Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as the issues of English law are concerned , it is , as Mr. Beazley fairly recognised , almost inevitable that these cases , in view of the very difficult legal problems and of the very large sums of money at stake , will , unless settled , proceed in the end , as did the Hazell case , to the highest court ; thus even if there was a prospect of irreconcilable decisions at first instance or on intermediate appeal , which I do not think is likely , the final arbiters in the House of Lords will be able to give one single decision which will be binding in both England and Scotland , and with no possibility of irreconcilability . |
| 2 | An impression has undoubtedly gained ground — which I do not think is fair to the Wolfenden Committee — that the Committee desired to legalise homosexual conduct . |
| 3 | Democracy should embody the popular will — ; ‘ every law which the people has not ratified is null , void is in fact not a law . |
| 4 | And not forgotten are great series from the past — the Can-Am challenges and the Australian Tasman Cup . |
| 5 | Also not included are fixed charges on bank accounts and , more importantly , fixed charges on shares held in a subsidiary . |
| 6 | Finally , although your readers will not doubt be aware the 2807 and 4277 share the same wheel arrangement and the same wheel diameter ( 4′8½″ on the driving wheels ) the rod sizes are different . |
| 7 | The basal acid output in the one duodenal ulcer subject in whom H pylori infection was not eradicated was similar before ( 3.7 ) and after ( 4.8 ) the triple treatment . |
| 8 | The one thing you should not do is waste money and risk your fish 's health by treating the tank with chemicals — there is no point unless you know what you are treating . |
| 9 | But your Major alas … ’ ‘ … while we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen : for the things which are seen are temporal ; but the things which are not seen are eternal … ’ |
| 10 | The result is that it is very complex ; in addition , I must note that quite a few words are given stress patterns that I do not feel are acceptable in present-day English . |
| 11 | She was , of course , within her rights to do this , but the fact that this courtesy is not offered is customary and , in my opinion , unfeeling in the extreme . |
| 12 | To rush in and quantify a situation which one does not understand is wasteful of the time of both researchers and informants . |
| 13 | Claudia could see that locking up a Masai for a crime he did not understand was cruel and inhuman . |
| 14 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |
| 15 | Israelis , used to instant retaliation , do not like being sitting ducks . |
| 16 | The USA , which well within the memory of the majority of its inhabitants , was the world 's leading oil supplier , does not like being dependent on imported oil , particularly oil imported from areas of the world where political unrest means that a loss of supply — for instance through a closure of the Strait of Hormuz — is always a possibility . |
| 17 | Is not used to and does not like being dependent on others . |
| 18 | He 's not going are mad |
| 19 | and he 's Ron you 're going to experience a lot of things that you 're not going be happy about he says but I 'll let you find out for yourself . |
| 20 | Similarly , health and safety legislation can be designed to protect workers from agreeing to work in conditions which they do not realize are unsafe . |
| 21 | Despite the heat , Ludovico 's passion had taken her to heights she had not dreamed were possible . |
| 22 | The other thing you can not mark is compact discs |
| 23 | It is widely recognized among those involved with education that one of the most significant aspects of certification procedures is that aspects of educational endeavour which are not assessed are unlikely to be taken seriously by either teachers or pupils . |
| 24 | ‘ What I have tried not to do is big black drawings of steel works , ’ said Mr Crowley , who was pleasantly surprised that his pre-conceived image of lots of chemical plants and an over-used river did not do justice to the scene . |
| 25 | Both establishments had open fronts so that conditions for employees could not have been pleasant during the winter months . |
| 26 | They watched a woman , who could not have been long in this country , testing a mango for ripeness : she felt it all over with her thumb , not looking at it , concentrated , unsmiling , until the stall holder , ever-vigilant , caught sight of her . |
| 27 | It can not have been long , however , before the painting began to undergo a series of striking changes . |
| 28 | Yet he could not have been long in the water . |
| 29 | Once again , because the needs of each group in the departments varied considerably it would not have been cost-effective to consider a general global use of DIP systems . |
| 30 | However , post-war , the rise in divorce rates and remarriage , peaking in the 1970s , means that we shall in future meet more old people whose relationships may not have been lifelong . |