Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adj] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By all means we may admire , but it is prudent not to judge by what we see at the shows . |
| 2 | Illness develops slowly over several weeks ( or more ) and treatment is more successful in the early stages , so it is essential not to put off seeing a doctor . |
| 3 | It is essential not to confound him with the greater Frederick II ( Hohenstaufen ) , holy Roman emperor from 1215 to 1250 , and before that ( 1198–1212 ) king of Sicily as Frederick I. For this great figure , author of The Book of the Falcon and a hero for Dante as well as Pound , is to figure portentously in the Thrones cantos to come as we shall see . |
| 4 | At this first stage , it is essential not to go too fast , but by now most people have already done so ; they have already jumbled the cube and thereby discovered the basic mathematical problem : how do you get back to where you started ? |
| 5 | In the meantime it is essential not to risk a further pregnancy and other contraceptive measures must be taken see above . |
| 6 | It is essential not to let them down , ’ says one expert . |
| 7 | Despite the damage the enticing vagina causes , it is essential not to slander women , for worse in the way of verbal retribution will come back in return . |
| 8 | It is crucial not to take everything in either a literal sense or in a humanistic , reinterpretative sense . |
| 9 | It is crucial not to repeat it for the surprise will be gone and all the children will be looking for is the method . |
| 10 | Major roles for older women are not so common in Shakespeare , but I think it is better not to choose a character such as Queen Katherine from Henry VIII , who needs a richness of seniority to convey the dramatic interest . |
| 11 | ‘ It is better not to drink in the daytime , ’ said Lili . |
| 12 | ‘ It is better not to watch these imbeciles drive , ’ he said through his teeth . |
| 13 | Some will try to bloom during the first year , others will not ; it is better not to let them . |
| 14 | Unless one of the steps in the review machinery is the service of a counternotice by the person upon whom the review notice is served , it is better not to stipulate for a particular form of notice because the fewer the requirements that have to be complied with the less scope there is for litigation . |
| 15 | It is better not to extend what was , after all , an accidental and purely professional relationship . |
| 16 | In such cases it is better not to do it than to do it badly . |
| 17 | The reasons she advances for maintaining the book 's integrity are based on modesty of intention : it is better not to divulge the precise methods of punishment used by its Mrs Teachum , since the book is addressed less to teachers than to pupils . |
| 18 | It is better not to colour it to match the bones , as the natural while clearly shows future workers what is false . |
| 19 | So it is better not to ask why . |
| 20 | I know how you feel , Daddy , but maybe it is better not to take too strong a stand . |
| 21 | Therefore it is better not to legislate . ’ |
| 22 | For instance , when a teacher is speaking or demonstrating it is better not to stand in front of windows . |
| 23 | The conventional wisdom on energy policy is that it is better not to have one . |
| 24 | In the case of a simple penal code , acceptance of its punishment is the best action by the deviant given that the alternative is reimposition of the punishment path : punishment outputs are so chosen that it is better not to postpone the date of reversion to collusion than to make a short-term gain from deviating from the punishment path . |
| 25 | In his first letter from there he makes a significant little admission to Theo , and encloses a sketch : ‘ I should like to begin making hasty sketches of some of the many things I meet … but as it would probably keep me from my real work it is better not to start . ’ |
| 26 | Complete removal of weeds , including all the roots , is important , preferably by hand or while digging ; incidentally , do remember that some of them may be the very plants you are intending to grow , though if the area contains horsetail it is better not to try growing perennial plants in it until you have been clearing out this weed for some years . |
| 27 | Their response to Jesus ' words was to despair : ‘ If this is the situation between a husband and wife , it is better not to marry . ’ |
| 28 | The inability to confirm this well-known fact has not spoilt the sudden acceptance of the placebo as something with at least a false concrete explanation rather than being some form of gothic magic about which it is better not to speak . |
| 29 | It is necessary not to draw a bald distinction between pastoral and counter-pastoral . |
| 30 | The conclusion reached by the Americans is that , if it is not necessary to kill , then it is necessary not to kill . |