Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [vb pp] at [adj] " in BNC.

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31 The current DC can not be progressed at this stage .
32 Some words can not be pronounced at all until their meaning has been recognised .
33 If this interpretation of the function is correct , that is , if is in reality a disequilibrium adjustment mechanism , then it can not be treated at one and the same time as a trade off relation .
34 The force of their own gravity is so great that their collapse can not be halted at all .
35 He stressed he was still some way from reaching a clear view and that he was anxious the options should not be narrowed at this stage .
36 Of course , too much should not be attempted at any one time , and the ideas should not run ahead of our abilities to put them into effect .
37 Complex proteins , such as dairy , meat and grains are the major triggers of allergies and should not be introduced at all before six months .
38 At first we considered the design of a search system in which strong stems would not be introduced at all unless weak-stem searching found little or nothing .
39 The Council has therefore reached the view that a formal scheme should not be introduced at this time but that members should be encouraged to take young intrants into their offices if they are able to do so , and the Council therefore recommends members to consider whether they can offer this facility to young people in their areas .
40 Thus , in the Irish Constitution , the framers were anxious that amendment should be a deliberate process , that the rights of citizens should be safeguarded , and that certain types of laws should not be passed at all , and therefore they made the Constitution supreme and imposed restrictions upon the legislature to achieve these ends .
41 A very low-fat start to the day is tomatoes or mushrooms on a slice of wholemeal toast ; and the baked bean must not be forgotten at this time of day .
42 Climbers should note that as soon as agreement has been reached , climbing activities will not be permitted at these locations .
43 Approaches to members of staff and to the company 's premises , customers and suppliers will not be permitted at this stage .
44 Having looked at a number of hypothetical fossil records varying in degree of completeness , they state that ‘ Sometimes fossils can be used in phytogenetic reconstruction without reference to stratigraphy : sometimes they can be used in combination with stratigraphy : sometimes they can not be used at all ; and sometimes phylogeny is in principle not reconstructible . ’
45 Of course some pound notes may be used more frequently than others , and some may not be used at all , but the velocity of circulation measures the average number of times a unit of currency is used .
46 Fitzgerald herself does not go so far as to suggest that they should not be used at all .
47 Such expressions , he argued , can not perform a genuinely naming function , and , ideally , should not be used at all .
48 This was unacceptable , and he suggested finalizing the technical agreements if the issue of services could not be resolved at that time .
49 For example , there are species which can not be bred at all .
50 This may mean that the transfer of some types of information may stop part way through or not be started at all .
51 If the rocks are cold and the fingers benumbed , the holds can not be appreciated at all , and the place becomes horribly dangerous …
52 While we can tinker with the genetics of life or with atomic fission we can not operate with the sensitivity of naturally occurring processes — which might give us cause to consider that technology in certain areas should simply not be pursued at all .
53 The justification is that a respondent should not be put at further risk of costs by virtue of the Revenue 's wish to have final authority on some aspect of taxation law , which will inevitably be of general application .
54 This has to be suggested to her with some care , without giving her the impression that you think her sudden collapse into illness is in any way imminent or inevitable ; and it should not be suggested at all if it is felt that it might upset or frighten her .
55 They contained herbs such as hyssop , crushed sycamore leaves , moss — nothing that could not be bought at any apothecary 's throughout the length and breadth of the city .
56 It is an interesting book to dip into , but it can not be read at one sitting .
57 From a purist point of view if the terms of debate set by the study of an inner city problematic are illegitimate then perhaps they should not be addressed at all .
58 More problematically , open market areas need not be expected at all sites , because temporary stalls or even trestle tables could have been erected in side-streets , as in some modern towns today .
59 They reckon investors and customers might worry needlessly about a firm 's balance sheet if , say , asset values plunged while liabilities , which will not be shown at current values , were unchanged .
60 It has since been accepted that this kind of arrangement can not be accommodated at most other council buildings .
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