Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] not [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few believed that war could now be prevented , and hardly anyone understood that the real issue in Moscow was not whether Britain and Russia could prevent war by agreeing on a joint policy of resistance , but whether Stalin could be persuaded not to make a separate peace with Hitler . |
| 2 | On modern waste systems this is relatively easy , but on old-fashioned systems it may be anything from difficult to impossible — and care needs to be taken not to crack a ceramic basin when unscrewing a tight cleaning eye . |
| 3 | However , care should be taken not to use a professional counsellor as a " fixer " who enables one to avoid doing any real work of one 's own . |
| 4 | One reason why we are determined not to have a Labour Government is that they might tip the balance in the Community towards a fortress Europe and against the forces of free trade which we have successfully orchestrated so far . |
| 5 | DOCTORS have been warned not to use a sedative drug on children after five youngsters died in hospital . |
| 6 | The girl is said not have a good relationship with her father and the prospect that he might return to the family home , after a period of estrangement from his wife , prompted her action under the 1989 Children Act . |
| 7 | Too often the term is used not to denote a specific ( designing ) but rather to denote either or both , the results of that activity ( designed products ) or the problems which initiate design activity . |
| 8 | Travkin had been involved in the talks on founding the DRM , but had withdrawn his support when it was decided not to form a separate party , thus allowing DRM supporters to remain in the CPSU . |
| 9 | This was held not to create a public right to be enjoyed by all Her Majesty 's citizens . |
| 10 | Thus a clause which permitted " any partner " to be expelled by " the other partners " was held not to enable a single partner to expel either or both of his colleagues ( Re A Solicitor 's Arbitration [ 1962 ] 1 WLR 353 ) . |