Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [that] it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as we saw earlier , the fact that a gift expresses a relationship ( as a symbol ) does not necessarily imply that it is not also of great economic importance for the parties concerned . |
| 2 | Since the BFS is non-degenerate this can only mean that it is not efficient . |
| 3 | Mr. Grist : The Hon. Gentleman had better prove that it is not clean and fit to drink . |
| 4 | Recognising that as movement caused him to return to his normal self , he would soon realise that it was not Elizabeth who had found him , Sarah took one last chance . |
| 5 | Do n't ever believe that it was n't . ’ |
| 6 | But we can now see that it is n't like that at all . |
| 7 | erm For example if erm two people are walking down the street and there 's a certain amount of jostling , then the victim , if he is a victim , may well consider that it 's not violent , or that it 's nothing out of the ordinary , or that it 's something which is acceptable , and then not take the matter any farther . |
| 8 | This would n't always be the case — the pigeon might be able to take cover and elude the peregrine , but the peregrine might equally decide that it was n't worth the chase . |
| 9 | That balance is biased to the degree that an unknowing observer might well conclude that it was not conservation nor recreation but agriculture that was the primary concern of many of the park committees . |
| 10 | On the other hand major defects in a second-hand car might well mean that it is not of merchantable quality ( see Crowther v. Shannon paragraph 7–19 below ) . |
| 11 | One psychotherapist commented : ‘ Sex for singles sounds good and I wo n't even say that it is not sometimes , but I hear the other side when people talk to me . |
| 12 | And we can safely bet that it is n't being so generous . |