Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb mod] not be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 On the journey up the glen , where there are some conifer plantations , the Five Sisters ridge appears foreshortened and can not be seen in perspective , the individual summits being difficult to distinguish ; those on the south side are rather more distant and better discerned .
2 Her face was young and fresh and should n't be shadowed — but shadows would be necessary .
3 People in all parties , not just our own , are very courageous people , very brave and will not be deflected from serving the community and political process .
4 Action : The selected module is of type Foreign and can not be displayed
5 Dismissing the appeal , the Lord Chief Justice , Lord Taylor , said the sentence for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility — which he said did not mean total loss of responsibility — was entirely proper and could not be faulted .
6 The two functions of initial and in-service education are clearly interrelated and can not be carried out in isolation from each other .
7 Our own procedure is similar and will not be reproduced in this chapter .
8 Anger against the person who has died can be experienced as dangerous and may not be tolerated by the bereaved , so other outlets for our anger and sense of loss have to be found .
9 Mr Dovaston , who said his appeal for information about Magee had prompted 700 telephone calls from the public , said all three men were highly dangerous and should not be approached .
10 Mr Sayers added : ‘ Very sensibly the public have been warned that he is extremely dangerous and should not be approached . ’
11 He says the man is very dangerous and should not be approached .
12 The Home Office prison service has begun a top-level inquiry , and police gave warning that all five are dangerous and should not be approached .
13 Hundreds of trippers who had paid for a front-row seat in a grandstand overlooking the departing flotilla left in anger when they were told the scaffolding viewpoint was potentially unsafe and would not be used .
14 Thus , a simple linear record of his life and rule is impossible and can not be pinned down as a simplistic historical account .
15 Viral meningitis is generally more common but less serious and can not be helped by antibiotic treatment .
16 His mouth closed swiftly over her anguished lips , to reassure her that his need was real and would n't be snatched away from her in a punishing gesture .
17 It is not our normal view of it , but it is no less real and can not be dismissed from human experience .
18 Advertisements and packages which claim that a product is full of ‘ natural goodness ’ , ‘ naturally better ’ or ‘ nature 's way ’ are largely meaningless and should not be used .
19 Conditions looked perfect and could not be faulted .
20 This competition , its results and entry forms are the property of The Brass Tacks Publishing Company Limited and must not be used or adapted by any other party .
21 The empirical evidence suggests , however , that the supervision which institutional investors exercise over the management of a company is minimal and can not be regarded as a sufficient control over the managers of large public companies .
22 Land would remain state-owned and might not be bought or sold , but inheritance rights over land would be guaranteed and peasants would be free to set their own prices for their produce .
23 An order may be extended on more than one occasion but may not last more than three years in total and can not be extended beyond the child 's eighteenth birthday .
24 Or alternatively someone is asleep and can not be disturbed .
25 SunSoft president Ed Zander says SMP/MT is very machine specific and could n't be fleshed out in Solaris 2.0 .
26 All these feelings are normal and should not be thought to be ‘ wrong ’ .
27 But they also warn ram-raiding gangs , especially when equipped with weapons like this , are dangerous and unpredicatable and should not be approached .
28 These questions are difficult , but they are not vain and can not be avoided .
29 Never the less , it is a basic principle of English law that a person is innocent until proven guilty and should not be required to attempt to prove their innocence by having to explain their actions .
30 In some cultures , a bedroom is private and can not be entered without permission , while in others it can .
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