Example sentences of "be [verb] [modal v] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , for example , a provision declaring signed accounts to be binding will not apply in the event that a partner is induced to sign a false account believing it to be true . |
| 2 | Even a highly skilled team working with a client whose trust can be won can not compel medication . |
| 3 | The Liberal Democrat peer Lord Bonham Carter asked whether the Government had any contingency plans if Vietnam refused to accept them , but Lord Brabazon could only say that ‘ hopefully ’ the standard procedures to be used would not involve force . |
| 4 | However , if the products are very close , the price mark-up retailers can charge above marginal cost will be low , so the level at which the franchise fee can be set will not prove very rewarding to the manufacturers . |
| 5 | Contractual liability on a joint account on which an overdraft is to be allowed need not attract the same attention as the grant of a charge over property . |
| 6 | A person who decides not to be tested need not make this decision known to their doctor , but if the question arises of having a blood test for any purpose , they should ask specifically what the purpose of the blood test is . |
| 7 | Concentration of updates in a particular area — case 3 above — reduces the number of blocks that have to be read and in the most extreme case , where all or none of the records in a block require updating , the percentage of records that need to be read would not change due to blocking . |