Example sentences of "not [adv] [be] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to resist the observation that in view of the anaemic definition of the offence , affray can not properly be characterised as being committed by a number of people fighting in public , even if that is the most commonly charged form of it . |
| 2 | Dr Laternser immediately rose to protest that the witness had never been in the German army and therefore could not properly be asked or answer any such questions . |
| 3 | Erm , but my Lord er I think the difficulty is that as far as my learned friend is concerned er he takes the view and it 's probably better for him to develop this your Lordship , that the matters can not properly be separated and he wishes your Lordship to deal with them in total so that er the whole picture can be seen at liability stage . |
| 4 | However , the Rome Convention can not properly be treated as determinative of the construction of article 5(1) . |
| 5 | Also there are elements in these sculptures which can not properly be understood if one has not first considered the contemporary revolution in painting . |
| 6 | As to the second , there are two fractals in physics whose D is fairly well accounted for , namely the ‘ Brownian ’ drift of a small particle jostled by molecules in a fluid which is an erratic curve with D=2 , and the hierarchy of density fluctuations in a fluid at the critical point where it can not properly be considered as liquid or gas . |
| 7 | Their relative goodness of fit can not properly be judged because the hypotheses do not cover the same input . |
| 8 | It could not properly be interpreted as leaving a gap where that unusual situation arose . |
| 9 | On the other hand the very nature of the work may be such as to make it quite clear that the duties of the employee to his employer can not properly be performed if he engages in certain activities in his spare time . |
| 10 | Wild creatures , tamed or untamed , shall be regarded as property ; but a person can not steal a wild creature not tamed nor ordinarily kept in captivity , or the carcase of any such creature , unless either it has been reduced into possession by or on behalf of another person and possession of it has not since been lost or abandoned , or another person is in course of reducing it into possession ( s.4(4) ) . |
| 11 | This rule can not effectively be pursued if strict mens rea principles are applied , however appropriate these may be to other areas of the criminal law . |
| 12 | The distinction does arise and it can not entirely be neglected but it is much less important than appears at first sight . |
| 13 | Requests for adaptations to classroom lighting or for individual lamps can not sensibly be made until the principles are understood . |
| 14 | A clause that is otherwise unreasonable will not necessarily be saved because it is a clause of long standing in a widely-used standard form . |
| 15 | The two separate Minutes may not necessarily be related but it does suggest there may be more in the Cup 's name that has hitherto been appreciated . |
| 16 | On the one hand , it requires the transcendence of cultural relativism in order to discuss objects in terms of their general potential , but on the other hand it demands the recognition that these potential attributes need not necessarily be realized or acknowledged in any particular cultural context . |
| 17 | The second , however , has not been seen in our study or in others and could be related to the possibility that gastric acid secretion might not necessarily be raised when NSAIDs are taken on longterm basis , three years in this study . |
| 18 | If A and B interact , then the components of the compound will not necessarily be perceived as being the same as the stimuli encountered during pre-exposure and latent inhibition will be attenuated . |
| 19 | Ecgberht may have received wide support in Kent and can not necessarily be regarded as wholly dependent on Offa for his kingship . |
| 20 | This semantic shift should not necessarily be interpreted as indicating a decline in nationalism or racism . |
| 21 | Dependence often develops , but need not necessarily be discouraged unless it persists when the patient has managed to overcome most or all of his problems . |
| 22 | Profits need not necessarily be pooled but expenses could be shared and administration streamlined , the goodwill attaching to the firm-name being preserved . |
| 23 | It can not necessarily be considered as isotropic because if highly draw the chains become oriented and the elastic and other ( for example optical ) properties differ between different directions . |
| 24 | Enhancement of gastrointestinal synthesis of leukotrienes by NSAIDs in humans has not hitherto been shown and experimental evidence is conflicting ; indomethacin has been reported to enhance synthesis of LTB 4 , have no effect on synthesis of LTB 4 , and hinhibit synthesis of LTC 4 , albeit to a lesser extent than its effects on prostaglandins in the rat stomach . |
| 25 | The public interest would not perhaps be regarded as well served if a fully qualified solicitor was effectively deprived of the opportunity of practising his profession : this may be behind the Scottish decision of Dallas McMillan & Sinclair v Simpson ( 1988 ) SLT 454 where the covenant purported to prevent the outgoing partner from practising as a solicitor within 20 miles of the centre of Glasgow , an area in which roughly half of Scotland 's law firms were said to be located . |
| 26 | Unless it is assumed that the original stream had a meander belt of varying width , we must conclude that the meanders have not only been incised but also more fully developed in the more resistant rock . |
| 27 | That decline has not only been arrested but has been substantially reversed . |
| 28 | The claim of a holy Gad that those who have fellowship with him should not only be acquitted and accounted righteous , but actually and progressively be made righteous in an ethical sense is strongly brought out in the Pauline letters . |
| 29 | Apparent oppositions , they felt , should not only be tolerated but gloried in : ultimately they would prove to be resolvable in a wider harmony . |
| 30 | If he wanted to refer a patient to a nursing home and the social work team recommended district nursing in the patient 's own home , he would not only be overruled but also have to foot the bill for the nurse . |