Example sentences of "[not/n't] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will not be the great trade-off that my hon. Friend imagines . |
| 2 | On the other hand , if his reversion is less than 14 months longer than the sublease , on the expiry of the sublease he will not be the competent landlord for the purposes of Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 if his own landlord is prompt in serving a section 25 notice . |
| 3 | We may not be the strictest Order in the realm but Godstowe is a nunnery not a refuge for former whores . |
| 4 | The aim can not be the correct unaided spelling of any English — there are too many words in English that can catch out even the best speller . |
| 5 | Might not be the correct ones . |
| 6 | But this would not be the ordinary way . |
| 7 | The implications for adoption , says Professor Tizard , are important , because they show that the race of the adopting parents should not be the central issue . |
| 8 | That was how he worked , but in this case he could not free himself of the notion that although Francis was the victim he might not be the central figure . |
| 9 | ‘ Eleven races might not be the optimum number , but a compromise between the two would probably produce a better system . |
| 10 | Earlier , on June 12 , US Secretary of State James Baker had told a Senate committee that although the Kuwaiti government " may not be the optimum type of regime " , the USA did not seek to transform Kuwait into a Western-style democracy . |
| 11 | Today it may not be the right way forward because it 's probably much cheaper to buy a hotel , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ Mind you , I may not be the right person to be giving an opinion on this , because , as I said , I do n't think ‘ combo ’ anyway . |
| 13 | This may not be the right criteria to apply when buying a computer , but what else is an illiterate to do ? |
| 14 | Moreover , it has been assumed that the mean and variance of v is not affected , but this may not be the right normalization . |
| 15 | Although using a tinted background may not be the traditional mode for watercolour , you can achieve unique colour effects and moods . |
| 16 | Given that private study is still appropriate in view of the nature of the work , and that geographical isolation puts some members at a disadvantage , monitored attendance may not be the fairest form of assessment . |
| 17 | It seems that we can not be the fairest of them all . |
| 18 | All the indications are that the outcome will not be the crushing reformist victory Mr Pozsgay has been predicting . |
| 19 | As mentioned above , the logic of the design may not be the optimal basis if the way the operator thinks and acts is different . |
| 20 | It may not be the total solution but it 's a step in the right direction . |
| 21 | Some people still do not accept Einstein s Relativity ; many others refuse to accept that Relativity may not be the final explanation ( even though such an acquiescence to received ideas would have horrified Einstein himself ) . |
| 22 | It should not be the final sanction to which all persistent criminals progress , however minor their offences . |
| 23 | Alternatively , where the members of the single community under study perceive themselves as belonging to a number of separate kin groups which do not intermarry , this is a matter of great sociological significance regardless of what may or may not be the actual biological facts of the case . |
| 24 | A criterion of instant and obvious utility can not be the sole criterion for the inclusion of items in the school curriculum . |
| 25 | Its comparative youthfulness and exclusiveness can not be the sole explanations . |
| 26 | However , he emphasised that the controversial policy of his predecessor , Virgilio Barco Vargas , to extradite drug traffickers to stand trial in the United States , would not be the sole or primary weapon in the campaign against the drug cartels . |
| 27 | The evidence that HBV infection can cause severe liver damage in liver transplant recipients who are immunosuppressed suggests that cellular immunity may not be the sole mechanism for HBV associated liver injury and agrees with data on HBV infections in other immunosuppressed states . |
| 28 | Thus age should not be the sole criterion for withholding aggressive treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in older patients . |
| 29 | The deception need not be the sole factor in obtaining . |
| 30 | But he remained unshakeable on two critical issues : first , that Giraud should not be the sole head of the unified movement ; and second , that the movement should be a true provisional government , not an administrative caretaker . |