Example sentences of "[be] [verb] not [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Provided that the action does not cease under sub s ( 2 ) of s 138 ( that is , the lessee has not paid into court ( sic ) not less than five clear days before the return day all the rent in arrear and the costs of the action ) then , if the court is satisfied that the lessor is entitled to enforce the right of re-entry or forfeiture for non-payment of rent , it shall order possession to be given not less than four weeks from the date of the order unless within that period the lessee pays into court ( sic ) all arrears and costs ( s 138(3) ) .
2 This means that EEC law must be examined not only when the UK legislation has been passed to implement an EEC obligation but in all cases in which the EEC has legislated in the field under consideration .
3 Comments should be addressed to : Andrew Lennard , Assistant Technical Director , Accounting Standards Board , Holborn Hall , 100 Gray 's Inn Road , London WC1X 8AL and should be dispatched so as to be received not later than 15 March 1993 .
4 Entries should be received not later than 30 November 1992 .
5 Meanwhile the 11 + began to be criticized not only because it divided children up absurdly young into different categories , within which they were more or less trapped , but also because it was intrinsically inequitable .
6 Under s.4 of the ITSFEA 1988 ( newly amended s.32(a) of the SEA 1934 ) , natural persons found guilty of insider trading ’ … shall upon conviction be fined not more than $1m , or imprisoned for not more than 10 years , or both ’ , whereas for persons other than natural persons the fine stands at $2.5m .
7 Interval harmony is therefore to be recommended not only because it encourages the horizontal flow of parts and their final resolution into good harmony , but also because the process gives quicker and easier results .
8 Notification of a concentration must be made not more than one week after whichever is the first of the conclusion of the agreement , the announcement bid of the public bid or the acquisition of a controlling interest .
9 The school ‘ plant ’ began to be seen not just as a resource which could be used for adult education or the occasional PTA dance and parents ' meeting .
10 Recent feminist historians have insisted that the repeal struggle needs to be seen not just as one of the single-issue campaigns which characterized the reform politics of radical liberalism , but as a landmark in the history of the nineteenth-century women 's movement and in the development of a feminist politics of sexuality .
11 While these difficult categorizations , either in their most serious and sustained forms , or in their commonly received popular forms , retain or attempt to retain their position above society — above the historical socio-material process or the full , undelimited cultural process — they have to be seen not only as intellectually unsatisfactory but as , in themselves , disguised social processes .
12 Since the 1960s , when a number of new social movements — among them the student movement , various national and ethnic movements , and the women 's movement — became extremely active in political life , a great deal more attention has been given by sociologists to such forms of political action , which may be seen not only as constituting a basis or context for the development of more highly organized political activities , but also as political forces in their own right , existing alongside and sometimes in conflict with , established parties and pressure groups .
13 In the south-east corner of the massif , however , this fall is interrupted by other heights of sufficient stature and character to be classed not merely as foothills but as separate entities deserving individual attention : of these , Norber and Moughton , enclosing between them the lonely valley of Crummackdale , display features of unusual interest .
14 He will then draft the petition and settle it and , as I mentioned before , the petition must be deposited not later than 22nd January ( in the case of a November order ) or 23rd May ( in the case of a March order ) .
15 The sexy singer believes she will be remembered not just as a pop queen but as a goddess figure — ‘ like Boadicea ’ .
16 But traces of it remain , since a jury must still be asked not merely whether the reasonable man would be provoked to lose self-control , but also ‘ whether he would react to the provocation as the accused did ’ .
17 We propose that that process should be concluded not later than April , but it is immensely to be hoped that it can be done far more speedily .
18 A fixed date summons , originating application , petition or appeal should be served not less than twenty-one clear days before the return day , but on the plaintiff satisfying the district judge by affidavit that a defendant is about to remove , it may be served at any time before the return day ( Ord 7 , r 10(5) , Ord 3 , rr 4 – 6 ) .
19 Remember that a subpoena in the High Court , once issued , is valid only for twelve weeks and must be served not less than four days before the day on which the witness is required to attend before the court unless the court fixes a shorter period .
20 The procedure in Ord 13 , r12 is the same as that in the High Court save that the summons and affidavit have to be served not less than seven days before the return date of the application .
21 The tropical research should be supported not just because Britain now has a large immigrant population from tropical regions , but because it could be one of the country 's most significant and meaningful contributions to the Third World .
22 The missed approach procedure must be commenced not later than this time .
23 The notice must reach a police station in the area where the procession is to be commenced not less than six clear days before the intended date of the procession .
24 Proceedings by a tenant for a new tenancy must be commenced not less than two months nor more than four months of the date of the original notice or the tenant will lose his rights under the Act , and this limitation of time is absolute .
25 The summons shall be issued not less than seven days before the date upon which attendance before the court is required unless the judge or district judge otherwise directs and shall be served on the witness not less than four days before the date upon which attendance before the court is required unless the judge or registrar otherwise directs .
26 Such reports must be sent not less than once every six months , or once every two months ( r 6.163 ) .
27 This requires that the accounts sent to members under section 238 shall be sent not less than 28 days before the end of the period allowed for laying and delivery of them and shall be accompanied by notice of their right to require them to be laid before a general meeting .
28 This must be paid not later than eight weeks before your departure date .
29 An example of a clause providing for the payment of a participating dividend is : The Company shall after making all necessary provisions for payment of the Preference Dividend ( including any Arrears ) and the redemption of the Preference Shares but in priority to payment of any dividend to the holders of Ordinary Shares , pay to the holders of the Preferred Ordinary Shares as from ( and inclusive of ) the accounting period ending … , subject to payment in full of the Preferred Dividend ( including any Arrears of the same ) pay to the holders of Preferred Ordinary Shares a cumulative cash dividend ( " the Participating Dividend " ) of a sum ( net of any advance corporation tax payable by the Company ) equal to … % of the Profit After Tax for each accounting period of the Company ; the Participating Dividend shall be deemed to accrue from day to day throughout each accounting period and shall become payable and be paid not later than four months immediately following the end of the accounting period to which it relates .
30 The meeting must be convened in the same way , as nearly as possible , as that in which meetings are to be convened by the directors and must be held not later than 3 months from the date of service of the notice .
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