Example sentences of "[vb mod] not be [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Case 1 we saw how the Nuer linked legitimacy to the payment of bridecattle ; in Case 2 Nayar legitimacy was established by the child 's mother being of the proper social age , a " mother " and not a " child " , with the added proviso that the presumed genitor must not be of lower caste than the mother . |
| 2 | Thus the person being cared for must be receiving attendance allowance , in recognition that s/he is ‘ severely disabled ’ ; the carer must not be in full-time education or earning ( from April 1992 ) more than £40 a week ; carers can not take more than four weeks ' holiday in any six-month period , nor can the disabled person be in hospital for more than four weeks at a time . |
| 3 | Hofmann believed that the proper objectives of such research should not be for personal gain , but for the pursuit of fundamental knowledge and the fulfilment of social needs . |
| 4 | Partnerships should challenge the trend ; partnerships should not be about alternative sources of funding for the public education service but about ensuring proper levels of public funding with additional support from the private sector . |
| 5 | This seems to indicate that the igfet should not be of much use and , indeed , this is the case at low frequencies of operation . |
| 6 | ‘ Decisions about who has access to the gene should not be in private hands in the first place , ’ he said . |
| 7 | One of our concerns is that our ex-service men should not be in temporary accommodation . |
| 8 | She desired that the legacy should not be in any way altered by the pope nor any other person . |
| 9 | This absolute privilege is founded on the principle that it is advantageous for the public interest that the citizen should not be in any way fettered in his statements , and where the public service or due administration of justice is involved he shall have the right to speak his mind freely … |
| 10 | Highly intelligent and academically minded children should not be in this school … |
| 11 | You must be able to swim 500 yards and should not be in full time education at the time of the expedition . |
| 12 | The FCC 's cleverly contrived technical contest may have helped accelerate the move to digital broadcasting , but that may not be of much help to the terrestrial TV broadcasters it had hoped to escort into the digital age , nor give much of an edge to American equipment makers . |
| 13 | In opposition to centrally imposed ‘ local economic strategies ’ , these initiatives of the left explicitly recognize that what is appropriate in one place , may not be of much use in another . |
| 14 | Although baby universes may not be of much use for space travel , they have important implications for our attempt to find a complete unified theory that will describe everything in the universe . |
| 15 | In any case , as we shall see in Chapter 8 , strengths very greatly in excess of I per cent of the Young 's modulus may not be of much interest in practical engineering . |
| 16 | Method ( 2 ) , as discussed in chapter 3 , may not be of much value if managers do not stay long enough in one position . |
| 17 | In the student example , the fact that the person is female may not be of great significance and therefore there could be an attribute ‘ sex ’ of the person entity . |
| 18 | On some occasions it may not be of great importance to the patient 's health whether he is treated at that time or perhaps at all . |
| 19 | Naturally we lose some points at the beginning and end ( four in this case ) but this may not be of great importance in a long series . |
| 20 | Some mannerisms may not be of great use to the interviewer in assessing your character but they may work against you by being irritating . |
| 21 | This can be difficult to organize and may not be of great use to the teacher either in planning lessons or in providing feedback for diagnostic purposes . |
| 22 | Although the issue may not be of great interest in urban areas , it is important in rural areas , and I wonder whether the Bill will tackle the problem of road widths and the width of vehicles travelling down narrow country lanes . |
| 23 | Extensive microbiological evaluation obviously increases the number of abnormalities detected ; however , these may or may not be of pathogenic relevance as also indicated by the persistence of symptoms after eradication of several infective agents reported by others . |
| 24 | ‘ Go on , Wilson , though it may not be of any use . ’ |
| 25 | With two votes West Germans are in a different position , even though their first vote may not be of any use . |
| 26 | The situation in which a sexual problem is " masked " by a non-sexual presenting problem which may or may not be of true significance is not uncommon . |
| 27 | If , however , we are talking about the number two or number three in a particular market , they may not be of sufficient size to achieve these objectives . |
| 28 | So until that comes out I can not actually confirm what may or may not be in that manifesto . |
| 29 | Mm it it may it may not be in that nature because the nature of of supply teaching work of course is that |
| 30 | I think , I may not be in perfect shape , but I ai n't gon na run away from you . |