Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , the nature of the change must not be overstated . |
| 32 | The bewilderment of the child Nizan can not be overstated . |
| 33 | The crucial importance of the stabilising influence of Rirette in Nizan 's personal development can not be overstated , and there are certainly grounds for drawing a parallel between , on the one hand , the blossoming at a distance of Nizan 's love and affection for Rirette , with the consequent calming of personal anxieties , and on the other , the burgeoning at a distance of his hatred and hostility for those political , social and cultural forces in French society which he considered to have led him to the brink of suicide and despair . |
| 34 | This latter point can not be overstated . |
| 35 | This point can not be overstated in any attempt to understand the subjective mood of the interwar French left-wing writer . |
| 36 | The report points out that the importance of developing good relationships with the small business customer can not be overstated for the banks . |
| 37 | The benefits of registering can not be overstated . |
| 38 | They also disagree with the Government 's view on the importance of nuclear power to combat the greenhouse effect , stressing that its contribution should not be overstated . |
| 39 | The increased use of natural gas ( which produces less CO2 when burned than coal and oil ) in the UK energy mix would serve to reduce the UK 's CO2 emissions , said the Committee , but stressed that its potential should not be overstated , as supplied are limited . |
| 40 | The importance placed on health and hygiene at all levels of The catering Guild can not be overstated . |
| 41 | The importance to historians of encoding standards that will facilitate data exchange can not be overstated . |
| 42 | The impact of general principles of fairness and natural justice on the exchange 's affairs should not be overstated . |
| 43 | The need for better coordination can not be overstated . |
| 44 | The strength and grace that those for brought to the Week can not be overstated . |
| 45 | So any cream or potion which implies ( the advertising standards authority objects to claims that can not be proven ) that your skin will look more radiant and youthful is on to a good thing . |
| 46 | She hoped fervently that Jack Stone would not be proven wrong . |
| 47 | That he decided upon it earlier , as opposed to being vaguely predisposed to it , can not be proven . " |
| 48 | This promotional process can not be proven , though it would not conflict with known Roman policy . |
| 49 | Alternatively , the pursuer 's advisers may appreciate that being unable to produce better vouching , the claim can not be proven to be worth more than the Tender which is , consequently , accepted . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | Debt may arise when credit can not be repaid . |
| 52 | The shareholder is not charged to basic rate tax , although the notional basic rate tax can not be repaid ( s 249 , ICTA 1988 ) . |
| 53 | Everything I have said about gilts applies to qualifying corporate bonds , except that they are not backed by the UK Government and so there is a greater risk that the bond will not be repaid . |
| 54 | The deposit is ten thousand pounds and the company says this will not be repaid if orders are cancelled . |
| 55 | Edward Balliol would not be couched down there , but upstairs in one of the principal bedchambers , for sure . |
| 56 | The differences between the two groups can not be couched in such grandiose terms . |
| 57 | The advice that he would receive would probably not be couched in terms of relative merits and de-merits of preference and ordinary shares but of ‘ prior charges ’ and ‘ equiries ’ . |
| 58 | They should not be couched in such a way as to encourage speculation or lead to further inquiry — or indeed arouse any other form of interest . |
| 59 | The stock of circulating collections should not be catalogued , since the task of changing catalogue locations each time books are circulated would reduce the cost-effectiveness of the exercise very sharply . |
| 60 | Surgeons should not be burdened with the responsibility of assessing their own degree of risk . |