Example sentences of "not [prep] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Help them to stick up for themselves and see that it is not worth being treated badly just in order to have a best friend . |
| 2 | I decided I do n't like eating dead bodies — not after being caught in a trap . |
| 3 | but similar change of causation , restrictions imposed by of which they are members and which they are party and we would say we had the same defence to the extent that they had written business which would not of been risen if the restrictions had not been made |
| 4 | well business that would n't , my Lord , that 's perhaps the wrong description , business that would not of been written had the restrictions not been in place |
| 5 | they may they may have been in your list of documents , but copies of them may or may not of been handed over but |
| 6 | The real danger today is not of being seen to condone precipitate separatism but , through the impotence of our response so far , of being seen to condone brutal and barbaric behaviour of a kind that has not been seen in Europe since the 1940s . |
| 7 | Not like being elected to a fellowship , or whatever . |
| 8 | In a sense , it is not unlike being asked to define the quality red . |
| 9 | The feeling is not unlike being forced through a futuristic abattoir , and I 'll buy anything if they 'll only let me out of here . |
| 10 | When the queen plotted to have her killed , Snow White is forced to hide in the forest that surrounds the castle , but not before being noticed by the handsome prince , helped by her animal friends and offered shelter by the lovable seven dwarfs |
| 11 | On beaches , vulnerable plover chicks , not yet able to fly , crouch low and motionless , the colour of their down so close to that of the pebbles around them that their major hazard comes , not from being seen and eaten , but from not being seen and trodden on . |
| 12 | Pupils as well as teachers should be aware of secularist tendencies in what is taken for granted in our society and in the educational world , and they should realize that these are not beyond being questioned . |
| 13 | The CAA SRG input to them will be that a passenger who has paid to be flown , as a passenger , has the right not to be exposed to a higher risk than any other passenger who has paid to be flown . |
| 14 | This new approach , it seemed , was not to be made so publicly , not to be exposed to the expedient treason of little devious minds far removed from the battlefields on which honest men met , and contended , and killed one another without malice . |
| 15 | They include poor handling and breaking in , anxiety or excitement , resentment of a particular form of work or a rider who bumps up and down on the horse 's back , or , of course , the horse may just simply prefer not to be ridden ! |
| 16 | ‘ Then surely you consider that an honour which ought not to be declined , ’ he said gravely . |
| 17 | ‘ They have a very complex structure and at first sight they appear not to be connected in any way , ’ said Professor Mann . |
| 18 | These are not to be connected to the other compartments . |
| 19 | Helen 's back was very straight and she seemed not to be eating . |
| 20 | ‘ As I 'm no longer to live here I would also be pleased not to be troubled by the police . ’ |
| 21 | Burun seemed not to be perturbed . |
| 22 | And on twenty five minutes , Nigel Mott got that opening goal as an excellent through ball from Paul Biddle found him in space and he placed the ball wide of the Fairmile goalkeeper Mark Carrigan ; Fairmile were not to be perturbed by this as on their half an hour Wayne Glossop went close for the home side . |
| 23 | Radji thinks he ought to go back to Teheran so as not to be lumped with the more infamous of the Shahs associates " in peoples minds . |
| 24 | This is emphasised by the fact that the parent claimed to be asserting a ‘ right not to be dictated to ’ — at the expense of his/her child 's right to education . |
| 25 | The veteran Shankill councillor was set to become the first outgoing Lord Mayor in Belfast 's history not to be re-elected . |
| 26 | If he loses , he will be the first sitting mayor in Belfast 's history not to be re-elected . |
| 27 | If he loses , he will be the first sitting mayor in Belfast 's history not to be re-elected . |
| 28 | Although this review has so far concentrated on those findings which reveal most clearly opposite visual hemifield superiorities for verbal and non-verbal ( especially visuo-spatial ) stimuli it is impossible for one familiar with work in this field not to be struck by the lability of the laterality effects reported ( Cohen , 1982 ) . |
| 29 | But I defy anyone looking at any part of the earth 's history closely and with an open mind , not to be struck by the super-abundance and ubiquity of particular fossils . |
| 30 | This performance was a rich mixture of styles : perhaps not one to put on record , but certainly not to be missed live . |