Example sentences of "not [verb] [conj] the [noun sg] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question does not arise if the decision is forced by circumstances . |
| 2 | These problems do not arise if the referee is an expert . |
| 3 | The Bill gives asylum seekers in that position the right — it did not exist when the case was before the court — to appeal to an independent adjudicator . |
| 4 | A cause of action which did not exist when the summons was issued can be added by amendment only with the consent of the other party ( Chuan Chow Maritime v K/S A/S Bulk Transport ( 1984 ) The Times , 25 February ) . |
| 5 | By parity of reasoning with Chan Wai Lam v R the accused who deceives the victim into writing a cheque in his favour is not guilty under s.15 because the amount represented by the cheque did not exist until the cheque was drawn . |
| 6 | He did not think that the boy was the actual thief and he hoped that the boy would not be punished . |
| 7 | ‘ I do not think that the situation is slipping out of control . |
| 8 | He did not think that the house was watched that day . |
| 9 | The Government 's commitment to the environment can have no credibility — I stress that I am talking about the Government , not the Minister — if the Prime Minister and the Chancellor do not think that the environment is important , even if lesser Ministers do . |
| 10 | Some staff added other minor errors or disagreements but it soon emerged that some departments did not think that the report was fair and they criticized the general conclusion relating to their department . |
| 11 | [ New ] Wolverton has now been modernised and , apart from a pleasant public library and some flower beds in the narrow residential streets , I do not think that the result is a great amelioration . |
| 12 | Early risers can also have cheap electric showers ( not quite so early in the summer , as the clock is not altered when the change is made to British Summer Time ) , while fridges , freezers and outside lights will cost less to run . |
| 13 | Similarly , at the year end , goods are received ( Invoice ) but not recognized because the cash is not paid until the subsequent year . |
| 14 | President Carlos Andrés Pérez declared that the strike was not justified because the government was dealing successfully with the country 's " serious problems " . |
| 15 | when for any other reason whatever a Consignment can not be delivered or when a Consignment is held by the Carrier ‘ to await order ’ or ‘ to be kept till called for ’ or upon any like instructions and such instructions are not given or the Consignment is not called for and removed , within a reasonable time , then transit shall be deemed to end . |
| 16 | This is not to claim that the war was totally unintended , but that national leaders had become caught in an irrational process which led inevitably to war . |
| 17 | We are co-operating with three European business schools ( ESC Lyons , Henley Management College and ESADE , Barcelona ) to develop the International Management Institute of St Petersburg , and do not consider that the Community is ‘ making a hash ’ of technical assistance to the ex-Soviet Union . |
| 18 | If the pen 's barrel is not cracked and the lever is capable of movement then it should be possible to repair it for less than twenty pounds . |
| 19 | In the Eighties one High Street bank was taken for £15 million but struck a deal not to prosecute if the money was returned . |
| 20 | A second group is at the opposite extreme of breakage , with no mandibles intact , and this includes the mammalian carnivores , the little owl and most of the diurnal raptors not included in the main analysis ( not included because the damage is so great that hardly any recognizable bone is left in the pellets : see Table 2.1 ) . |
| 21 | Unlike the familiar blood alcohol tests in motoring cases , urinalysis does not demonstrate that the employee is impaired by drugs . |
| 22 | ( 2 ) That a secure accommodation order could only be made if the provisions of subsection ( 1 ) were satisfied and the justices had to consider the statutory criteria and then formulate their reasons within the criteria ; that the justices ' reasons clearly demonstrated that they had not considered whether the order was necessary to protect the child from harm if he was likely to abscond from other types of accommodation ; and that , therefore , the appeal would have to be allowed but the court would make an interim order restricting the child 's liberty for three weeks within which time the matter should be reheard ( post , pp. 93C–F , 94H — 95B , 96G–H , 98D ) . |
| 23 | The reason for discussing it here is that , under the Sexual Offences Act 1967 , this offence is not committed where the act is done in private , between consenting males , both aged 21 or over . |
| 24 | We need not doubt that the epithet is justified and I think we are on the right track in attributing its powers to nerve cells with their trigger features and projective zones , but the connecting links are missing . |
| 25 | Thus in Weiner v. Gill ( 1906 C.A. ) although jewellery sold on approval was subsequently re-sold by the buyer , the court held that property had not passed because of an express statement in the original contract that property was not to pass until the seller was paid . |
| 26 | The gifts of the Spirit are not expected and the preaching is weak . |
| 27 | Ron Wise , of Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre , said doctors had not disclosed whether the tumour was cancerous . |
| 28 | It is not recommended that the software be re-modularised prior to its initial entry . |
| 29 | The nursemaid felt a withdrawal of affection and was hurt , not noticing that the child was shrinking back from all emotional expression ; the hugs and kisses once lavished on Marie had not been transferred to Pamela . |
| 30 | If Labour can not win when the country is in the deepest recession since the war and the Tories have ditched their greatest electoral asset , can it have any hope of ever again forming a government ? |