Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As to the first , it is not surprising that poorer citizens , especially those from more distant demes , found it hard to walk in to the frequent meetings of the Council ( though the argument from distance should not be overstated : Andokides ( i.38 ) mentions an early morning walk of twenty miles from Laurion to Athens as nothing special ) . |
| 32 | However , the nature of the change must not be overstated . |
| 33 | The bewilderment of the child Nizan can not be overstated . |
| 34 | The crucial importance of the stabilising influence of Rirette in Nizan 's personal development can not be overstated , and there are certainly grounds for drawing a parallel between , on the one hand , the blossoming at a distance of Nizan 's love and affection for Rirette , with the consequent calming of personal anxieties , and on the other , the burgeoning at a distance of his hatred and hostility for those political , social and cultural forces in French society which he considered to have led him to the brink of suicide and despair . |
| 35 | This latter point can not be overstated . |
| 36 | This point can not be overstated in any attempt to understand the subjective mood of the interwar French left-wing writer . |
| 37 | The report points out that the importance of developing good relationships with the small business customer can not be overstated for the banks . |
| 38 | The benefits of registering can not be overstated . |
| 39 | They also disagree with the Government 's view on the importance of nuclear power to combat the greenhouse effect , stressing that its contribution should not be overstated . |
| 40 | The increased use of natural gas ( which produces less CO2 when burned than coal and oil ) in the UK energy mix would serve to reduce the UK 's CO2 emissions , said the Committee , but stressed that its potential should not be overstated , as supplied are limited . |
| 41 | The importance placed on health and hygiene at all levels of The catering Guild can not be overstated . |
| 42 | The importance to historians of encoding standards that will facilitate data exchange can not be overstated . |
| 43 | The impact of general principles of fairness and natural justice on the exchange 's affairs should not be overstated . |
| 44 | The need for better coordination can not be overstated . |
| 45 | The strength and grace that those for brought to the Week can not be overstated . |
| 46 | If you use the art lesson to check school meal monies , or mark your books , and leave the children to get on , you will not be teaching this subject well ; and the children will suffer and so will their work . |
| 47 | As many of you will have noticed from your Q.T. day programme Beryl will not be teaching this year ; for some time she has taken a great interest in the Back Pain Association and has now become involved particularly at weekends in special classes for back-pain sufferers . |
| 48 | They would not be expecting that . |
| 49 | Ask the children to sit in a circle and explain that the aim of the game is to toss the beanbag ( bomb ) to a child in the circle who may not be expecting it , possibly by looking one way and throwing the other . |
| 50 | Mrs Boatman will certainly not be expecting her potential charges at Northumberland to be chasing all over the country in search of titles . |
| 51 | They will not be expecting her , they will see her as an intruder . |
| 52 | So any cream or potion which implies ( the advertising standards authority objects to claims that can not be proven ) that your skin will look more radiant and youthful is on to a good thing . |
| 53 | She hoped fervently that Jack Stone would not be proven wrong . |
| 54 | That he decided upon it earlier , as opposed to being vaguely predisposed to it , can not be proven . " |
| 55 | This promotional process can not be proven , though it would not conflict with known Roman policy . |
| 56 | Alternatively , the pursuer 's advisers may appreciate that being unable to produce better vouching , the claim can not be proven to be worth more than the Tender which is , consequently , accepted . |
| 57 | Anything which could not be proven in a laboratory by scientific method — anything , that is to say , which was bigger than science — was ruled out of court . |
| 58 | Debt may arise when credit can not be repaid . |
| 59 | The shareholder is not charged to basic rate tax , although the notional basic rate tax can not be repaid ( s 249 , ICTA 1988 ) . |
| 60 | Everything I have said about gilts applies to qualifying corporate bonds , except that they are not backed by the UK Government and so there is a greater risk that the bond will not be repaid . |