Example sentences of "[noun] we [vb base] not be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these few paragraphs we have not been able to do more than provide a sketchy summary of these rich concepts . |
| 2 | We have not forgotten this offer , although for various reasons we have not been able to develop an idea until now . |
| 3 | With the limited resources available at our disposal we have not been able to build too many expert systems and most of these have been on a small scale . |
| 4 | Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it . |
| 5 | A Mr Ross from Leominster , who owned a shoe shop in Bishop 's Castle , was a keen cine photographer and when he came to Bishop 's Castle ( by train ) he was in the habit of taking film of the railway , but the family moved away to the South Coast , after selling the business , and to date we have not been able to trace the family or film . |