Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The developer may , for example , be very happy to improve a road junction as an essential prerequisite to his proposed development , but often this can not be assured by a condition . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Spiritual direction need not be limited to a twosome . |
| 4 | An interlocutory injunction was sought , but not granted by the court , where it was said that there had been a breach , but that an injunction would not be granted on a balance of convenience . |
| 5 | The 1970's can not be concluded without a reference to some of the societies who have enjoyed a special relationship with Henley and which started in this decade . |
| 6 | They realised that the activity could not be subsumed into a set of procedures which would be valid in every case — " the rationale for the teaching of reading is always in evolution for the teacher . " |
| 7 | Political consent can not be obtained in a community where a large minority deny the legitimacy of the state . |
| 8 | On waters which can not be baited from a boat , and where swims are too distant to be fed by catapult , the use of a swimfeeder to distribute loose feed around the hookbait is often a deadly method . |
| 9 | A package can not be issued as a finished product if this is not done , and it can not be converted into a product at a later stage . |
| 10 | A package can not be issued as a finished product if this is not done , and it can not be converted into a product at a later stage . |
| 11 | ‘ Sundial may close if it can not be converted ’ The Sundial Hotel in Northallerton may close if it can not be converted into a nursing home , it was claimed this week . |
| 12 | The new French Agriculture and Forestry Minister , Louis Mermaz , said that France would not be pushed into an accord even if it meant extending the December deadline for completing the GATT talks . |
| 13 | Mukhamedov 's defection two years ago , just as Communism was falling apart , will not be forgiven in a hurry . |
| 14 | On the one hand , a half-promise to save a new-born country , and to show that one lot of people may not dispossess another lot merely by virtue of being better armed ; on the other hand , a growing realisation that this could not be achieved without a fight in which an unknown number of young Europeans and Americans would be asked to die in the name of misty-sounding things like compassion and principle . |
| 15 | But if she wants to attract new audiences this will not be achieved without a change of programming . |
| 16 | Alternatively , and conversely , it may be recognized that the end goal will not be achieved without a period of turbulence , and the pace of change may actually be accelerated , to get it over as quickly as possible . |
| 17 | Today it seems to evince a growing recognition that totalization can not be achieved without a movement involving the transcendence of itself . |
| 18 | It will need to consider all available options and must have a clear idea of the applicant 's future plans and why these can not be achieved without a care or supervision order . |
| 19 | Initially , then , on being approached to promote an order , it is the task of the agent to confirm that the order is in fact viable , that is to say , that the objects of the order can not be achieved without an order confirmed by parliament — that it can not be done by other means . |
| 20 | Such an alternative formulation can not be achieved without an examination of the various concrete practices of people doing jobs . |
| 21 | Hot food and drinks should not be placed on a table where there is an overhanging tablecloth ; in a second , a scalding accident can occur if a child pulls on the over-hanging end of the cloth . |
| 22 | Although every parent has the right in the fullness of time to decide whether he or she feels they can cope with their child , they can not be placed in a position of absolute power over its life if they have an extremely misleading impression of the form that that child 's life might take . |
| 23 | It has always been regarded as desirable that the police should be seen as taking no particular stance regarding political activity and that they should not be placed in a position where decisions of a party political nature are concerned . |
| 24 | They realize , without necessarily evaluating the implications of the realization , that patients can not be kept on a machine for ever . |
| 25 | Madeira wine need not be kept in a cellar but should be kept away from bright light and hot water pipes . |
| 26 | If there is a particular liability that is causing concern which has been identified prior to contract but is not precisely quantifiable , it may be appropriate that it should not be covered by a warranty at all but by an indemnity or other specific provision . |
| 27 | It was plain that this could not be regarded as a trust of the estate in favour of her sister , who was coheir , since the testator wanted not to dispose of his own money but on the pretext of advice to derogate from her rights by prohibiting her from making a will . |
| 28 | Such payments will not be regarded as a provision of income by the beneficiary provided the trust deed permits such payments and interest is paid on the amount effectively loaned to the capital account . |
| 29 | President Mikhail Gorbachev , commenting on the letter in a speech to a meeting of Komsomol ( Young Communist League ) activists in Moscow on April 10 , stated that it should not be regarded as a call for a party purge , but that people at odds with CPSU policy should leave the party voluntarily . |
| 30 | ‘ UDCs can not be regarded as a success if buildings and land are regenerated but the local community are by-passed and do not benefit from regeneration ’ . |