Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [not/n't] be [vb pp] with " in BNC.

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1 In the past , some purists have said that all surface decoration applied to designed objects — all ornament , in other words — must be based on motifs which look flat , ie. they must not be drawn with a third dimension : you are allowed to make a pattern out of squares , so to speak , but not cubes .
2 Cuvier insisted that the four types were simply different and equally successful body plans — they should not be ranked with the vertebrates at the top , since this would smack too much of the old chain of being .
3 Learners like hand-outs , but they should not be used with monotonous regularity to echo everything the teacher says .
4 I believe the present main warning is that they should not be used with ‘ canmotors ’ , and the May issue of Continental Modeller reviewing a German-made locomotive quotes the accompanying leaflet as saying that it is powered by a ‘ Faulhaber ’ motor which must not be used with ‘ pulse power units ’ .
5 They should not be used with waste disposers .
6 Now she knew the safety of her room was illusory ; it was just that they could n't be bothered with her .
7 The in-between bits — what some call life — seemed by such standards to be so much waste of time , which they could not be done with fast enough .
8 But the temptations of the Flesh were different : they could not be dealt with in cold blood .
9 As we have seen , the usual belief is that what teachers need is descriptions , with the implication that they need not be bothered with the theoretical ideas upon which they are based .
10 A further improvement could be an approved panel of investment business auditors , although this would mean potential members of the panel would be excluded because of lack of experience , and they would not be provided with the chance of obtaining it .
11 They would n't be left with a whole pile of stuff or er .
12 If you are using these , keep them where they ca n't be tampered with .
13 These eggs are so small they can not be seen with the naked eye .
14 It is actually a binary , but the two components are so close together that they can not be separated with ordinary telescopes .
15 We all know , as dreamers , that dreams are genuine experiences , even if they can not be recorded with a camera or a tape-recorder .
16 Since the schemes in question paid the male rate for the job , they can not be tarred with the brush of cheap labour .
17 If they can not be measured with any degree of objectivity , then effectiveness can only be judged in an incomplete way .
18 In October 1875 , their medical officer drew the attention of the Board , after many previous attempts , to meet the need for a separate building , or wards , to receive alleged lunatics who were not susceptible of curative treatment ( sic ) in an asylum , but ‘ whose habits and conduct are such that they can not be associated with the other inmates without injury to the latter ’ .
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