Example sentences of "[not/n't] be set [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Instead of saying that in the absence of a community there can be no rules , we say that what is wrong with the solipsist 's rules is that they can not be set up in the way he pretends , by using a private experience as a sample .
2 It has been suggested that such provisos are not effective in protecting a landlord from the severity of the law and can not be set up as a defence to the claim that by accepting rent the breach of covenant has been waived .
3 Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life .
4 Nevertheless , the allotment is good and can not be set aside under the above provisions .
5 It was held that although the ingredients of undue influence by the husband were established the transactions were not to the manifest disadvantage of the wife and so , for that reason , should not be set aside .
6 Held , dismissing the appeals , that failure to observe the proper procedures for service was not necessarily fatal to the lawfulness of a committal order ; that the court , in exercising its discretion under section 13(3) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 , had to take into account the interests not only of the contemnor but also of those affected by the contempt and the need to maintain its authority , and that where an irregularity caused the contemnor no injustice the committal order should not be set aside ; that since , in the first appeal , there was no requirement for personal service of a committal order so that the only irregularity was that the court , rather than the local authority had served a copy of the order on the contemnor 's solicitors , the contemnor had suffered no injustice and the order would stand ; and that , in the second appeal , since the husband was fully aware of the findings of contempt and had not sought to challenge them or the sentence imposed , he had suffered no injustice and it was appropriate in the circumstances to affirm the order despite the irregularities which had occurred ( post , pp. 822B–C , F — 823B , 823C–E , 824B–D , F , 825C–D , 826D–F ) .
7 And the horror of how Maurice had died could not be set aside , even when she was awake .
8 The Minister of Constitutional Development , Gerrit van N. Viljoen , in the budget debate in Parliament on May 9-11 , 1990 , outlined a plan for a future constitutional dispensation which , according to the state-owned media , showed that " the government is striving to cater for minorities " [ usually understood in a South African context to mean principally white people , but also Asians and " coloureds " ] and " assures people that the values and aspirations of minorities will not be set aside through majority rule " .
9 Before any fluttering expectations begin to arise in the minds or breasts — I do not mind which it is — of Opposition Members , I should say that I can not advise the House to write the two clauses into the Bill , because they deal , for example , with administrative matters such as a once-off requirement for a report to be made to Parliament — new clause 2 — and the keeping of a custody record — new clause 10 — that should not be set down in primary legislation .
10 The balance on a client account may not be set off against a sum owed to LCH on any other kind of account .
11 There is hardly ever a good reason why the deal should not be set out in writing , and this may help to avoid future dispute , but you need to check the proposed wording carefully in conjunction with your advisers .
12 In the process of definition the subdivisions of the gentry are shown to have been as numerous as those of the peerage ( which for the present purpose need not be set out in detail ) , and noticeably more complex .
13 If a two-car transport system ca n't be set up , a double traverse should not be too taxing , leaving the car at the starting point village of Rhydd Ddu on the A4085 .
14 But the main thrust of Olson 's argument is unaffected , and it ca n't be set aside : this great American poet ( and Olson knows that Pound is all of that ) was a Fascist , profoundly , and no amount of talk about his affinities with Whitman will save him for democracy , nor will any attempt to treat his anti-Semitism as an unrelated pathological aberration .
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