Example sentences of "[adv] not be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Sandy said , ‘ We 'd better not be heading for your place , even if you 've been doing it up . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | THE subject of statutory interpretation is not usually taught in Law Schools , and you may perhaps not be examined upon it . |
| 5 | The PCA legal adviser , Bob Rice , said : ‘ Reichmarks are totally worthless so it will obviously not be considered as a valid bid . ’ |
| 6 | Programmes which were made for a general public of native speakers of the language will obviously not be graded for use with language students . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Four agents were detected in less than three patients each , however , and could threfore not be tested at 5% significance level . |
| 9 | Yeah , erm it certainly would n't do any harm , erm I 'd rather not be rung at work if that 's alright |
| 10 | what all that crap erm no thank you I 'd rather not be degraded like that . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Changes in water quality brought about by changing land use may thus not be seen for decades . |
| 13 | Were it to do so , literally hundreds of thousands of people would tonight not be sitting at home frightened about whether they might be dragged into the courts and on to prison . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Dumper trucks will normally not be classified as motor vehicles as they are not intended or adapted for use on roads . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | MARTIN EDWARDS , chairman and chief executive of Manchester United , insisted after a four-hour board meeting at Old Trafford yesterday that he would still not be rushed into selling his majority shareholding , writes Stephen Bierley . |
| 18 | MARTIN EDWARDS , chairman and chief executive of Manchester United , insisted after a four-hour board meeting at Old Trafford yesterday that he would still not be rushed into selling his majority shareholding . |
| 19 | The stipulation of liquidated damages for breach of a particular term contradicts the possibility of that term being a condition ; therefore , terms backed by liquidated damages will usually not be regarded as conditions , unless the scale of the breach is considerable . |
| 20 | Adequate provision will probably not be made for Jonathan Rixon , one of the Islington children . |
| 21 | Pastrami cut from a very regular block will probably not be made from brisket of beef , so the odder the shape , the better the meat . |
| 22 | It was felt that this type of exercise would probably not be repeated for a few years . |
| 23 | Without a harbour , the islands would probably not be inhabited at all , as the land area is only about 250 hectares . |
| 24 | While the market might continue softening for psychological and cyclical reasons , its woes would probably not be compounded by fraud-tainted defaults . |
| 25 | A critic who saw the rushes said : ‘ It will probably not be seen by Kylie 's younger fans because of its content . |
| 26 | In their extreme forms , one type would preserve health authority responsibility for planning and meeting the needs of its population ( but would have many other problems ) , the other would make planning and the pursuit of local priorities impossible and co–lld probably not be operated with cash-limited budgets . |
| 27 | The advice that he would receive would probably not be couched in terms of relative merits and de-merits of preference and ordinary shares but of ‘ prior charges ’ and ‘ equiries ’ . |
| 28 | The witnesses immediately before him painted a picture of an elaborate liar , one whose testimony could probably not be trusted under oath , and of a petty thief who bought lingerie , so it appeared , with money meant for the contras ; some committee members considered him such a ‘ wacko ’ , in the patois , that his testimony would be next to useless . |
| 29 | This point is academic — first , because so much of this type of absenteeism goes unnoticed or unrecorded ( it was described as ‘ hidden ’ truancy by the Pack Report ) , and second , because , realistically , the use of legal procedures would probably not be contemplated by any LEA until the problem had worsened and discussion with parents had failed to resolve it . |
| 30 | The actual income and expenditure for the project will probably not be known by the person carrying out the short-term programming . |