Example sentences of "need [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The announcement may contain a pre-condition to the posting of the formal offer document , in which case the offer document need not be posted until that condition is satisfied . |
| 2 | In the Weald they probably embraced the earnings of woodcutters , colliers and other forest workmen ; a form of share cropping , which was not unknown , need not be ruled out . |
| 3 | The budget need not be balanced every year but should be balanced over the trade cycle , with surpluses in booms and deficits in slumps . |
| 4 | I hope , like Zen , that it gives people the feeling that they need not be cut off from the great intellectual and philosophical questions . |
| 5 | When the Company retained a courtier , Sir Thomas Roe , to strengthen their position at Agra in 1616 , he advised them that their factories need not be fortified because the Moghuls were perfectly able to keep the peace that traders needed , and could capture fortified towns if they set their minds to it . |
| 6 | This complex statement need not be analysed here but just think how often we see a certain politician , good though he may be , declared as " never coming across on the TV " . |
| 7 | Supporting or enclosing structures i.e. lift shafts and foundations masonry and brickwork upon which the plant rests and which need not be replaced if new plant is installed . |
| 8 | The objector has it that what we taken to be effects need not be necessitated . |
| 9 | Provided medics stressed the absolute necessity for sexual responsibility and self-control then ‘ the microscope need not be despised ’ . |
| 10 | This may suggest that the re-working of the bracteates and their loops , both together and separately was common and emphasises that contemporaneity need not be demonstrated by two objects having the same metal composition . |
| 11 | Such poems ‘ need not be stimulated by real-life events ’ such as the plight of the Marseilles dock-workers , which has effaced the sight — darkly limned in Jaromil 's juvenilia — of Magda in her bath ; and if the poet who displays his ignorant , indifferent self-portrait is hoping for applause , there is a chance for him to do well in the new world of revolution , which rings with applause , and with blame . |
| 12 | The short cloak had three advantages over the coat : it need not be tailored and so was available ‘ off the peg ’ ; it was more fashionable ; and it allowed unhindered access to the sword . |
| 13 | The tail need not be fitted for this test , but now 's the time to attach it ready for the launch . |
| 14 | This obligation to inform now appears not in the Act but in the Code of Practice , which suggests not only that suspects should be told of their rights but also of ‘ the fact that they need not be exercised immediately ’ . |
| 15 | The option is clearly to the advantage of the developer , in that : there is low initial capital commitment there is opportunity to resolve problems and obtain planning approval The faces less competition than would be found if the land was sold at auction or tender if the scheme is abandoned the option need not be exercised On the other hand problems can arise where there is a substantial downturn in the market and it is not viable to proceed at the price agreed in the option agreement . |
| 16 | Under s.26(2) , a plan of the premises need not be lodged but only a site plan is required until the provisional grant is affirmed . |
| 17 | Get a child to love a poem ; every word and phrase in it need not be understood at first . |
| 18 | But Customs have agreed that the requirement to obtain overseas customers ' VAT numbers need not be implemented until 1 July 1993 . |
| 19 | Though the ruling need not be implemented until accounting years ending on or after 22 June , ScottishPower has chosen to adopt the published ruling immediately — causing a net pre-tax charge in the year to March 1993 of £10.4 million . |
| 20 | Patients over the age of 50 who are relatively ‘ fit ’ need not be denied the benefits of conservative , sphincter saving surgery . |
| 21 | What the position would have been if , say , half of the contents including the signature had been written on one occasion and the rest of the contents on another , later , occasion , with the deceased indicating on the later occasion to the two witnesses that he regarded his signature as authenticating the whole of the contents , does not arise for decision and need not be decided now . |
| 22 | Whether or not that is right , and it need not be decided in this case , a registered disposition made by the fraudster to a bona fide purchaser can not in my judgment be removed from the register under paragraph ( d ) . |
| 23 | How section 60(2) is to be construed and applied in such a case , or in the equivalent case of an assignment , is a question that need not be decided in the instant case . |
| 24 | It need not be decided in every case . |
| 25 | Again it should be emphasized that the incentives need not be based upon financial performance but might be linked to other proxies of effort ; productivity measures and the like . |
| 26 | Private nuisance need not be based on an unlawful act . |
| 27 | The economic and political complexities of European history which made the brutal exploitation of native South American Indians so attractive to Spain need not be gone into here , but in the silver mines Rose of Lima saw , at first hand , one of the most squalid examples of materialism and petty colonialism , and also one of the most defeated and culturally mutilated people that history offers us . |
| 28 | Works in marker pen can be reproduced on colour photocopiers or by printing and need not be displayed themselves . |
| 29 | The T/V distinction found in every European language except English provides the classic example of this , while English is , according to Lyons , a particularly clear example of how status , while clearly indicated in paralinguistic ways as Pulgrum indicates , need not be indicated in the grammar ( Lyons , 1977 ) . |
| 30 | The school was an amiable establishment in Somerset which existed largely for the daughters of service and diplomatic families , whose fees were subsidised by the services to ensure that the scions of the officer class need not be tainted by cheek-by-jowl association with the children of other ranks . |