Example sentences of "not be [vb pp] [conj] it [is] " in BNC.

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1 It is perfectly clear to me and fellow Councillors that a report which is so badly and which so badly uses statistics , can not be received because it is not of sufficient quality for this County Council and support the District Council to use it .
2 On the question of Poland , Lenin accepted much of Rosa Luxemburg 's case that circumstances had qualitatively changed since the time of Marx — ‘ the restoration of Poland , prior to the fall of capitalism , is highly improbable , but it can not be asserted that it is absolutely impossible ’ .
3 Not of course that the reasoning is invalid , or that the paradigm itself can not be questioned when it is sensed that something is going wrong ; indeed it is its destiny to lead eventually to intolerable anomalies and be replaced by another .
4 Henry Fairlie wrote : ‘ The exercise of power in Britain ( more specifically , in England ) can not be understood unless it is recognised that it is exercised socially . ’
5 He says the important open area can not be replaced once it is lost , the scheme would severely damage the Richmond Conservation Area and would bring noise , disturbance and loss of environment to neighbours .
6 The existence of power structures within the family can not be ignored when it is clear that the power of one party is being used to the detriment of another .
7 An order under section 2 may also not be made if it is shown that the request infringes the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom or is otherwise prejudicial to the United Kingdom ; on these matters a certificate of the Secretary of State is conclusive .
8 But the total flux should not be affected because it is still related to the applied voltage by eqn ( 4.66 ) .
9 Where a writ of summons or an equivalent document had to be transmitted abroad for the purpose of service , under the provisions of the present Convention , and the defendant has not appeared , judgment shall not be given until it is established that —
10 States that ‘ the process of environmental assessment should not be imposed where it is not required by the Directive ’ and gives guidance on the circumstances in which it should be used .
11 ‘ … the extent of the establishment is but barely sufficient for the exigencies of the County , and it can not be contended that it is on too large or extravagant a scale ; the number of patients constantly on the books of the Infirmary ; the high reputation which it has justly acquired under the excellent management of the medical and other officers belonging to it ; the strict economy which to the general satisfaction of the Governors has been observed in the ordinary expenditure of the House … call forcibly upon the County at large to hold out a protecting hand to save it from ruin which appears inevitably to have waited , if not averted by our timely interference . ’
12 Many of the shortcomings of the eastern type are similar to those of the western , but it can not be denied that it is the immensely complicated nature alone of the eastern Buddhism , Hinduism and their derivatives that is sufficient to make them equally useless as a basis of a religion of the character that mankind needs .
13 However , even though the work described here is certainly concerned with grammar ( and not , for example , based on sociological data or on lexical classification ) , it can not be denied that it is remote from much of modern writing on grammar .
14 The names of the people are arbitrary labels , but the point of the sentence can not be grasped unless it is realized that the reason for the questioning was to find out what had happened from someone who had seen it .
15 Equipment should not be installed if it is likely to give rise to legionnaire 's disease .
16 In addition it must have passed a special resolution making itself ‘ exempt ’ and that resolution may not be passed if it is a public company , a banking or insurance company or an authorised person under the Financial Services Act .
17 Also , it should not be forgotten that it is raw data that is being presented and not refined information .
18 Although capacitance C 2 must be varied to reach balance , its value need not be known unless it is also required to determine the loss resistance R S Because C is proportional to R 2 , the bridge can easily be made direct reading in capacitance through suitable marking of the resistance scale of R 2 .
19 If a copper track can not be routed because it is blocked by existing copper tracks , use jumper link wires to bridge over the obstruction .
20 It is also unique , so a later top can not be used as it is six inches narrower than the Series One .
21 For small samples , say below 50 , the normal distribution can not be used and it is necessary to use the Student 's t distribution .
22 For small samples , say below 50 , the normal distribution can not be used and it is necessary to use the Student 's t distribution .
23 If the person who caused the nuisance can not be found and it is clear that the nuisance did not arise as the result of the act , default or sufferance of the owner or occupier , the local authority itself may take steps to abate it and prevent a recurrence .
24 If correction techniques are employed upon the list of allowable strings , the intended word may still not be found because it is sufficiently different from the entries in the existing list of allowable strings .
25 Who argue that , because television makes its effect through the continuous screening of moving pictures , the flow of a programme must not be interrupted when it is shown on video .
26 Perhaps we do not have to throw away the wealth of old traditions before we can enjoy the attractions of modern society and maybe new technology can not be appreciated unless it is weighed against the security and apparent solidarity of the past . ’
27 But , unlike natural membranes ( nerve cell membranes , for example ) the ionic resistance of an artificial membrane can not be varied once it is in place ; and so the flux of ions across the membrane can not be fully controlled .
28 NOTE Osteoporosis can not be cured once it is present , but younger women from the time of the menopause may be able to prevent it from developing through hormone replacement therapy .
29 Much of the veneer of sediments resting on the oceanic crust of the downgoing plate will not be subducted since it is not firmly attached to the underlying crust and because it is not sufficiently dense to sink of its own accord into the asthenosphere .
30 The duration of the treatment can not be foretold but it is sure to be long . ’
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