Example sentences of "[adv] not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most we can get is convincing parallelisms between the two and the fact that some parallelisms are much more difficult than others and have hitherto not been attempted is no reason for denying that a choreographic genius like Massine has the right to attempt this . |
| 2 | In further indications of increasing openness , Tirana radio on Nov. 23 , 1989 , reported the crash of two helicopters the previous day which had killed 23 people ; incidents of this kind had hitherto not been reported in the Albanian media . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'd better not be using any metal in what you 're making , ’ said Mr Walpit . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd better not be using any wood in what you 're making , , said Mr Welt . |
| 5 | The bastard had better not be laughing ! ] |
| 6 | Sometimes I stick to ‘ driver — ’ well , I have a cab ( though you 'd better not be talking to a real musher ) and a Heavy Goods Vehicle licence . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'd better not be lying . ’ |
| 8 | You better not be driving . |
| 9 | Sandy said , ‘ We 'd better not be heading for your place , even if you 've been doing it up . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The 1977 US survey quoted above concluded from the experience of those interviewed that ‘ heightened consumer awareness has apparently not been accompanied by an increase in ( shopping around for credit ) by consumers ’ . |
| 13 | She complained that her children had apparently not been allowed access to a Baptist minister , but was told that they had not asked for religious support when it was offered . |
| 14 | But it was an option chosen and sustained by the Queen herself , her government and her people , and the power of such a symbol produced a great flowering of culture and a sense of national identity that has perhaps not been surpassed since . |
| 15 | The next few years saw her and Ross out with this band of fun boaters and future rodeo aficionados though Lesley remembers having spent much of these early years bobbing about in the boils on the edge of the rough stuff , a result of lack of confidence in her own ability and perhaps not being pushed to perform by the guys in the group as much as they would each other . |
| 16 | It seems as if the lower the competition for places , the greater the likelihood of working-class children staying on or perhaps not being pushed out . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | THE subject of statutory interpretation is not usually taught in Law Schools , and you may perhaps not be examined upon it . |
| 19 | The influence of such deposits on Eurocurrency growth should perhaps not be over-stated . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Nobody seemed to have a clear objective in mind and the speakers had obviously not been briefed on what to expect . |
| 22 | The defence of consent can obviously not be pleaded as it can be and generally is for rape . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ’ . |
| 25 | The PCA legal adviser , Bob Rice , said : ‘ Reichmarks are totally worthless so it will obviously not be considered as a valid bid . ’ |
| 26 | Programmes which were made for a general public of native speakers of the language will obviously not be graded for use with language students . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She was obviously not being looked after at all . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Four agents were detected in less than three patients each , however , and could threfore not be tested at 5% significance level . |