Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [vb pp] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also supplied to the board a momorandum which has not been made available to other people . |
| 2 | Despite extensive research , the exact prevalence of hyperlipidaemia has not been determined due to methodological differences . |
| 3 | In an era in which prevailing political opinion has opposed increases in legislation , most of the other areas have not been found appropriate for legislative action . |
| 4 | Since then she had deliberately avoided any involvement in man-woman affairs , so had not been held close in strong arms , not been kissed , had not made love . |
| 5 | The introduction of a job-sharing scheme can be useful in two differing circumstances : first , where there are insufficient full-time posts to meet the number of applicants and , second , when the posts can not be filled due to insufficient numbers . |
| 6 | It has been established that new information rapidly decays from the memory ; it can not be kept ready for instant recall unless its impression on the brain is renewed . |
| 7 | However , many important datasets would not be made available for secondary use without the Archive undertaking to administer some control on behalf of the data owner . |
| 8 | The task of child protection is , in a sense , the other side of the coin and one that can not be made easy for social workers , despite the sharper and hopefully more effective legal tools they will now have for the job . |
| 9 | Not only does the 24-hour delivery time achieved week in week out put most publishers to shame , but if it were not for their buyers ' notes and regular representative visits , we as a small bookshop all too often ignored by publishers — The Bookseller apart , whose efforts are also appreciated — would not be made aware of new titles and promotions . |
| 10 | ‘ On final closure in 1980 the temporary bridge was removed and although the old foundations are in place , they can not be used due to poor ground conditions . |
| 11 | At common law the employer did not guarantee the safety of the equipment and could not be held liable for latent defects in the equipment which could not be discovered with reasonable care . |
| 12 | We can not be held responsible for returned goods lost in transit . |
| 13 | Participants in a television programme , for example , who are told that it is a " pilot " which will not be transmitted , can not be held responsible for defamatory statements they have made if it is subsequently screened at prime time . |
| 14 | The assumption that the primitive cell experienced ‘ desire ’ is not as absurd as at first it might appear to be , for there is no reason why the magnitude of the capacity of all living creatures to experience pain and pleasure , in any form , should not be considered measurable into hypothetical units . |
| 15 | To prevent the proprietor sitting on his patent , deliberately failing to use it , section 48 of the Act allows any person to apply for a compulsory licence under the patent , after the expiry of three years if , for example , the patent is not being worked or some abuse is being made of the patent monopoly such as if the product is not being made available at reasonable terms . |