Example sentences of "[conj] not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm scared I 'll miss a signal or not be able to read it . |
| 2 | First , the company may refuse or not be deterred . |
| 3 | Notice of the meeting must also be given to the official receiver and the chairman of the meeting must inform the official receiver of the resolutions passed at the meeting , viz to accept the resignation of the trustee , that a new trustee be appointed and that the resigning trustee be or not be given his release ( r 6.127(3) ) . |
| 4 | This may mean that the transfer of some types of information may stop part way through or not be started at all . |
| 5 | They have no right , that is , that the collective power of the state be used for them or not be used against them just in virtue of what a legislature or another court has decided in the past . |
| 6 | Your readers may or not be aware of the consternation currently being experienced in south-west Scotland following the installation of ‘ improved ’ technology at the Carlisle office of the Royal Mail whither our post has been taken for sorting for almost a decade . |
| 7 | Loans would be called in or not be renewed when repaid . |
| 8 | Very well I said well yes my husband is there or not be there . |
| 9 | Pain relief is important in myocardial infarction , but let that not be an excuse for filling a patient with opiates and then forgetting about him for the next 2 hours as he quietly rots his myocardium in some corner of the accident and emergency department . |
| 10 | At least I 'll be able to have lunch first and not be munching my sandwich in a traffic jam . |
| 11 | It has been said of him that he would rather live in his native country , and not be allowed to publish , than go elsewhere and be free to do so . |
| 12 | I know it 's silly but I find it hard to take them seriously and really concentrate and not be distracted by the local cat cleaning himself on a window ledge or some such thing . |
| 13 | It 's awkward having to come round and not be sure of finding you . |
| 14 | He showed how music could flow through a scene and not be broken up into short numbers which encouraged the audience to applaud each time . |
| 15 | ‘ This is a subject on which judges need , and should have , expert assistance from a clinical psychologist and not be left to flounder through what may be an ill-informed and perfunctory form of inquisition before the child gives evidence . ’ |
| 16 | But , although Jacques claims that it is massively frustrating to watch Julie tripping round the flat half-naked and not be able to touch her , Mr Moore fails to project the necessary dashed and deviant desire . |
| 17 | Jane Bywaters , who has been responsible for much of the exhibition , said : ‘ We need to give people information so that they can make up their own minds about food and not be dictated to by the media and media events . ’ |
| 18 | Secondly , the switch to khozraschet meant that the press had to attract paying subscribers , who wanted to read about their own regions and not be submitted to generalized and boring directives from Moscow all the time . |
| 19 | He found that he could make a speech — that is , he could think on his feet , and not be at a loss for words . |
| 20 | I could n't believe that anyone could live their life and not be surrounded by brilliant objects and colours . |
| 21 | I mean , this lot did come in , only six months ago , announcing that everyone would have to stand on their own feet and not be rescued , and face up to competition , and all that . |
| 22 | Common examples are general principles of reasoning , such as the law of non-contradiction ( that nothing can both be and not be ) , and the proposition that , if equals are taken from equals , then equals remain . |
| 23 | It is impossible to live in Spain and not be radically changed , not to discover profound truths about life , and about oneself . |
| 24 | They do n't have to give up their best rooms and their freedom and not be mistress in their own house , and wait on people like that any more . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ … and fairly lambasted him about young officers being allowed to make mistakes , learn from experience , and not be penalised etc etc . ’ |
| 26 | The craft of boxing is to hit and not be hit , ’ responds Eubank . |
| 27 | The times were few and far between when she could look at him and not be reminded of his many faults and shortcomings . |
| 28 | I would like to think that my ministry would appeal to a cross section of the population , that Official Unionists could come to my services and not be insulted by anything I might say . |
| 29 | They almost certainly could go to the services of any Free Church and not be insulted . |
| 30 | The question ‘ How do I look ? ’ is more likely to be phrased ‘ What do I look like ? ’ and not be openly asked , but wondered about . |