Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb mod] not [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This obviously can not be counted as a social welfare gain ( or loss ) . |
| 2 | Treaty and , in particular , articles 7 , 52 and 221 thereof can not be interpreted as depriving the member states of their competence under public international law with regard to the registration of ships . |
| 3 | And then the real work begins , to work it up to a higher and higher level , and this surely can not be done until you have fifteen or twenty years working with the one orchestra . |
| 4 | That just can not be justified er by the quality of service being provided . |
| 5 | They are not negotiable so can not be liquidated before maturity . |
| 6 | It was a planned pregnancy , and she 'd been working hard at getting her blood sugar under control , but that often ca n't be done overnight . ’ |
| 7 | Batty certainly ca n't be excused on the grounds the manager did n't give him a ‘ fair crack of the whip ’ can he ? |
| 8 | Thus the finding of a series of coins terminating in about 150 BC could not be used as evidence that the occupation of a site ceased in about that year , for even if occupation had continued for another hundred years , no other coins would have been available to be used and lost . |