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

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1 You will have to use a reasonably large drill press to make these holes through the body , otherwise they will not be parallel with each other .
2 Consequently , early systems were unsuccessful , and the realisation that effective MT would not be possible without fundamental work on text understanding led to a cutback in funding .
3 Earlier than most Americans he saw that this might not be possible without some American involvement .
4 As apparent from the preceding description of likely examination and collateralization practices , these practices will not be possible without secure , reliable and quick access to the relevant information , whether in the form of an open ended message or a certification .
5 Thus , in Hanson v. Church Commissioners it was held that where the matter was one in which there was a wider public interest it may not be possible for one party to withdraw without the assent of the other once the proceedings were begun .
6 And I like to think in fifty or a hundred years ' time it will not be possible for any orchestra to play sloppily and claim that it is not possible to do better .
7 Since it may not be possible for both sets of belief to be realised in action , if the courses of action are incompatible , it may be rational for one person to give up his/her autonomy .
8 Passenger boarding and alighting will not be possible at Far Stanley as is the case currently at Gretton .
9 It would not be possible at any other time of the year because of the oncoming hot season .
10 For a variety of very sound reasons , it will not be possible in many areas to contemplate the setting up of a Sixth Form College .
11 In principle , it seems unjust that a homicide conviction should not be possible in such a case , if all the other elements can be established and only the ‘ year and a day ’ rule stands in the way .
12 The report also found that the ministry had still to define detailed objectives for public good work , and there was concern that ‘ a pro-active approach to environmental advice would not be possible in 1990/91 because of staff shortages ’ .
13 This explains why the bare infinitive would not be possible in this context .
14 In professional practice it is the duty of the advocate to call the attention of the court to all decisions that are in any way against the submissions he makes ; but this may not be possible in moot conditions .
15 If the central part of the retina is damaged , clear , acute vision will not be possible in any part of the visual field .
16 ‘ It may not be possible after all , ’ continued the fräulein breathlessly .
17 There is no reason why a contractual body performing public functions should not be amenable to these remedies .
18 But if one rids oneself of the idea that there need be any thing in common to good things , other than that they are good , one will be ready to recognize that there may be other good things which do not involve pleasure , that some things which involve pleasure may be good rather than bad , and that relative goodness need not be proportional to relative pleasurableness .
19 If a minister lacks ability , experience , knowledge or , perhaps , the time to become confident of his own judgement , then the departmental view tends to prevail , and this may be desirable , for a country can not be policyless on major issues .
20 Thus , although the monies received are capital in nature they are deemed to be income for the purposes of giving the taxpayer deductions and reliefs and they are charged under Case VI of Schedule D. Thus , for instance , the remittance basis would not be applicable although there is no reason why general principles should not be applicable so that income arising overseas and received by a non-resident would not be chargeable under general principles whilst income arising in the United Kingdom could be chargeable under general principles regardless of who it is paid to .
21 The execution of letters rogatory is governed by the law of the state of destination , though special procedures or formalities requested by the issuing authority may be observed if to do so would not be contrary to that law .
22 It was found that the decision of the GMC to prevent advertising in the press was a lawful exercise of the statutory powers conferred on it by s35 of The Medical Act 1983 , and that if a statutory power was exercised intra vires , reasonably and in accordance with the purpose of the Act conferring the power , ( even though it restricted the plaintiff 's freedom to trade or practice his profession ) the court could not review the exercise of the power on the basis that it caused a restraint of trade , since the exercise of the power in accordance with the policy and the purpose of the Act could not be contrary to public policy and any review by the court would be unconstitutional .
23 Occasional breakdowns in the training may not be uncommon at this stage , and you should make sure that the litter tray is available overnight or if you have to leave the puppy for a short time during the day .
24 Noting that the EC central bank proposed by Delors would not be accountable to elected governments , Major proposed instead to build on to Stage 1 further steps to promote convergence of economic performance , low inflation and stable exchange rates by building up the existing EC currency , the ECU .
25 Since it can not be accountable to national Parliaments , it ought to be accountable to the European Parliament .
26 Who would not be proud of such a father ?
27 The House should not be proud of that , and I sincerely hope that this will be the last all-night Consolidated Fund debate that we will have to put up with .
28 Theories of normative income redistribution set a desirable standard or target , whereas the more positive theories are an attempt to predict something about the nature of redistribution in the empirical world which may or may not be consistent with one or more or any of the views of desirability .
29 An alternative approach , which will be adopted in this chapter , is to concentrate rather on the possibility of identifying divisions which pertain to particular object domains and which may not be consistent with any cohesive representation or society .
30 In summary , such data as are at hand suggest that the optimal ages at childbearing may not be consistent among developed and developing countries or for that matter , among countries at different stages of mortality transition .
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