Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I 'd better not be told , because I should only begin counting up all the things I 'd missed , and you 're better off not knowing what you 've missed . ’ |
| 2 | Of course this notice would naturally not be signed by both parties as required by s. 2 , which had come into effect a few weeks before . |
| 3 | In the partnership agreement itself it should perhaps not be made too easy for partners to leave , though in practice , of course , an unhappy or unsatisfied partner is a liability whom the firm will usually want to see depart at the earliest convenient time . |
| 4 | THE subject of statutory interpretation is not usually taught in Law Schools , and you may perhaps not be examined upon it . |
| 5 | The influence of such deposits on Eurocurrency growth should perhaps not be over-stated . |
| 6 | On the one hand , the protection of fundamental rights is an established source of law for the ECJ , so that this decision should perhaps not be taken to exclude the interpretation that the Directive places the decision on opting out in the hands of the workers themselves . |
| 7 | The defence of consent can obviously not be pleaded as it can be and generally is for rape . |
| 8 | POST-PARTUM ABSTINENCE — Normal sexual relations will obviously not be resumed immediately after termination of a pregnancy , which is naturally followed by a period of abstinence . |
| 9 | For example , an ex gratia payment made to a man moving to further full-time employment in his middle years will obviously not be made ‘ on or in anticipation of retirement ’ . |
| 10 | The PCA legal adviser , Bob Rice , said : ‘ Reichmarks are totally worthless so it will obviously not be considered as a valid bid . ’ |
| 11 | Programmes which were made for a general public of native speakers of the language will obviously not be graded for use with language students . |
| 12 | My faith and sights are on the lasting reality , the Zimbabwe of the future which will not be made by either the faithless or the fearful ( and sometimes I have seen both ) ; it will obviously not be won by those who run away . |
| 13 | The Court of Appeal allowed her to see them , deciding that although the reports might contain information given in confidence , yet the public interest in parties to litigation being able fully to prove their case and so not be denied justice outweighed the public interest in maintaining the confidentiality of pupil files . |
| 14 | Four agents were detected in less than three patients each , however , and could threfore not be tested at 5% significance level . |
| 15 | ‘ No — please — I 'd rather not be moved . |
| 16 | It contained questions that most citizens , unaware that numbers did behave , would rather not be asked . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd rather not be tied down here . |
| 18 | Yeah , erm it certainly would n't do any harm , erm I 'd rather not be rung at work if that 's alright |
| 19 | what all that crap erm no thank you I 'd rather not be degraded like that . |
| 20 | I 'll get Annunziata to keep something hot in the kitchen and then if you 'd rather not be bothered with us tonight , you can have it there — or in bed , if that would be better , ’ said Julia , her heart feeling as though it were held in a tightening vice as she saw his misery . |
| 21 | R should nevertheless not be forgotten that for most of its existence the World was despised by black political leaders . |
| 22 | Changes in water quality brought about by changing land use may thus not be seen for decades . |
| 23 | The property will thus not be excluded property and may be subject to the ten year charge and , on the face of it , the interim charge ( IHTA 1984 , ss64 and 65 ) . |
| 24 | Certainly , the greed factor has ensured that when players fail at the highest level , the knife will just not be delivered , but twisted with venom |
| 25 | Although the final result may not not be known until mid-morning , computer predictions indicated Mr Major was on his way back to Downing Street with a small majority . |
| 26 | It had done very badly in the 1967 local elections , and in November Wilson at last devalued the pound — assuring a somewhat puzzled nation that ‘ the pound in your pocket ’ would somehow not be affected . |
| 27 | However , the appointment of a receiver must not be equated with that of a liquidator : ( i ) where a receiver is appointed the company need not go into liquidation and if it does the same person who acted as receiver will normally not be appointed liquidator ; ( ii ) liquidation is a class action designed to protect the interests of the unsecured creditors whereas , as we shall see , receivership is designed to protect the interests of the security holders who appointed the receiver and it is for this reason that a receiver can be appointed even where the company is in liquidation ; ( iii ) liquidation terminates the trading power of the company whereas this is not the case with receivership ; ( iv ) a liquidator has power to disclaim onerous property , something not possible in the case of receivership ; ( v ) a liquidator in a compulsory winding up is an officer of the court whereas this is not the case with a receiver unless appointed by the court ; ( vi ) lastly , it is easier to obtain recognition of liquidation as opposed to receivership in proceedings in foreign courts . |
| 28 | Dumper trucks will normally not be classified as motor vehicles as they are not intended or adapted for use on roads . |
| 29 | However , these events have one important common feature and that is they will normally not be known to a person dealing with the company and therefore it seems appropriate to treat them together . |
| 30 | The bank draft was er erm and it appeared that at that stage Mr was told by the er by Mr that the landlord 's consent to the assignment of this lease erm , had still not be obtained . |