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

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1 There is , however , a further problem here : even if the required ‘ nationalisation ’ of possession were accomplished , it would not be possible to opt out of the international division of labour with other capitalist economies .
2 Because of the difference in height between the Arun and the casualty , and the prevailing weather conditions , Second Coxswain Barnes decided that it would not be possible to go alongside without causing damage .
3 It may not be possible to spend less on promotion and to increase the market share .
4 As we 've in fact transferred to oil , those coal heaps in many cases have actually been cleaned up and build on , so as oil runs out it perhaps will not be possible to reconvert back to coal use in some factories simply because the space for storage wo n't exist .
5 Dent Town is really no more than a village , although it may not be prudent to say so in the hearing of the residents .
6 However , freedom of movement is limited to EC nationals only , and a significant proportion of Britain 's ethnic minorities have citizenship of their country of origin and therefore will not be able to move freely within the Community .
7 Those failing the test will not be able to move upwards towards the top of the tower , nor will they be able to leave it .
8 But the problem is that they may not be able to deal adequately with operating systems and computer environments that they do n't know and are not allowed to market ; especially given the financial position many of them are in .
9 But the problem is that they may not be able to deal adequately with operating systems and computer environments that they do n't know and are not allowed to market ; especially given the financial position many of them are in .
10 In future Celeste will not be able to go away from home without a licence .
11 In future Celeste will not be able to go away from home without a licence .
12 She was nearly sixteen ; if she refused to go and told her mother so herself , Anna , they reckoned , would not be able to go through with it .
13 Despite her choice of song — and although discharged from hospital — Laura will not be able to go home to Eccles , Lancs , for a while .
14 ‘ At this rate , I may not be able to behave badly to her . ’
15 I understand that if a bookshop were not registered for VAT it would still be charged VAT by its suppliers but would not be able to reclaim either through Customs & Excise or by passing the charge on to its customers and therefore would face very heavy pressure on margins .
16 In addition , the purchaser should seek from the vendor a specific indemnity against bad debts but on the basis the purchaser acknowledges that it will not be able to recover twice for both breach of warranty and under the bad debt indemnity .
17 If non-farming activities reach the VAT registration threshold , farmers will be required to register for all their activities , farming and non-farming , and will not be able to carry on as flat rate farmers .
18 The situation is such that by 2010 , timber supplies might not be able to keep up with demand .
19 Second , it ignores the other social reality , that many pupils come from homes in which there is no stable and married family life and so will not be able to relate easily to this concept .
20 You will not be able to play much with the children ( or anyone else for that matter ! ) without becoming weary .
21 Hence representing revenues from community X by R(X) we can say : The consequence is that the group of three communities would not be willing to go for the scheme involving supply to all three , since they would not be able to come up with an agreed method of sharing the £650 .
22 Cellini may not be able to come up with the goods .
23 Once up in her room , he said , ‘ I 'm afraid I may not be able to come again until next Friday .
24 It may go on after half term because she may not be able to come down on those two days , if that happens then I 'll have other back up material for them
25 Even now , however , he is prepared to accept that he may not be able to come back in a new guise after three years .
26 Today , predictably , the Commission takes the same line , asserting that ‘ an enlarged Community will not be able to function effectively without major institutional change .
27 But times have changed and chefs may not be able to get away with overcharging for simple dishes using relatively inexpensive ingredients for much longer … or perhaps they will .
28 However , they will not be able to get through to any polytechnic or college in the country .
29 He had a busy day ahead of him , and although he did not yet know it , he would not be able to get back to bed until nearly twenty-four hours later .
30 At night , a person may not be able to get out of bed in time , or they will dislike using a bedpan or find it difficult and messy .
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