Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] not [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 As in the previous areas discussed , objects may not merely be used to refer to a given social group , but may themselves be constitutive of a certain social relation .
2 The two separate Minutes may not necessarily be related but it does suggest there may be more in the Cup 's name that has hitherto been appreciated .
3 If the child is of sufficient understanding his views should not simply be disregarded because it is difficult to ascertain them .
4 There can be no doubt that this claim has impressed many as an important reason why his views should not only be taken seriously but accepted as true .
5 His title-pages specify that his songs may not only be sung but also played ‘ on all sorts of instruments ’ ( auff allerley Instrumenten zu brauchen ) ; indeed the non-tenor parts are often obviously instrumental , as in Senfl 's ‘ Wol kumpt der May ’ in Ott 's 121 .
6 The English conventions for punctuation for instance , may have some advantages for some purposes , although disambiguating ‘ sentence ’ units should not necessarily be taken as a significant one .
7 Lexicological units must not only be delimited paradigmatically , that is , within a constant syntactic frame : we want also to be able to say of two occurrences of a lexical form in different syntactic environments whether they are occurrences of the same lexical unit , or two different units .
8 Paul counsels that believers should not knowingly be married to those who are not followers of Christ .
9 Only fourteen comprehensive schools existed at the time when Tony Crosland was writing : good grammar schools could not simply be swept away , nor the rights and duties of Local Education Authorities brushed aside .
10 It is naive and dangerous to imagine that our children or their schools could n't possibly be involved .
11 It is clear that such gaps restrict methods of handling data ( see chapters 5 and 6 ) ; for example data for age- and sex-groups could not easily be aggregated .
12 As the team leader was chair of the allocation and review committee , he was well aware of the current situation , though entries would not always be made in the social work file .
13 While central Government will certainly wish to exercise its rights to alter spending priorities from time to time , even their own goals will not often be achieved by fiddling with elements of an extremely complicated formula , which introduces unexpected as well as intended change .
14 Adjournments will not necessarily be granted even where all parties consent .
15 Kids will not overnight be protected from warfare , child labour , or sexual abuse as a result .
16 Since claims by non-State third parties will not normally be presented before an international forum and are not directly governed by the terms of the Vienna Convention , the outcome may well be significantly different from those involving third States .
17 However , this is an incomplete representation , although the claims of non-State third parties will not normally be made within international institutional arenas which , with limited exceptions , are reserved to States .
18 The Shamen , former Syd Barrett-fixated indie support rockers ( with dodgy oilslide'n'light shows in between ) , are now techno-guerrillas working towards the Synergy ideal of the all-live club , where DJs wo n't even be using records , where the environment itself is being scratch-mixed to audience requirements .
19 As can be seen from the above two examples , the process of discriminating between words can not easily be separated from the process of integrating lexical access with other levels .
20 Words can not only be recognised without attending to them , but they can also , with practice , be read aloud and whole sentences , and even passages , can be read with intonation .
21 Joins on silver or gold objects made with silver and gold solders can not usually be distinguished by radiography because they are approximately the same density as the metals they join , although they can sometimes be identified by colour difference or porosity when seen at high magnification .
22 Nizan " communist allegiances can not consequently be glossed over , however significant his ultimate break from the party might be .
23 These contradictions can not simply be explained in terms of the satisfaction assessments being incorrect ; the disjunction between the two factors-initial answers and overall feeling — is too complete .
24 This is usually the case for studies of human beings whose lifestyles can not generally be manipulated except possibly in some short psychological experiment or to further medical research .
25 Human relationships can not usually be kept within neat bounds by both partners , but tend to spill over in deep emotions of pain and anger .
26 Struggles about language are long drawn-out : speakers can not always be brought to see the point of innovations , still less the virtue in them .
27 However , such savings can not immediately be turned into cash since there is inconvenience , cost , and even uncertainty of value with some financial assets .
28 You may need to do some lateral thinking , as savings can not always be related to the size of the cheques you write out each month .
29 But blessings can not simply be expected to come along in disguise .
30 Harwell 's 6000 personnel might not therefore be required .
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