Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It can not be emphasised too strongly that our unemployment problems do not stem from the installation of such equipment .
2 What is more , it can not be emphasised too strongly that all fossils are " facies fossils ' .
3 For this same reason cooked potatoes should not be kept hot longer than necessary .
4 In Vienna , of course … my only conclusive recourse was to leave the city , which could not be arranged as quickly as I would have liked since I had army business there which demanded my attendance .
5 In reality , the asset would form part of the ‘ general pool ’ of plant and machinery and the tax benefit of the balancing allowance would not be realised as early as in the example .
6 Without their dedicated service , the prison would not be run so well as it is .
7 It can not be argued so categorically that this was the sole source of the style in the twelfth century or that it would not soon have developed in a similar manner elsewhere if the Île de France had not then produced it .
8 Belief in the power of such plants can be traced back to the time of the Druids ; it was certainly part of the belief system of the Celtic peoples , and although it may not be voiced so explicitly as it once was , yet the custom of planting and preserving this special tree is still continued by some people .
9 It can not be repeated too often that a dancer requires less time to make a statement than do words or music .
10 It can not be repeated too often that the main ingredient required by anyone wishing to learn to fly model helicopters is sheer dogged perseverance !
11 And since that assumption is implicit in the Webbs ' criticism of Owen , it can not be understood too clearly that on their argument there can be no place at all for industrial co-operatives , properly so-called : no place , because the ownership , whether individual or collective , of an industrial co-operative rests in the people working in it .
12 It can not be said often enough that these are not the people at the top of the organization , but those at the bottom .
13 So do n't hesitate to ask questions or , or discuss points which you feel erm have not be made very clearly or perhaps with which you do n't even agree .
14 But it can not be stated too emphatically that the principles by reference to which decisions are made are not within the unique prerogative of doctors to lay down .
15 The connection between patronage of this type and parliamentary politics could not be stated more clearly than in a letter which John Graham of Dougalston wrote to Mungo Graeme of Gorthie in 1741 , saying that he had made an arrangement with the Laird of Glinns , one of the Stirlingshire voters :
16 Her camp confirms the lengths to which Kylie is prepared to go to maintain the environment-friendly campaign and reveals she REFUSES to handle everyday plastics , because they can not be broken down naturally and pose a threat to the habitat .
17 It can not be expressed too strongly that the most beneficial results are obtained from pursuing the treatment until a return of symptoms occurs .
18 While he may not be collecting as actively as he was a few years ago , his name still inspires sufficient awe in most art world people for them to request complete anonymity when discussing him .
19 This is a crude form of distraction display , but it can not be developed much further because of the context in which it occurs .
20 Gifts made prior to the introduction of inheritance tax will not be assessed more harshly than they would under CTT , had it continued .
21 But it should not be built somewhere simply because a Bill is lying on the table .
22 The film itself should not be written off just because it uses unsophisticated material .
23 However , a direct vasomotor effect of central neuropeptide Y on the nepatic artery vasculature , resulting in increased blood flow , can not be ruled out entirely and may indeed be the mechanism causing the observed effect on biliary secretion in dogs where the arterial component to blood flow is significant as opposed to rats .
24 It will make a little money , so you need not be troubled as far as I am concerned . ’
25 In fact , you can argue and remonstrate until you are blue in the face but certain plans or arrangements can not be progressed just yet and you must simply sit tight and wait for the Full Moon in Aries on the 14th before making any drastic changes or decisions .
26 No sooner had the Colonel stumped out , his face flushed with a moral indignation that might or might not be sustained as far as Eaton Square and the Foreign Secretary 's residence , than the telephone rang .
27 The members of the tribunal should not have any other personal interest in the proceedings ( though on an exchange that is of its nature run by practitioners , this requirement may not be treated as strictly as it would in an ordinary law court ) .
28 And I also rely on my evidence of of quoting another custodian of Government policy namely the Prime Minister and its current Prime Minister erm who makes the point that proposals for development must not be turned down simply because it is the safest course .
29 THE good news yesterday was that the public sector borrowing requirement may not be growing as fast as the pessimists feared , and the need for tax increases in the Budget may not be as insistent as some analysts believe .
30 The firm must identify the bank concerned ; ( 5 ) Before a firm undertakes margined transactions through an intermediate broker who is neither an authorised person nor an overseas person whose regulatory system requires segregation of client money ; ( 6 ) ( In most cases ) where the firm wishes to contract out of the client money regulations and is entitled to do so ; ( 7 ) If the firm wishes to hold client money of a private customer in a free money bank account outside the UK it must identify the country concerned and state whether the bank concerned has given the required acknowledgement as to client money status and that , if such acknowledgement had not been given , client money held with that bank might not be protected as effectively as in the UK .
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