Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will not be flirting at the kitchen door with the milkman and the coalman , and Matey will not be chasing you for doing so . ’ |
| 2 | To glamorise the whole thing ( the car obviously could not be kept at the camp ) , it was kept in some out-of-the-way garage , possibly in Aston Clinton , which was the nearest village to the camp at Halton . |
| 3 | My time is extremely valuable , and I am not going to be kept waiting here while people like patients take up five or 10 minutes when I shall not be earning at a rate that would put the salary of Members of Parliament to shame . |
| 4 | Schemes will no longer be considered for registration where the fixed percentage of profit or the specified amount of the notional pool to be distributed as PRP depend on a formula that can not be determined at the time of writing the scheme ( p 103 ) . |
| 5 | Under a new Statement of Practice ( SP 7/92 ) , schemes will no longer be considered for registration where the fixed percentage or the specified amount of the notional pool depend on a formula which can not be determined at the time of writing the scheme . |
| 6 | ‘ This one , ’ said Owen generously , looking down at him , ‘ may not be over-valued at the price . |
| 7 | It can not be said at the outset that it is impossible for the contract to be carried out . |
| 8 | Supercomputing — High-performance computers costing millions of pounds can not be sited at every university that needs their computational power ; Yet the vast amounts of data they produce require advanced data visualisation techniques for their human understanding . |
| 9 | Suggesting that the long-term viability of BC and its privatisation potential could be put at risk by curbs on open-cast operations , Mr Chance added : ‘ Mining communities can not be saved at the expense of the open-cast industry . |
| 10 | It can not be assumed at the outset that all elements are the product of similar processes of objectification . |
| 11 | Since this is one aspect of the " ongoing negotiation " and preferences of " newcomers " to the interaction can not be assumed at the outset , the circumstances which will most favour a speedy agreement to use Creole are those where there are few participants — ideally the minimum , two — and these individuals are already well known to each other , and known to favour Creole . |
| 12 | Unfortunately some measurements could not be made at the time of the growth room trials , owing to maintenance work . |
| 13 | The wasteful and destructive life-styles of the rich can not be maintained at the cost of the lives and livelihood of the poor , and of nature . |
| 14 | ( 5 ) It will be helpful if the announcement of the offer can coincide with positive public relations coverage for the offeror. ( 6 ) Ideally , a bid should not be announced at a time when it will have a reduced impact ( eg on a day which is expected to be dominated by other major financial news or company announcements ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Maybe Riven should not be seen at the feast tonight , ’ Murtach suggested . |
| 16 | You are further required as a condition of this appointment to accept that if the appointment is not renewed at the end of the period referred to then you would not be entitled to claim any redundancy payment under the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 or under any analogous provisions , should your appointment not be renewed at the end of the period referred to . |
| 17 | If completion accounts are required , it is common practice to require the relevant accountants to agree the apportionment at the time they agree the completion statement as the price will not be finalised at the time of contract . |
| 18 | Councillor Sullivan said the issue could not be raised at the council last night because the council was the body of his final appeal . |
| 19 | Councillor Sullivan said the issue could not be raised at the council last night because the council was the body of his final appeal . |
| 20 | Rights and wrongs of government planning policy which allowed permission to be granted for power stations without regard to transmission should not be raised at the inquiry . |
| 21 | but you might not be liked at the end of it |
| 22 | Resistance , grounded on a far deeper sense of the rights of conscience , the role of the laity and the fallibility of ecclesiastical authority than existed in pre-conciliar days , will not be overcome at the level of the clergy , the religious orders , the thinking laity or — above all — the theologians . |
| 23 | The maxim that life should not be extended at the cost of worsening it has an obvious appeal : it is also a gross over-simplification . |
| 24 | I know one thing I 'll not be eating at the buffet . |
| 25 | Secondly , it almost goes without saying that in real life people will not be presented at the point of sale with a neat , comparative ranking of ( say ) five different credit options , with one end of the scale of choice giving much better value than the other . |
| 26 | The implicit recognition of this in their work is obscured by the distinction they make between ‘ direct experience ’ and more ‘ abstract ’ ‘ underlying ’ causes which can not be grasped at the level of immediate experience . |
| 27 | Plainly this confusion can not be laid at the door of the petitioner . |
| 28 | Blame can not be laid at the doorstep of any single photographer , designer , journalist or editor — this is not intended as a smug pop at our predecessors , nor a dig at individuals . |
| 29 | A rent will be unascertainable if it is fixed by reference to facts which can not be known at the date of the lease , eg the market rental value at a future date . |
| 30 | These can not be known at the time the decision is to be made and a means of stating what is known and what is assessed of the influence of future events on the commercial performance of the product , permitting comparisons between options , is needed . |