Example sentences of "not [be] [vb pp] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The politician-official distinction should not be equated with a policy-making-implementation distinction . |
| 2 | Obviously , this can not be done with a conventional typewriter . |
| 3 | Each period of casual employment will be treated separately and a previous period may not be aggregated with a current period for determining sick leave allowable . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If a total of less than 1% of the population is undefined then the errors are unlikely to be great , but the reliability of the moments decreases sharply as the proportions of undefined materials increases , and the technique should not be used with a higher proportion of unknowns notwithstanding the convenience and availability of pocket calculators suitable to perform the arithmetic . |
| 6 | But it is sad for the ordinary cat owner to realize that there is a whole range of sounds that simply can not be shared with a much-loved pet . |
| 7 | ‘ Because many of the plant components are contaminated with radiation , the structures simply can not be demolished with a wrecking ball , ’ said Shea . |
| 8 | Variscan folding and thrusting can , however , be seen north of the Midi Overthrust , and the general view of workers in the U.K. is that here the Variscan Front can not be identified with a single laterally-continuous thrust plane , though locally it may be ( Hancock 1983 ) . |
| 9 | However , to the extent that standards differ , either goods can not be exported with a consequent loss of competition between countries , or if they are exported they have to be adapted to the rules of each national market . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , its point about the evidence for God 's goodness — that it is not compelling and that , indeed , there may be moments when it appears that the facts of life may not be reconciled with a good Creator at all — might also be applied to the evidence for God 's existence . |