Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] not be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the kingdoms of western Europe there was a traditional obligation on all free men to answer the king 's call to arms , the arrière-ban , when the kingdom was attacked : a right which was rarely invoked in our period , since it produced a cumbersome and inefficient force , which could not be kept long in the field .
2 All macro-level features which can not be made intelligible in this way are regarded as being of secondary importance to the outcome of the story .
3 We ignore those which can not be made basic ( no positive pivot ) or whose introduction into the basis would lead to a tableau already on our list .
4 The relative molecular mass of ozone , 03 , which can not be obtained pure , can be determined by application of this law .
5 However , if the arbitrageur already holds a long position in those shares which can not be sold short , short selling these shares can be replaced by the liquidation of some or all of the arbitrageur 's existing long positions .
6 Whatever could not be purchased unpackaged she manufactured herself .
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