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

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1 Having decided that the doctrine of automatic determination ( ie determination of a contract solely at the will of the party who was guilty of a wrongful repudiatory breach ) did not exist , even in employment contracts , Megarry V-C concluded that as the breach had not been accepted by the innocent party then the contract subsisted and therefore for the period which it had to run — circa four and a half years — the defendant was bound by its terms .
2 But that plea has not been accepted by the crown .
3 But Tolkien 's censure , written from the standpoint of one who had himself hardened in a sentimental devotion to the religion of his boyhood , must not be accepted without qualifications .
4 It is one of the great drawbacks of much ‘ popular ’ social writing in newspapers and magazines that statements are made , the validity of which can not be accepted without more evidence .
5 The ‘ pro-Zionism ’ of Vanguard should not be accepted without enquiring whether the rhetoric of ‘ pro-Zionism ’ might be a specific strategy for a particular argument , rather than a constant rhetoric .
6 The figures of net contributions to the EC can not be accepted without question .
7 Responsibility can not be accepted for entries lost or damaged in the post or offered for delivery insufficiently stamped .
8 Responsibility will not be accepted for entries lost , delayed , mislaid or damaged in the post .
9 Public examinations , employers ' , schools ' and colleges ' own assessments and profiles , such as that described in Example D , are used to decide whether a pupil will or will not be accepted for a job , vocational training or higher education .
10 ‘ We had informed the ACU of our plans and were told there was no objection ’ , Ernie told me , ‘ but then we received news that Mark would not be accepted for the Superteen because he did n't have a restricted licence and he had also scored points in the previous year 's British championship .
11 We pointed out earlier that such a proposal can not be accepted for the prenominal case because the prenominal and the clause structures are far from equivalent ; they admit different ranges of adjective , and the relation of the adjective to the head noun is different in the two cases .
12 3 Responsibility will not be accepted for any lost , delayed or damaged entries .
13 Volumes can not be accepted for verification ( described later ) in this situation , but may be rejected in order to regain space .
14 holds a qualification in hotel and catering management which can not be accepted for complete exemption from the Association 's education criteria .
15 They also decided that two Albanians who had recently bought land in Zakuti should be boycotted , and that they should not be accepted as residents of the village ( Borba , 18 June 1986 ) .
16 Unwanted and harmful stress should not be accepted as an unwelcome but inevitable ingredient of midlife .
17 Proof of postage will not be accepted as proof of receipt .
18 An EC statement issued on July 20 , following a ruling from the EC Arbitration Commission , declared that the new federation formed by Serbia and Montenegro " can not be accepted as the sole successor " to former Yugoslavia , and that the EC would " oppose the participation of Yugoslavia in international bodies " .
19 PROOF OF POSTING CAN NOT BE ACCEPTED AS PROOF OF RECEIPT .
20 Please note — prizes can not be accepted on Saturdays .
21 Many of the children with whom we work at school would not be accepted at the Petö Institute for reasons explained elsewhere in the report .
22 The statistics mentioned by the authorities could not be accepted at face value .
23 Regrettably awnings can not be accepted at Sandaway. 500 yards walk to Combe Martin .
24 The stated goals of actors or groups can not be accepted at face value since such statements may be the simple camouflage of more sinister or at least less acceptable policy goals .
25 Shooters will be less pleased , since the idea of a ‘ weapon passport ’ allowing the reasonably easy transportation of legal weapons will not be accepted in Great Britain .
26 She had met John briefly on Friday night and he told her that someone had told him that men who fought with the International Brigade would not be accepted in the Forces .
27 Prime Minister Jim Bolger stated that the recommendation would not be accepted in full .
28 Applications for asylum should not be accepted from nationals of certain countries .
29 After all , I 'm sure a climb title which includes obcenities would not be accepted by a guidebook .
30 Although many norms are shared by the majority in society , there are also intra-group norms which govern the behaviour of particular groups of people but which may not be accepted by the majority .
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