Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It can not be right that a tenant in Middlesbrough , where housing is cheap , pays more than a tenant in Camden , where costs are very much higher , where well-paid jobs are much easier to come by , and there is such a concentration of commercial facilities . ’ |
| 2 | In some circumstances it would not be reasonable that a disposition of property made by an individual before his bankruptcy , or by a company before being wound up , should be allowed to stand . |
| 3 | Do not be concerned that a part of your day is given up to relaxation and leisure . |
| 4 | ‘ If he were to institute proceedings for infringement before the patent for the invention was sealed , the procedural requirement of the proviso would not be satisfied but a statement of claim could not be struck out as disclosing no cause of action although it might be liable to be struck out as an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 5 | In some families with aggressive children the boundaries and limits on the child 's behaviour may not be clear and a struggle for power can take place between the parents and child which rapidly escalates into violence . |
| 6 | Initially it may not be obvious that a component , such as the gearbox cover , is required . |
| 7 | As the Cloud-author might say , contemplative understanding comes from nowhere and is experienced as a gift : We must not be surprised if a man does not attain the heights of contemplation or experience its sweetness at the beginning of his Christian life . |
| 8 | Because of its scope , readers must not be surprised when a description of an industrial application switches , say , to a research application in fundamental physiology or pharmacology . |
| 9 | But I suspect a lot of you would want to leave them with a matt finish , it 's entirely up to you Anyway when you paint , like I say , it 's just it 's because it 's porous it sucks the colour off the brush and er it immediately dries , so you can see , straight away , the colour it 's gon na be when you then put the varnish on you use a sort of matt varnish and so it brings the colour up but it wo n't be shiny or a shine , which you 're gon na choose like you might wan na matt varnish with this and shiny for the shell which ca it really brings the colour up , we wo n't get round to varnishing today erm and the other thing you can do , if you want erm a sort of a mottled effect you do pink in a base colour say Mikila wanted all greeny , bluey colours on that |