Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] [prep] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another point illustrated by the trees is that arms races do not necessarily have to be between members of different species . |
| 2 | The word ‘ reasonable ’ in the definition indicates that the goods are not necessarily required to be of the very best quality but that the level of quality demanded depends upon the circumstances of the ease , including the price . |
| 3 | A proactive search is undertaken to identify companies and businesses which are not necessarily known to be for sale but which meet the client 's acquisition criteria . |
| 4 | They do need support , they do need often 24 hour attention , but they do not necessarily need to be in hospital . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I can appreciate they 're not exactly going to be over the moon , but this is your life we 're talking about , not theirs . ’ |
| 6 | Attention will be focused on young people who are not normally considered to be at risk in terms of drug misuse . |
| 7 | Secretion of bile is not usually considered to be of much importance in this response since the gall bladder procides a mechanism for rapid delivery of bile into the duodenum at mealtime . |
| 8 | The elderly do not always want to be on the receiving end , and any gift of food they offer us , whether it is a meal or just a pot of home-made jam , should be accepted with appreciation , for all such gifts are a part of the pattern of love in which they still wish to be involved . |
| 9 | It 's not even going to be worth half of that , or a third of that let's say . |
| 10 | Now he is in a world where it 's nothing to fly to the Bahamas for a conference — and for a conference that 's probably not even going to be in the Bahamas ; a world where very high-class girls ring up uninvited and try to make you feel at home . |
| 11 | Haulage contracts do not even need to be in writing . |
| 12 | One of Foucault 's most significant insights is that the controller at the centre of the panopticon does not actually need to be in the lantern for pacification of the surrounding inmates to take place . |
| 13 | He caught the eye with a highly encouraging performance despite finishing last but was not seriously considered to be in the same league as the adored ‘ Dessie ’ . |
| 14 | And the tried and true w , tested , the tried and tested ways are n't necessarily going to be of any use to you . |
| 15 | ’ I do n't much want to be at home on my own . |
| 16 | She did n't much like to be on her own . ’ |
| 17 | Tracy was persuaded , but as time went on , decided she did n't really want to be with him , so she left him . |
| 18 | He does n't really want to be like that — he 'd rather like to be a baseball star or a Sumo wrestler . |
| 19 | I do n't want to do something just for the sake of it , I do n't really care about being on the Council , it 's just that I wanted to do something about those wretched caravans . |
| 20 | So now he could n't even bear to be with her . |
| 21 | ‘ I hear things are so bad between the prince and princess , they ca n't even bear to be in the same room as one another , ’ said an estate worker . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't even want to be at the presentation . |
| 23 | He did n't even want to be with the harem . ’ |