Example sentences of "not be [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The great butlers are great by virtue of their ability to inhabit their professional role and inhabit it to the utmost ; they will not be shaken out by external events , however surprising , alarming or vexing .
2 PERHAPS the contra war could not be decked persuasively in red , white and blue ; but its sponsors were obliged to justify it somehow .
3 Mistakes made now can not be rectified later in life .
4 These requirements will suffice to ensure that issue costs in respect of instruments other than shares will not be charged directly to the share premium account but will be charged against profits over the term of the capital instrument .
5 It certainly can not be limited just to matters of contempt but must relate to the other coercive jurisdictions of the court .
6 However , the spread of concern of this centre must not be limited purely by geographical area , and while continuing to concentrate on issues which are relevant to the Highlands and Islands , it will often be necessary and desirable to exchange information and ideas with others in different parts of the country , and indeed with those who are in similar situations in other countries .
7 Such celebrations of our art should not be limited only to honouring great architects and their buildings , or listening to occasional lectures and debates , but should be a continuous function of our institute .
8 Clearly , one of the invincible conventions of the ‘ Romance ’ label is that desire should not be consummated before at the very least a proposal of marriage has been secured by the heroine — ‘ the only pain permitted is the sweet pain of unfulfilled desire ’ …
9 This did more than any other eighteenth-century innovation to increase the speed and range of ships and it was so successful that shipowners were most reluctant to use iron hulls which could not be coppered directly on account of electro-chemical action between the iron and the copper in salt water .
10 If the correct timing can not be obtained even with VR1 at an extreme of its travel , resistor R2 will need to be increased to increase the timing and vice-versa .
11 It is often advisable to use the commercially prepared seasonings for tacos and chilli as many of the varieties of red and chilli peppers that are abundant in Mexico can not be obtained easily in other countries .
12 Unlike a lead tingle fixing , the Sim-Fix can not be pushed out of place by snow slippage .
13 Would it be heresy to suggest that such a committee need not be composed entirely of educationists and should not be composed entirely of specialists in curriculum development .
14 Would it be heresy to suggest that such a committee need not be composed entirely of educationists and should not be composed entirely of specialists in curriculum development .
15 Some passages in Moscovici 's writings suggest that , although present popular consciousness may not be composed entirely of social representations , it is moving towards an objectified character .
16 It also questions its rival 's treatment of airline maintenance costs , implying that Airtours may not be providing enough against profits for future charges , and rebuts certain ‘ misleading ’ statements made by Airtours .
17 This new layout could not be dated precisely within the later first or early second century , though it may well have followed directly upon the final levelling of the military ditches , dated on pottery evidence to the late Flavian period .
18 Satisfactory staff relationships can not be achieved simply by issuing instructions .
19 Expressing the belief that public spending ceilings set last autumn for the next three years would keep the growth of spending below that of the economy as a whole , the Chancellor stressed : ‘ Proper control of public expenditure can not be achieved simply by setting targets .
20 It was in the very nature of the constantly growing working class that full socialist consciousness , full understanding of the revolutionary destiny of the proletariat , could not be achieved simultaneously by all sections .
21 Yet we suffer ever-growing road congestion , the amelioration of which most thinking people now agree can not be achieved merely by building more roads .
22 Such an effect , which Lumsden and I have called the ‘ pure cultural transmission ’ of culture , can not be achieved merely by removing genetic constraints on cognition and learning .
23 This could not be achieved merely by filling all existing vacancies , however , since the Liberal bloc consisted of 52 out of the 104 seats , and the Liberals could also generally count on the support of at least one independent .
24 And the more he succumbed to the allure of his own Führer cult and came to believe in his own myth , the more his judgement became impaired by faith in his own infallibility , losing his grip on what could and could not be achieved solely through the strength of his ‘ will ’ .
25 This process can not be achieved solely by the student working away diligently at the programme of studies before him or her .
26 Valuable interpretive ideas may be found in journals of psychology , aesthetics , philosophy , history , religion , sociology , anthropology , even medicine and biology , although these may not be matched up with descriptions and evaluations of art .
27 It is clear that we should not be led astray by glamorous starlets .
28 As long as I am with you , I can be sure that you will not be led astray by the demon drink . ’
29 With a fairly short grazing season , especially in the north , recent animal welfare laws stipulate that dairy cows must not be kept indoors throughout the year but at least exercised outside , even if they can not be grazed .
30 Sections 352 , 354 and 355 clearly envisage , and indeed demand , alterations without which the register could not be kept up to date and fulfil its purpose , and although there is no express provision for alterations of members ' addresses that takes place all the time .
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