Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] [conj] it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That is an inquisitorial power , which may work with great severity against third persons , and it seems to me to be obvious that such a section ought to be used with the greatest care , so as not unnecessarily to put in motion the machinery of justice when it is not wanted , or to put it in motion at a stage when it is not clear that it is wanted , and certainly not to put it in motion if unnecessary mischief is going to be done or hardship inflicted upon the third person who is called upon to appear and give information . |
| 2 | The reason for this is not clear but it is believed to be related to surface characteristics such as defect chemistry . |
| 3 | Moreover , it was not harmful when it was injected into mice . |
| 4 | Performance is not breathtaking but it 's going to be acceptable to most people . |
| 5 | This is supposed to be the strongest set of women to have turned up in rock for ages , but it 's not healthy if it 's based on f—ed -up women . ’ |
| 6 | I know this was actually worn by her , I do n't , I , I 'm not sure whether it was given to her maid , I do n't think so . |
| 7 | I 'm not sure if it 's meant to be a guitar cab or a bass cab , but it suits me . |
| 8 | The acoustics in the hall are not good and it was agreed that something ought to be done to improve this . |
| 9 | The acoustics in the hall are not good and it was agreed that something ought to be done to improve this . |
| 10 | They want a baby they 're not concerned whether it 's going to have spina-bifida or have som , they are looking forward for a perfect baby . |
| 11 | Full details were not available but it was reported that it would be a balanced budget despite a doubling of general government expenditure to R 24,000,000 million ( about US$16,500 million at the floating rate ) . |
| 12 | Information is not available when it is needed ; the moment passes ; the opportunity is lost . |
| 13 | ( It is not disastrous if it is disliked , but there need to be very strong compensating factors . ) |
| 14 | It was a classic imperial response in every sense , and it is not surprising that it was to feed into Fascist Italian and German canons of architectural taste . |
| 15 | Collecting bias seems to be greater for molars than for incisors , not surprising when it is considered that incisors are easier to locate in the pellets than are molars , and so an excess of incisors may be combined with a deficit of molars where there is collecting bias . |
| 16 | Well is it true , or is it not true that it is going to cost an extra tw , total , I 'm sorry , not an extra , total of two billion pounds . |
| 17 | It was n't real till it was let out and tried on the air and approved . |
| 18 | It was n't likely that it was connected to the local cop shop . |
| 19 | But I says , that they were , I , that he were n't satisfied when it were vibrating and that . |
| 20 | I 've heard about it , but I was n't aware that it was happening today . ’ |