Example sentences of "not [be] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Which may or may not be a kind of madness .
2 One does n't want them to sort of follow it blindly , of course , one wants them to discuss it carefully , very carefully , but it has to sort of fit into the ongoing life of the institution and not be a kind of little game that someone is playing on their own somewhere because they happen to be linked with the university or doing a degree or something .
3 It was an Opposition spokesman and I am sure that , however delightful she may be , she will not be a Minister for long .
4 Some sort of consensus exists or we should not be a society at all , and whether consensus lies in common ideals or in recognition of common interest our conjoint existence with others would be impossible without it .
5 According to this characterization there can not be a society without social representations .
6 Thus , it may not be a question of a total plan or no plan at all , but rather of some planning , aware of the limitations which the nature of the exercise imposes on planning .
7 It should not be a question of making do with what we have but a question of what we should have .
8 Excessive stress can damage the heart and it might not be a coincidence that cardiac disorders are most frequent at the time of waking or the hours just after .
9 It may not be a coincidence that the Otago Rugby Union , of which Dowling is a committee member and former chairman , actually requested that the NZRFU cancel the July-August tour of South Africa because of the drug scandals that had occurred — and which were followed by a variety of other allegations and proof of steroid use in the Republic .
10 This resemblance may not be a coincidence .
11 It may not be a coincidence , therefore , that four of the five individuals who developed leukaemia at ages 5–24 in Thurso in the years 1979–88 were incomers — and also that four were born in the years 1969–74 , the birth cohort with the greatest proportion of incomers .
12 They agree that there should not be a currency union before there has been much more economic convergence within the Community .
13 The 29-year-old complained bitterly about pin positions , said it was stupid that players shooting scores of ‘ 101 and 98 ’ should be allowed to compete and claimed a tournament allowing such poor players should not be a Ryder Cup points-counting event .
14 In a speech on Nov. 7 President Ben Ali said that there was no place in Tunisia for a religious political party , because " Islam is the religion of all and can not become an object of competition or sensationalism and can not be a springboard to coming to power " .
15 One wonders , indeed , if the raucous atmosphere of other grounds would not be a relief to Thomond Park kickers .
16 While in this frame of mind , let me say that it would not be a calamity for parliamentary democracy if electors today decided to return the Labour Party under Mr Kinnock .
17 That is not to say that they do not have particularities , for a particular instance of a shirt has to be of a certain colour , and have pockets or not , or it would not be a shirt .
18 ‘ Might there not be a case for putting the initial interview in the hands of an educational psychologist skilled in eliciting a history without being committed to what the social workers revealingly call ‘ disclosure ’ ? ' , he suggested .
19 It may not be a case of capacity or no capacity .
20 A further possibility which is suggested by Lord Denning 's judgment is that in such circumstances it may not be a case for injunction but only for damages .
21 It will not be a case of ‘ victor 's justice ’ .
22 I would not be a part of the caravan that year .
23 There are first of all those colleagues who for a very long time have consistently held to the view that Britain should not be a part of the Common Market .
24 At least there should not be a reccurrence of this particular accident — the day after my crash a white cross appeared on the new ‘ runway ’ .
25 No longer the much cosseted bearer of Robert 's son ( he had never thought it would not be a boy ) , a being set apart : real life suspended until it should all be over .
26 I may not be a boy , but I 'm fourteen ! ’
27 ‘ There will not be a rights issue , ’ said a spokesman , ‘ because we generate a lot of cash ’ .
28 It is difficult to prevent the creation of a settlement , although there can not be a settlement unless there is an element of bounty .
29 That rule dealt with originating applications under the Act and provided by subrule ( 7 ) that the contemnor might be punished notwithstanding that a copy of the injunction had not been served on him in accordance with Ord. 29 , r. 1(2) and that no notice had been issued or served upon him under Ord. 29 , r. 1(4) — a notice to show cause why there should not be a committal .
30 This was also in the field of contempt of court and the rule which had been evolved was that Form N78 ( Notice to show cause why there should not be a committal to prison ) had to be signed by ‘ the proper officer ’ of the county court and that unless this was done , it was an invalid notice .
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