Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [vb pp] [that] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 For example , it can not be argued that poor women resorted to abortion because doctors withheld information about other birth control methods .
2 This argument could be regarded as a rebuttable presumption , but then the inexorable logic of the theory breaks down ; it could not be said that legal rules were always to be determined by the ordinary courts .
3 In summary , whether or not Fama and Jensen 's reasoning is right , it can not be said that more minuses in table 3.1 mean worse performance .
4 In addition , it should not be assumed that long-term trends in income distribution continue forever : there is evidence that recent years have seen significant changes in these trends in Britain .
5 However , it can not be assumed that all managers will consider the role of personality when they make decisions .
6 Although owning a car is common today , it must not be assumed that all nurses can provide their own transport .
7 But it can not be assumed that these developments have in fact led to equality within the sexual sphere of marriage .
8 Thus it should not be assumed that older patients with ulcerative colitis have weaker sphincters than younger patients .
9 On the other hand , it should not be imagined that private industries are immune from such considerations .
10 It must not be forgotten that independent parts given to the feebler instruments are not actually heard in the tutti , but may play havoc with the clarity of design which should be the orchestrator 's first aim .
11 At the same time , it should not be forgotten that some writers had been advocating the use of multiple methods for years :
12 It should not be forgotten that any crops sold off the land are ‘ extractive ’ and tend to lower fertility .
13 However , it should not be forgotten that local authorities are also responsible for providing services , and there is evidence to suggest that voters recognise that such services have to be paid for .
14 As a result of the cell heterogeneity of biopsy specimens , however , it can not be excluded that inflammatory cells , widely infiltrating the mucosa of coeliac disease patients who have not been treated , also contribute to the changes of cyclic nucleotide metabolism .
15 Such enthusiasm may have had as much to do with the excited nationalism of wartime , as any substantial appreciation of these films ' merits , and it should not be supposed that British filmmakers had universally gone from being dull and unimaginative to become masters of the cinematic art .
16 It could not be suggested that these justices in the instant case did not take time to consider the matter and it is not suggested , nor could it be , that they did not take a great deal of care in carrying out their duties .
17 It must not be thought that such differences are mere matters of imagination , and that we take the sensations to be different because we represent each of them to ourselves as occupying a different place .
18 It should not be thought that Labour Ministers were concerned only with domestic policy , although Morrison was Home Secretary , Bevin was Minister of Labour , and Dalton ( from early 1942 ) President of the Board of Trade .
19 It ca n't be denied that many players have John Mayall to thank for their career launch …
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