Example sentences of "be not [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not looking for maximum performance or power . |
| 2 | At this point I am not writing about open conflict , mutiny , factions or friction , but about a quiet pulling in a different direction . |
| 3 | This was definitely the case with me and , even now , I occasionally have one or two lessons to make sure I am not getting into bad habits . |
| 4 | I am not arguing for shoddy commercials . |
| 5 | I am not talking of municipal autonomy — they almost have that — but of self-rule as is written and spelled out in the Camp David accords " . |
| 6 | I am not talking of secondary schools , although there are some very small secondary schools in Oxfordshire . |
| 7 | Conservative Members would be well advised to heed those words because all the contact that I have had with local government — I am not talking about Labour councillors , but about impartial experts — has shown that those experts believe that the council tax will eventually run into such trouble that it will become unworkable . |
| 8 | While stocks in the form of raw materials last — I am not talking about nuclear weapons but general armaments — the production will clearly continue . |
| 9 | But should we assume the same training is required by the lion 's share of our undergraduates who are not destined for academic careers ? |
| 10 | If you are an Imperial player and facing a foe that uses such despicable tactics then console yourself with the thought that at least the units firing at the Helblaster are not firing at other targets . |
| 11 | Unlike a sport like skiing , the considerable risks are not matched with sufficient exhilaration to kindle my interest , although I would n't say no if a boyfriend were to slip naked into one of those clanking climbing harnesses after a hot bath and a glass of wine . |
| 12 | Barrier methods such as condoms are not favoured by Turkish men , and campaigns to encourage men to have vasectomies have proved a dismal failure . |
| 13 | Without the status and obligations of a church organist , singers and players are not prepared in great numbers to accept the demands of weekly services and rehearsals . |
| 14 | As was pointed out earlier , hearing users of BSL are not progressing to full competence in the language and are very likely to use English syntax for sign-based messages . |
| 15 | What is clear , however , is that we are not dealing with lexical ambiguity . |
| 16 | We are not dealing with political issues , civil rights is not a political issue but a moral issue . ’ |
| 17 | Because of this , when Muslim children are not withdrawn from religious education lessons it is usually because the parents are not aware of these lessons . |
| 18 | When we speak of ‘ culture ’ we are not thinking about high-brow music , or good table manners . |
| 19 | What we can see , though , is that critical enterprises or cultural reproductions are not undertaken by disinterested participants removed from the concerns of their own historic moment . |
| 20 | Spontaneous examples of positive performance such as using specific knowledge , rounding , correcting and so on are generally recorded during oral interaction with pupils and are not revealed by written tests which ask for specific answers to specific questions . |
| 21 | Generally indecent assault and gross indecency cases against males reported in the national press are not characterised by overt violence , but point to the dangers of the persuasive powers of people in positions of trust taking sexual advantage . |
| 22 | But yesterday and last night , however they are related , are not related as causal circumstance and effect . |
| 23 | Since the ratings for the number of fixed objects in a film are not related to actual recognition sensitivity it seems likely that this information is not assisting subjects in the recognition phase . |
| 24 | First of all , laboratory experiments on hypnosis and memory are not conducted on stressed individuals , but most people interviewed by the police are upset . |
| 25 | It is possible that a dilated colon would generate only very low amplitude contractions that are not distinguished during manometric studies . |
| 26 | So acyclovir phosphate and triphosphate are not formed in healthy cells , whose DNA synthesis is therefore not affected . |
| 27 | Substances whose concentrations are not affected by biological activity you 'll often see described as bio-unlimited compounds so you might come across that in your reading . |
| 28 | Strategic decisions emerge from those on-going processes and are not formulated by corporate masterplans or mastermatrices . |
| 29 | The key point about all the objects collected is that their provenance is known ; they are not collected for aesthetic merit alone . |
| 30 | Neutral atoms enter this cloud rather than Io 's torus because they are not influenced by magnetic forces whereas charged particles are . |