Example sentences of "not be [adj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One aspect of the regional geography of job loss and job change which it has not been possible to examine in the chapter is the contrasting ways in which different regions of the UK relate to the international division of labour . |
| 2 | I will certainly look with compassion in days to come on the three hon. Members whom I have not been able to call on the statement , but we have a busy day ahead of us . |
| 3 | It is within this conceptual framework that a government minister at the Department of the Environment can , with seemingly irrefutable common sense , conceptualise inner cities as the places where ‘ those living there have not been able to participate in the economic miracle of the Thatcher years ’ ( Trippier , 1989 , p7 ) and which require a strong police presence because ‘ the future prosperity of the inner cities depends directly on how safe they are in which to live and work ’ ( ibid , p22 ) . |
| 4 | When you live alone , where you keep your money and how you can reach it , is exceptionally important , because you do not have a live-in partner to borrow from if you have not been able to go to the bank . |
| 5 | The kid 's not been able to see inside the place . ’ |
| 6 | The fines imposed upon the Earl of Lancaster and his followers were remitted , and Lancaster received confirmation of his right to Pontefract , Tutbury and Leicester , which he had not been able to recover after the revolution of 1327 , though he had to lease Pontefract from the queen for £1,000 a year . |
| 7 | His achievements as Labour leader have earned him respect and admiration , but he has not been able to appeal beyond the party in which he has made his life . |
| 8 | Mr Hrawi has not been able to move into the presidential palace in the Beirut suburb of Baabda because it is occupied by Gen Aoun . |
| 9 | Mr Hrawi has not been able to move into the presidential palace in the Beirut suburb of Baabda because it is occupied by Gen Aoun . |
| 10 | He added : ‘ Many hundreds of thousands of jobs have been lost because our industry , our companies have not been able to compete in a fair contest . ’ |
| 11 | It was Charlton 's 11th away success — a League best — and their achievements are all the more commendable coming in the wake of last year 's relegation , the departure of manager Lennie Lawrence , the on-off move back to the Valley and the fact that they have not been able to compete in the transfer market . |
| 12 | The women 's organizations have not been able to work with the communities of displaced people in El Salvador , nor with refugees in Honduras or Guatemala , for fear of reprisals . |
| 13 | However , despite holding on to the Senate for a total of six years and securing further landslides in the 1984 and 1988 presidential elections , the Republicans have not been able to bring about a real realignment — a fundamental reordering of political loyalties extending down through all levels of the political system . |
| 14 | MALCOLM ALLEN , who has not been able to get into the Norwich first team this season , showed that Wales ' absentee forwards , Ian Rush and Mark Hughes , had better beware of him . |
| 15 | In the battle for Jalalabad , which appeared to have reached deadlock this week , the mujaheddin fighters have not been prepared to fight as a single force , and the most famous guerrilla commander , Mr Ahmad Shah Massoud , has declined to join the battle . |
| 16 | It has not been slow to go to the press . |
| 17 | Nevertheless he has not been slow to seize on the results of such paperwork and the publication of tables , which have shown Edinburgh 's research ranks in the top four British universities . |
| 18 | True schizophrenias , on the other hand , may not be possible to externalize in the same way because they lack the superego elements present in paranoia and because they represent much more radical breaks with reality . |
| 19 | Acheson informed the British ambassador in Washington on 24 December 1949 that because of inability ‘ to find satisfactory answers to certain basic problems confronting us ’ , it would not be possible to adhere to the schedule originally decided with Bevin in September . |
| 20 | ( The main reasons for taking this approach is that for dynamic handwriting recognition it is necessary to select the correct information shortly after the word was written — it may not be possible to wait for the user to finish a sentence or clause . ) |
| 21 | It would , of course , not be possible to argue along the lines of an ‘ implied term ’ of contract , since no contract exists . |
| 22 | ‘ Within these criteria I have so far ensured that buildings have not suffered closure , but in the future this may not be possible owing to the shrinking budget , ’ said Mr Eyton Jones . |
| 23 | It should not be possible to get at the dangerous mains wiring without using a screwdriver or other tool . |
| 24 | The comments I made about the narrowness of Nicolson Street at the Community Centre was based on observations from Highways to the effect that it would not be possible to fit in a northbound bus lane unless there were only a single southbound lane and no bus stop . |
| 25 | A valuation of the business has to be undertaken before pricing analysis since it will not be possible to advise on an initial asking price unless a reasonable estimate of current market value can be established . |
| 26 | In cases where the price is difficult to establish , a pricing analysis should only be carried out if a valuation of the business has been undertaken , since it will not be possible to advise on an initial asking price unless a reasonable estimate of the current market value can be established . |
| 27 | It may be argued that although the settlor was resident in the United Kingdom within s663(5) he would not be chargeable to tax on the income because it was not remitted to the United Kingdom ( see s663(5) ) . |
| 28 | This avoids copious memos which may not be easy to trace in the future . |
| 29 | However , the role of the practitioner vis-a-vis the user/carer may not be easy to marry with the role of the practitioner as an employee of an agency responsible for the provision , either directly or indirectly , of services which will be rationed . |
| 30 | Unless it is deep winter , it should not be necessary to turn off the cold water , particularly if you want a neighbour to come in and water plants , or run a hose from the kitchen to water the garden . |