Example sentences of "[adj] that [pron] [vb mod] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Try as he might it is clear that he can not make the economic figures add up , creative accounting or not , in a way which will make the parliamentary Tory Party arithmetic secure . |
| 32 | It is clear that he can not object solely on the ground of the freedom of the individual or because that particular doctor usually examines for insurance companies . |
| 33 | The deputation which arrived soon after the unfortunate events that attended their arrival had made it quite clear that he should not surrender such precious captives . |
| 34 | She compromised with China in agreeing to the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997 and with the Zimbabwean nationalists over the Rhodesian negotiations , when it became clear that she could not get her way . |
| 35 | We are not given access to her private emotional struggles , but we are clear that she can not reject social values . |
| 36 | However , you should also make it clear that you would not expect to come in and immediately start changing things for the sake of it . |
| 37 | J said : " The cases are quite clear that you can not make a valuer an arbitrator by calling him so or vice versa " . |
| 38 | When I was considering the applications from Foresterhill and others , I made it clear that I would not approve an application unless I was personally persuaded that the criteria would be met . |
| 39 | I did not threaten to resign but I did make it clear that I would not endorse changes I could not justify . |
| 40 | I exhibited at the exhibition for several years but abandoned this when it became clear that I could not compete with the accuracy of the machine-made product . |
| 41 | The Government has made it clear that it may not use its power of veto , which protects Jaguar from takeover until the end of next year by limiting individual investors to a 15 per cent holding . |
| 42 | Failure of Antarctic sanctuary plan A French proposal for the establishment of an Antarctic whale sanctuary was withdrawn when it became clear that it would not win the requisite 75 per cent level of support of IWC members . |
| 43 | So we moved the scheme to next year 's capital programme into this year 's capital programme , erm , very much a scheme on children 's services , which is also in these papers , where it was at that stage fairly clear that it would not commence during the current financial year . |
| 44 | India , which had removed the final contingent of Indian Peace-Keeping Force ( IPKF ) troops from Sri Lanka in March 1990 [ see p. 37316 ] , expressed concern for the plight of Tamil civilians but made it clear that it would not permit its territory to be used to support militant activity . |
| 45 | The head of the Bonn Chancellery , Rudolf Seiters , said the West German government had made it clear that it could not make any concessions regarding its embassies in other countries and that no East German would be turned away from any West German mission abroad . |
| 46 | Although the Committee 's terms of reference excluded manual records , its Report makes clear that it could not justify on grounds of logic or justice the exclusion of manual records from any data protection legislation based upon general data protection principles . |
| 47 | Yet by 1956 it was clear that it could not live safely either with the West Bank re-incorporated into Jordan or with a Palestinian state in the West Bank . |
| 48 | That means making it clear that it will not allow anyone to steal the election , least of all the Cambodian army , which is the servant of the state , not of the CPP . |
| 49 | On the other hand , it is conceivable that he would not have been in a position to appreciate the differences very clearly . |
| 50 | Members are so heterogeneous that they could not communicate . |
| 51 | The water in which river dolphins live is so muddy that they can not see anything . |
| 52 | The United States announced on July 22 that it would not renew a bilateral textile agreement with Myanma in protest at human rights violations and the junta 's refusal to hand over power to the NLD . |
| 53 | So high that I can not hear them speak . |
| 54 | Sonia Gandhi , the widow of the assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi , confirmed on Oct. 12 that she would not stand as a candidate in a by-election scheduled for Nov. 16 in her late husband 's Amethi constituency in the state of Uttar Pradesh . |
| 55 | There was a box of matches in his top pocket , but when he got them out his hands were so wet that he could not make them strike . |
| 56 | Mrs Singh expressed her feelings that it was very important for all her children to speak Punjabi and she was afraid that they might not do this if she and Mr Singh spoke English . |
| 57 | I am afraid that I could not find anything objectionable in his speech or in the regulations . |
| 58 | I am afraid that I could not catch the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I agree with him about the importance that he attaches to the single market . |
| 59 | In response to R C Sneddon 's letter today , I am afraid that I can not offer any foolproof plan for economic recovery . |
| 60 | I am afraid that I can not agree with you that all rivers should simply be recognized as public rights of way , attractive though that might appear . |