Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [prep] [art] [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 | If you occupied a senior position , you may not be under an immediate duty to accept an alternative job of an inferior status . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't say the man could not be of the highest value , if he did not ruin everything he touches with his implacable spleen . |
| 9 | Neither she nor Aunt Tossie , sitting there in dignified order , could foresee that the memory to be implanted would not be of the rare perfection of each course , but of a social mishap , a horror that would engross unbelieving attention and sear its recollection , like a scar , into Nicandra 's loving . |
| 10 | Such a negative criterion could be that the parties should not be of the same sex , as could be the notion that one party should not be an animal . |
| 11 | I can say truly on two occasions " I 'm getting alarmed " and yet the mental events not be of the same type . |
| 12 | In this case , the transfer is being made off a camcorder which is acting as the source-machine ; the record-machine is a VCR which need not be of the same format . |
| 13 | ‘ A constable may arrest a person without warrant if — ( a ) he engages in offensive conduct which the constable warns him to stop , and ( b ) he engages in further offensive conduct immediately or shortly after the warning ( 5 ) In subsection ( 4 ) , ‘ offensive conduct ’ means conduct the constable reasonably suspects to constitute an offence under this section , and the conduct mentioned in paragraph ( a ) and the further conduct need not be of the same nature . ’ |
| 14 | Why , in other words , should perception be of the perceived object rather than any other object in the causal chain further back in the causal chain ; why every perception should not be of the Big Bang that started off the Universe . |
| 15 | In practice , however , the elasticity of demand for imports and exports may not be of an appropriate value or else it may take considerable time before such automatic forces become effective . |
| 16 | Whatever knowledge there is to be gleaned from this year 's batch of accidents will not be of an academic nature , but will be used to teach and to train for the future . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It is worth noting that an offer need not be for a listed company for the Panel to be interested in it . |
| 19 | Yes , housing benefit will be an element of the total package , but will not be for the whole cost of care and will not be wholly additional to current rates of care . |
| 20 | Taking the early batches of eggs or fry away may interfere with the parents ' ability to raise later batches , so I leave a few batches with a new pair until they get the knack , which may not be at the first attempt . |
| 21 | It has not proved possible to determine the composition directly , which is difficult for a condensate , but the measured abundance of ammonia in the gaseous phase above the top of these clouds is about what would be expected were this ammonia in equilibrium with solid ammonia at the typical cloud top conditions of 0.5 bar and 148 K. There are thought to be relatively few breaks in the ammonia clouds , though the cloud tops need not be at the same altitude everywhere . |
| 22 | This could well relate to the design of the hospital bed which may not be at the same height as the one with which the patient is familiar . |
| 23 | But , in terms of sport , might they not be on a healthier track than is New Zealand at the moment ? |
| 24 | Literature should not be on a self-service display . |
| 25 | There was then the suspense of waiting for it to come in , and my fear that we might not be on the right platform or that the Great Western had forgotten about it . |
| 26 | Mervyn Whyte , secretary of the meeting told me today : ‘ At this point in time he 'll not be on the front row of the grid but Billy Nutt , the clerk of the course , and myself will be going through the speeds later today and deciding the grid positions . |
| 27 | It is not yet clear what kind of agreements the six republics might be able to reach about future co-operation , but they will certainly not be on the old basis . |
| 28 | The next international will not be until the new year , when Ireland visit Murrayfield in January . |
| 29 | If it does come , say the Swiss , it may not be until the second week in January . |
| 30 | Celibacy , originally a voluntary charism , became a requirement for ordination , although it would not be until the eleventh century that this law would be fully imposed on the Latin Church . |