Example sentences of "not [pron] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shall not I be chained like a prisoner to a child for the rest of my life ? |
| 2 | It is also seen as similarly elusive , something in terms of which everything else has objectivity but which can not itself be determined as an object . |
| 3 | The practice of judicial obedience to statute can not itself be based on the authority of statute : it can only reflect a judicial choice based on an understanding of what ( in contemporary conditions ) political morality demands . |
| 4 | It is for later developments in the theory of ideology that we have to wait for in account that does not raise Marx 's materialism to a status such that it can not itself be analysed as ideology . |
| 5 | The concept of structure is replaced in Derrida 's writing by the concept of a chain of signification which avoids the dangers implicit in the notion of structure : by being open-ended and non-teleological it does away with any idea of a commanding entity within the system , and by having a temporal as well as a spatial dimension it can not itself be reduced to the status of entity or object . |
| 6 | Charges are higher than for the society 's standard dealing system because the stockbroker can not itself be paid on the deal until the end of the stock exchange account , an average of 10 days ' delay . |
| 7 | But finance should not itself be blamed . |
| 8 | Could not something be done to obtain some repair jobs to hold those workers so that they will not have to be laid off for a considerable time ? |
| 9 | In a second , the screen was replaced with a one-way mirror so that the mother could see the interacting pair but could not herself be seen . |
| 10 | But then , Nikos was himself a Copt and , yes , under an obligation to Andrus ; might not he be biased in Andrus 's favour ? |
| 11 | In that context , is not the continued closure of Bir Zeit university , which was announced the other day , an intolerable provocation , and should not it be condemned ? |
| 12 | As we have seen , individualists are anxious to explain social states of affairs as the outcome of individual actions and attitudes which can not themselves be explained as the outcome of social states of affairs . |
| 13 | Therefore , if reform of that principle was , as I believe , desirable before this decision , it is still needed in several respects which have already been recognised , such as the present inadequacy of section 31 of the Theft Act 1968 , the illogicality of protecting pre-existing documents , the inconsistency between statutes which do and statutes which do not offer protection when material has to be disclosed and the uncertainty as to making use of material discovered by following up admissions which can not themselves be adduced in evidence . |
| 14 | A high temperature and a rash may be signs of a failure in the functioning of the organism , but can not themselves be termed a ‘ failure ’ . |
| 15 | Why should n't I be seen talking to an old mate , eh ? ’ |
| 16 | Could n't she be troubled to print the name of her own husband ( no , ex-husband ) and her own child ? |
| 17 | By the time she had closed her room door behind her , though , while there was still some part of her that did n't want to be attracted to him some other part of her was arguing , Why should n't she be attracted to him ? |
| 18 | It 's tempting to laugh maybe , but as a single 21-year-old should n't she be allowed to dream ? |
| 19 | Or ca n't she be bothered , now , or what . |
| 20 | ‘ Please , Miss Bishop , wo n't you be seated ? ’ |
| 21 | Would n't you be disoriented by this ? |
| 22 | ‘ Would n't you be flattered if a beautiful woman threw herself at you ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Wo n't you be needed ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't you be taken in , I 'm not to be trusted , ’ he said , noticing that his spectacles were steamed up . |
| 25 | Why would n't you be allowed on the phone ? |
| 26 | ‘ Ca n't something be done ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We 're not married but wo n't we be treated as if we were ? |
| 28 | Why should n't , why should n't we be made to pay for a health service ? |
| 29 | ‘ Wo n't we be heard ? ’ |
| 30 | Why ca n't they be contented with what they 've got ? |