Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [be] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loans would be called in or not be renewed when repaid . |
| 2 | Women still seek equal treatment under the social-security provisions , for instance in being allowed to claim benefit as individual persons , and not be treated as dependent on the men they live with . |
| 3 | It presented an illustrative example of a report which emphasises that the auditors ' conclusions related to the date of the financial statements , but ‘ because of inherent limitations in any system of control , errors , breaches of law , inefficiencies or irregularities may occur and not be detected and such a system is subject to the risk that procedures may become inadequate ’ . |
| 4 | The MMC proposed a behavioural remedy , that in their agreements with manufacturers , franchised dealers be allowed to advertise outside their designated territories and to acquire dealerships outside that territory , and not be limited as to the number of cars they may sell . |
| 5 | The whole system of things and people which surrounds us coerces us to be conformist ; even if you want to be a social rebel you will still have to go about things in a conventional way if you are to gain recognition and not be rated as insane . |
| 6 | It seemed far more important that David should understand and not be hurt than that she save her throat . |
| 7 | You can not be a man of such icy probity as he was , and not be crippled when your credit 's gone . ’ |
| 8 | One feature I was sad to see here on a recent visit was a fish hatchery installed in the bay , a sight now common in the western lochs and doubtless contributing to the local economy ; sad because I feel that all living creatures should have freedom of movement and not be bred and confined in restricted space for the table . |
| 9 | In the present situation , the officers find themselves in a very difficult position , I can not imagine an officer saying no to a member and this is what has happened if we run out of money , then the very thing that we are seeking to do , in other words to implement the democratic process to allow people to come to meetings and speak will go by the way , and I can remember some time ago when I was a new member on here saying I would be prepared to attend property sub-committee briefings as a deputy and not be paid and I was very smartly brought up by a friend in the labour group who said that 's all right for you , you can afford it , but it 's not alright for some of us 'cause we can't. and the difficulty is if we run out of money and we either have to stop the allowances or we have to slash the allowances , yeah , knows who it was , we have to slash the allowances , then legitimately people will be able to say that the democratic process is being stifled because they are not going to be allowed to go to meetings , and therefore , I think that situations whereby a member attends to speak to a , an item , a specific item and then stays on for a double length meetings and claims double length allowances that sort of thing has got to be stopped , and also members attending just to nod approval at something that has happened that they 've been associated with , that should stop , if they want to come they should come at their own expense . |