Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] not [be] [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is of course true that the work they carried out may or may not be done by a small part of some other organization but this in itself is a startling example of fragility . |
| 2 | The 5000-word critical analysis , which may or may not be supported by graphical evidence , has also been criticised as being a test more of the candidate 's authorship than of his professional ability , and an exercise more easily tackled by the ex-full-time student than by the part-time candidate . |
| 3 | Consenting to have one 's mail opened by another , to be visited without prior arrangement , and to have another arrange aspects of one 's plans or activities without prior consultation ( e.g. accepting invitations in one 's name ) may or may not be justified by their instrumental value , but in any case they are taken in our culture as expressing the existence of certain attitudes , as in part constituting those attitudes . |
| 4 | According to the type of enterprise chosen , certain formalities may or may not have to be carried out , those participating in the finance of the company may or may not be protected by limited liability , and the potential growth and financial resources of the enterprise may also be determined . |
| 5 | The views expressed may or may not be shared by their readerships , but they are invested with a special status by virtue of numbers . |
| 6 | Such ability may or may not be accompanied by an understanding of the theory that lies behind the skill . |
| 7 | This may or may not be accompanied by feelings of affection ; the analysis by Graham ( 1983 ) that ‘ Feeling concern and taking charge have both psychological and material connotations ’ has helped to distinguish these two elements . |
| 8 | Are there any reasons why a specimen of blood can not or should not be taken by a doctor ? |
| 9 | When considering what might or might not be permitted by the planning authority or by the Secretary of State on appeal there are large numbers of policies with which the development may have to comply . |
| 10 | An attempt to clarify the position as to what works would or would not be affected by the ban had further confused the issue . |
| 11 | ‘ Nothing that may not be answered by the prayer that Mr Frere would have me join . ’ |
| 12 | A child is a person , but a person with a different developmental time-scale that should not be jeopardized by ponderous , Dickensian proceedings . |
| 13 | These were considerations that could not be ignored by a Conservative leader , Austen Chamberlain had been toppled in 1922 because he had not withdrawn from an unpopular coalition in time ; and one of the motives for the destruction of the Lloyd George coalition was a desire to replace it by a protectionist government . |
| 14 | There was a question that could not be answered by students outside London because |
| 15 | She had a lump in her throat and an enormous yearning to say something beautiful to her father , something that could not be expressed by words , and so without quite knowing how it happened she suddenly turned her head and with a smile tossed out her arm in the air , easily , flowing , as if to see each other many more times . |
| 16 | Whilst desktop publishing at the low-end of the market may appear to be a careful juggling match between cost and quality of output , as indeed it is , the real determining factor about the suitability of the products is whether they actually provide some benefit that could not be achieved by other means . |
| 17 | Having purchased a very high quality/expensive combo ( Rivera S120 ) from the same shop , within the warranty period the combo went seriously wrong — a fault that could not be fixed by the shop ( even after faxing Paul Rivera in America ! ) . |
| 18 | All the stores that could not be moved by native porters or the gallant Timor ponies were destroyed on 22 February and the Company moved south into the mountains , from where they were able to watch an area of 300 square miles ( over 770km 2 ) , patrolling for negative reports as often as they made enemy sightings . |
| 19 | This difficulty in the court 's approach was addressed by Scott J in Balston Ltd v Headline Fitters Ltd [ 1987 ] FSR 330 who stated that Faccenda was not authority for the proposition that confidential information that could not be protected by an implied term ipso facto could not be protected by express agreement . |
| 20 | This was welcome news to those who sought a federal Europe , for the federalist implications of the dilemma were very clear : a European army would need European political control of a type that could not be provided by the EDC institutions . |
| 21 | In this way , they are led to pursue goals that would not be achieved by leaving the activity to the private enterprise sector . |
| 22 | In turn , this can lead to an acceptance of physical ill-health that would not be tolerated by younger people . |
| 23 | After all , I do n't remember seeing anything posted to the list that would not be accepted by TSB . |
| 24 | Structural geomorphology is still sometimes allied with the study of landscape evolution and Ollier ( 1981 ) , in a view that would not be supported by all geomorphologists , has contended : |
| 25 | Yet ironically , very often the hospitals provide a density of building on a particular site that would not be permitted by planners nowadays . |
| 26 | It was a prosperous community : going to America was a big step to take , and one that would not be taken by people with prospects at the top of English society unless they were going out to fill a government post , but for anyone else it was likely to lead to a higher standard of living than could reasonably be expected in Britain . |
| 27 | Ask for details of sensations , where they are situated , where they move to , how they start and change , find out what the pattern is but take care to use open ended questions whenever possible ; questions that can not be answered by a simple ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ , such as ‘ How does your head feel ? ’ instead of ‘ Do you have a headache ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Are the same pupils regularly absent ? ’ is the first obvious question that can not be answered by examining attendance rates . |
| 29 | Their ideologies create enclosed belief-systems that can not be affected by evidence which contradicts them . |
| 30 | As was recognized in the US in the 1960s ( David , 1965 ) , the social services have the potential for providing rewarding and socially useful employment for a large proportion of the work-force that can not be absorbed by other sectors of the labour market . |