Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking last night from the motel in Kelowna , 400 miles north of Vancouver , where she has lived on and off for the last three years , Mrs Allan said : ‘ I am not coming home until I have got my child . |
| 2 | He said some west African governments strictly regulate the mahogany trade so immature trees are not cut down as they are elsewhere . |
| 3 | We have also noted that all debits and credits are not maintained separately because authorities tend to keep only one cash book . |
| 4 | Such musical devices are not intended therefore as direct Romantic ‘ mood-painting ’ ’ . |
| 5 | However , it seems highly likely that some of the calorie-supplying substances associated with the cell walls are not digested either when a diet is high in natural fibre . |
| 6 | There are still many buildings that are not listed simply because they have not yet been properly surveyed , or have somehow slipped through the net . |
| 7 | However , the existence of such objects is always apparent to authors , so that they are not treated wantonly when a document is edited . |
| 8 | Squirrels are not treated literally as ‘ things ’ in the outer world but as , firstly , parts of sets defined by such criteria as ‘ those that live in trees ’ and , secondly , ‘ available for symbolic manipulation ’ since they can be taken to stand for the very trees they live in . |
| 9 | It is intended that these principles are not seen purely as constrictive rules , but as a guide to promote the positive development of Scottish rock climbing to ensure that sports climbing , rather than becoming a substitute for the traditional climbing , grows alongside it . |
| 10 | Pieces are not seen only as individuals , but also as parts of larger patterns . |
| 11 | It also ensures that omissions are not made simply because you have dictated the letter so often that familiarity has bred contempt . |
| 12 | Most forms of severe mental handicap are not inherited even if they are genetic in origin . |
| 13 | This is a very significant advantage as discussions about different weightings are not held up while new calculations are made . |
| 14 | Patterns are not practised merely because they exist , but because they are relevant to the learner 's needs . |
| 15 | You are not coming up unless and until they do , I 'm afraid . |
| 16 | If they do take the hint and hang off the lid , take care that they are not knocked off when the nettles are being replenished for caterpillars that are still feeding . |
| 17 | Workers are not behaving irrationally since all workers are in the same boat when prices |
| 18 | Certainly looking that way by Forest are not giving up until that final whistle . |
| 19 | Fish which respond to herbal treatment are not doing so because they think they should get better . |
| 20 | ‘ Those services which normally refer clients to us are not doing so because the local authority concerned does not have a contract with Roma or are struggling to sort out their assessment procedures , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Tumours of this size are not identified clinically except incidentally in surgical specimens removed because of benign prostatic hyperplasia . |
| 22 | Premier League and Sky bosses are not saying exactly when it will happen and exactly what form any ‘ pay-by-view ’ scheme will take . |
| 23 | This book is concerned primarily with business secrets and so such issues as marital confidences and privacy are not considered even though they may occasionally have commercial value . |
| 24 | Individuals paying less than £2,400 a year in free-standing AVCs will not normally need to involve their employer but just have to certify that they are not paying more than 15 per cent of their earnings in total contributions . |
| 25 | You do n't have anywhere to wash your clothes or even yourself sometimes , so you 're dirty and your clothes are dirty and you 're not eating properly so you 're more liable to illness and this sort of thing , so that you 're not likely to keep a job even if you get it , and you ca n't get accommodation without a deposit , and so you need several hundred pounds in order to get accommodation . |
| 26 | It 's important but I , I would n't I do n't want to er get carried away with the fact that we 're not performing well because we are performing well . |
| 27 | We 'll be there about an hour and a half , as we 're not going on until after the regular Canadian has gone through . |
| 28 | ‘ We 're not going anywhere until I get some answers . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're not going anywhere until you tell me what … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 're not going anywhere until I get an explanation , ’ he said softly . |