Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [vb pp] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spiritual direction need not be limited to a twosome . |
| 2 | The report need not be made to a constable . |
| 3 | We shall assume that , by definition , an adjective , which instantiates a property , can not be related to a noun phrase identifying an entity by the relation of equation , and we have to deal in predicative position only with the other intensional relation found in items following a form of to be , assignment of qualification . |
| 4 | The question of criminal liability can not be relegated to a matter of medical consensus . |
| 5 | The Kingdom is not and can not be relegated to an appendix which follows the turning of the last page of world history . |
| 6 | Lord Keith held that the distinction between evidence and discovery was recognised both in the Act and in Article 23 of the Convention ; it was not disputed by counsel that effect could not be given to a request merely seeking discovery . |
| 7 | " Surpluses can not be transferred to a purchaser . |
| 8 | For instance , in the eight queens problem , the position Q can not be extended to a goal because no queen can ever be put in the left file . |
| 9 | The profile should not be extended to a length which might cause misconceptions about its intended scope and purpose . |
| 10 | Generally unschooled in the scientific method , judges have the legal duty of deciding what may or may not be presented to a jury . |
| 11 | These codes are quite different from the models of poetics because they can not be reduced to a structure , and consequently the text itself can not in turn be reduced to a structural homology of a code . |
| 12 | Task analysis has not and can not be reduced to a set of standardised procedures which the aspiring analyst could acquire in a formal training course . |
| 13 | Mr. Cullen , for the plaintiffs , accepted that this was correct and that non-litigation costs could not be subjected to a process of taxation , whether on the standard basis or on the indemnity basis . |
| 14 | The proposition that non-litigation costs can not be subjected to a process of taxation in order to quantify the recoverable amount is , in our judgment , unsound both in principle and on authority . |
| 15 | They should not be introduced to a culture that was alien to them , but instead should be taught and guided through their own ‘ working-class ’ culture , in which they could succeed . |
| 16 | To this end , an SPR may only be passed on 6 times and can not be passed to a user who has previously held it . |
| 17 | However , these events have one important common feature and that is they will normally not be known to a person dealing with the company and therefore it seems appropriate to treat them together . |
| 18 | Newton would assign equal and opposite spins to A and B. Their values would be fixed at the moment of separation even if they might not be known to an observer until he had actually measured them . |
| 19 | This is an important concept , because the 1988 Act states that total admissions in any school year must not be restricted to a number below the school 's standard number . |
| 20 | Without the heat of inter-departmental argument , controversial issues would not be distilled to a point where their essential elements can be clearly identified and sound decisions taken on them . |
| 21 | Questions relating to an offence may not be put to a person after he has been charged with that offence , or informed that he may be prosecuted for it , unless they are necessary for the purpose of preventing or minimising harm or loss to some other person or to the public or for clearing up an ambiguity in a previous answer or statement , or where it is in the interests of justice that the person should have put to him and have an opportunity to comment on information concerning the offence which has come to light since he was charged or informed that he might be prosecuted . |
| 22 | Candidates shall not be admitted to an examination later than half-an-hour after it has commenced , except with the permission of the senior invigilator . |
| 23 | The catalytic inactivity of the mutant protein can not be attributed to a defect in overall folding since Dcm and Dcm/Cys177Ser show indistinguishable DNA binding properties ( see below : Figure 4 ) . |
| 24 | Terms may not be added to a contract once it has been made . |
| 25 | Yet all these potential users of computer systems are limited by the fact that the computer can not be interfaced to a piece of paper ! |
| 26 | There could be other metals in your system like bronze , lead and aluminium that wo n't be attracted to a magnet and they will have to be physically screened for . |
| 27 | Rents will go up by almost ten percent instead of forty five , and houses themselves wo n't be sold to a housing association . |