Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christ , you better not be married twenty years , Karen , you might end up with another twelve . |
| 2 | ‘ Better not be true , Quinn . |
| 3 | All I can say is , I 'd better not be wrong . |
| 4 | The mechanisms that might be responsible for these effects are in need of fuller specification but the effort would perhaps not be worthwhile since in fact they do not account for the results to be explained . |
| 5 | In the meantime , as the new church gets established , it will quite obviously not be self-supporting . |
| 6 | However , the absence of an object or content of a representative kind must obviously not be confused with the absence of an object or content . |
| 7 | The easiest form of discrimination is to cut out all those outlets and publications which will obviously not be interested . |
| 8 | Those wishing to set up are often afraid that they will lose entitlement to benefit and so not be able to meet their families ' basic expenditure . |
| 9 | For example , a defendant will presumably not be able to say that he injured the complainant intending to have sexual intercourse with her but she then consented . |
| 10 | And would n't it be awful if he ever realized that it 's not very important to us , that we 'd rather not be safe if only he had the courage to take our safety away … " |
| 11 | I … would rather not be alone . |
| 12 | Thus , although section 49 states that the seller can sue for the price in certain circumstances ( see Chapter 12 ) , he will nevertheless not be able to do so unless he is also ready and willing to deliver the goods . |
| 13 | The predictions will thus not be accurate in the sense that the severeness of the symptoms can be predicted for a particular time , but they will be statistically accurate . |
| 14 | So the fringe players such as Preston , Ellis , Bachop , Cooksley and Dowd might have a very quiet tour of Australia , and thus not be march-hardened by the time they move into the five-match tour of South Africa . |
| 15 | Yet so many hobbyists seem oblivious of the fact that different fish come from different types of water , and that they may thus not be compatible with each other or with the local tap water . |
| 16 | Mr Dowling took the young Morrison under his wing as a ‘ kind of PA ’ , giving him the benefit of his own wide experience in all aspects of the profession — ‘ something that would just not be practical nowadays ’ . |
| 17 | To her it could just not be right that she should love one man while being married to another . |
| 18 | If they have n't been there they will just not be able to relate to it . ’ |
| 19 | Sometimes , as in the case of a foreign or inter-state trip , the youngster may just not be old enough or experienced enough to cope , but at other times they may not be showing enough sense of responsibility to be safely granted privileges . |
| 20 | Thus it will generally not be useful to restate raw figures in the text particularly since comparisons are a vital component of the exercise and these are best expressed as percentages or appropriate rates . |
| 21 | A lodger or boarder will generally not be able to sue . |
| 22 | This will normally not be apparent until just before the point of touchdown . |
| 23 | A return form completed in this way and filed on or before the due date will satisfy the obligations under s 11 , TMA 1970 , and the company would normally not be liable to a late-filing penalty under s 94 , TMA 1970 . |
| 24 | The mobility allowance will still not be available to people over 65 , though once awarded it will be paid regardless of age . |
| 25 | Even where they are allowed , strikes will still not be easy . |
| 26 | We have looked at these carefully , but feel that even with careful selection and improvement in proficiency with the equipment they would still not be good enough for reproduction . |
| 27 | However , when this approach is used with single children or with small groups , it may still not be possible to attribute any observed changes in the child 's language to the effect of the intervention . |
| 28 | We need to ask ourselves how LEA advisers should be spending their increased time in schools , bearing in mind that due to the ratio of schools to inspectors , the time spent in any one school will still not be generous . |
| 29 | Sadly , the latest evidence suggests that , despite the delays , Philips may still not be ready with video at the launch and that the first CD-I consumer players will be sold with an expansion slot for a FMFFV cartridge upgrade , available at a later stage . |
| 30 | How , she wondered , could someone be so unhappy , so tortured by grief , and still not be mad , and still be alive . |