | ‘ That did n't turn out to be much fun . ’ |
| 17 | If you are planning to try them again this year , take the precaution of choosing quick-maturing varieties in case this summer does n't turn out to be as sunny . |
| 18 | Being back in the basement did n't turn out to be any good after all . |
| 19 | Let's hope they do n't turn out to be double-edged gifts . |
| 20 | Erm which did n't turn out to be the case . |
| 21 | Perhaps he wo n't turn out to be the British Jean Renoir of a Glaswegian Woody Allen . |
| 22 | Worse still , on the day , how could I be sure , with so many actors around , that the bridesmaids would n't turn out to be actors in drag ? |
| 23 | Hopefully the evening would n't turn out to be the disaster she 'd envisaged . |
| 24 | For a long time they thought it might have been dysentery , but thank goodness it did n't turn out to be that serious . |
| 25 | You 'd gain if you avoided putting that down as a score draw , especially of course if it did n't turn out to be a score draw . |