Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The developer may , for example , be very happy to improve a road junction as an essential prerequisite to his proposed development , but often this can not be assured by a condition . |
| 2 | Anything which could not be proven in a laboratory by scientific method — anything , that is to say , which was bigger than science — was ruled out of court . |
| 3 | Spiritual direction need not be limited to a twosome . |
| 4 | The article shows that the interpretation of a text can not be limited to a purely linguistic analysis and advocates the case for the " bibliographical and productive histories of the poems we read " ( p. 205 ) . |
| 5 | An interlocutory injunction was sought , but not granted by the court , where it was said that there had been a breach , but that an injunction would not be granted on a balance of convenience . |
| 6 | The politician-official distinction should not be equated with a policy-making-implementation distinction . |
| 7 | The 1970's can not be concluded without a reference to some of the societies who have enjoyed a special relationship with Henley and which started in this decade . |
| 8 | It was now clear that the Council could not be concluded in a single session . |
| 9 | They realised that the activity could not be subsumed into a set of procedures which would be valid in every case — " the rationale for the teaching of reading is always in evolution for the teacher . " |
| 10 | In this way a genuine , inward understanding of that work is obtained by the shadow , which could not be obtained by a simple briefing or organized visit . |
| 11 | Political consent can not be obtained in a community where a large minority deny the legitimacy of the state . |
| 12 | Obviously , when a post can not be filled by a British executive because it requires a more cosmopolitan background a client would turn to headhunters with a strong overseas network ; and there was a general feeling that in these cases long-established major international search firms were preferable . |
| 13 | On waters which can not be baited from a boat , and where swims are too distant to be fed by catapult , the use of a swimfeeder to distribute loose feed around the hookbait is often a deadly method . |
| 14 | It must not be prescribed without a careful history ; if the child 's real problem is not enuresis but psychogenic polydipsia , desmopressin may provoke water intoxication and hyponatraemic fits ( RAF Bell et al , personal communication ) . |
| 15 | A package can not be issued as a finished product if this is not done , and it can not be converted into a product at a later stage . |
| 16 | A package can not be issued as a finished product if this is not done , and it can not be converted into a product at a later stage . |
| 17 | ‘ Sundial may close if it can not be converted ’ The Sundial Hotel in Northallerton may close if it can not be converted into a nursing home , it was claimed this week . |
| 18 | In the Midlands and south of England values average out at roughly £20-£30 per thousand acres , but although this represents an average of about 6d. an acre — which was near enough the going rate for rent — it can not be employed as a general conversion factor , for while it may be applicable to a county or other major division , the ratios for individual parishes and hamlets are subject to extreme variations . |
| 19 | Thus it is an infringement of logical grammar to use phrases such as " the same substance " , for the word " substance " ( in the context of Spinoza 's theory ) has the status similar to that of a proper name and hence strictly can not be employed as a general term . |
| 20 | Why else do we insist that older people can not be employed after a certain age ? |
| 21 | Mukhamedov 's defection two years ago , just as Communism was falling apart , will not be forgiven in a hurry . |
| 22 | This can not be asserted as a metaphysical proposition ; as something , that is , which is true of the world of existents irrespective of the manner in which existents are given in our experience . |
| 23 | But if she wants to attract new audiences this will not be achieved without a change of programming . |
| 24 | Underlying this argument there may well be a different one , namely , that there is a need for a more progressive tax structure , and that this can not be achieved without a greater emphasis on direct taxation . |
| 25 | On the one hand , a half-promise to save a new-born country , and to show that one lot of people may not dispossess another lot merely by virtue of being better armed ; on the other hand , a growing realisation that this could not be achieved without a fight in which an unknown number of young Europeans and Americans would be asked to die in the name of misty-sounding things like compassion and principle . |
| 26 | Today it seems to evince a growing recognition that totalization can not be achieved without a movement involving the transcendence of itself . |
| 27 | Alternatively , and conversely , it may be recognized that the end goal will not be achieved without a period of turbulence , and the pace of change may actually be accelerated , to get it over as quickly as possible . |
| 28 | Strategic vision and consistency of policies by firms , by their financial investors , and by government , are crucial , and this can not be achieved without a coherent sustained industrial strategy . |
| 29 | It will need to consider all available options and must have a clear idea of the applicant 's future plans and why these can not be achieved without a care or supervision order . |
| 30 | It added that control of inflation was necessary , but it was important that ‘ a reduction of a few percentage points in the headline inflation rate should not be achieved at a disproportionate cost in terms of income creation and employment ’ . |