Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Market reports suggest that the sale will not be to a local business . |
| 2 | As with the railroading story , I could find no confirmation , but the story of privatized prisons floundering without control or direction across San Francisco Bay , landing close to where Sir Francis Drake 's memorial plaque was later found , may not be without a criminological moral . |
| 3 | This country had better not be under a Labour Government . |
| 4 | As the polymer sample should not be under a tensile stress , the suspension wire supporting the disc is passed over a pulley and the weight of the disc and sample are counterbalanced by loading the end . |
| 5 | But the memory of Bregawn should not be of a recalcitrant mule goaded into action as the rest of the field leaves him way behind , but of a good Cheltenham Gold Cup winner storming up the hill to head the procession of Dickinson horses which was the most remarkable training feat of modern times . |
| 6 | The length of service is on record at Walworth Road and it would not be of a great cost if you look at retaining membership who are real stalwarts of the Party . |
| 7 | A real rate of interest , which would be calculated as an annual rate per cent , takes into account the following facts : — the period of the loan may not be for a full year : interest is only charged on the actual amount borrowed ( eg not including any deposit paid ) ; — if regular repayments are being made , the full amount of the loan is not outstanding over the full year . |
| 8 | It is worth noting that an offer need not be for a listed company for the Panel to be interested in it . |
| 9 | Literature should not be on a self-service display . |
| 10 | The site must not be within a conservation area ( that is , a national park , area of outstanding natural beauty , etc. … ) ; and |
| 11 | Although that may not be against a literal interpretation of the wording of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty , would not such a move be a gross affront to the potential proliferators who are reconsidering the need to indulge in the acquisition of nuclear weapons ? |
| 12 | Then when children turn to secondary sources it will not be in a passive way , but with the purpose of checking ideas about which they have already talked . |
| 13 | Even though your settlement may not be in a known danger area , no one can be sure . |
| 14 | ’ Thus if the goods require anything to be done to them in order for them to be ready for delivery or in order to make them comply with the contract , they will not be in a deliverable state . |
| 15 | Often , however , the terms will not be in a signed contract . |
| 16 | If we do not have that , we shall not be in a competitive position in the future . |
| 17 | Men and women can commit this offence and it need not be in a public place . |
| 18 | Tim tries massaging my lower back during the contraction and it feels great — he wo n't be at a loose end from now on ! |
| 19 | ‘ This place would n't be worth a twopenny fart after that little incident . ’ |
| 20 | But for a committee of aristocratic do-gooders , who are in the business of saving children from violence and abuse , to summarily dismiss a massive cash injection on the flimsy grounds of taste suggests they should n't be in a life-and-death business but rather running their local Girl Guides or church fete toffee-apple stalls . |
| 21 | Yeah well they would n't be in a different colour if they were n't vital to us . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't say another word , or your body wo n't be in a fit state to wear your champagne silk dress ! ’ |
| 23 | After all , it would n't be like a magic ring . |