Example sentences of "not [be] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Frankie and Chopper were on Freddie 's heels , but Billy had not been able to keep up with them . |
| 2 | Several of them were fringe members who we have not been able to keep on to some of them especially in er in Little Hulton and Irlam |
| 3 | As he sipped his wine in the bright , busy square , he thought that although the language was certainly a problem and one that he would have to continue to struggle with , it only provided him with an excuse , really , an excuse for why he had not been able to get down to the job of looking for Elsie . |
| 4 | So far I have not been able to come up with any musical symbol that has not been catered for , whether arranging for full orchestra , brass-band or choir — with the single exception of guitar chord symbols . |
| 5 | There is , however , a further problem here : even if the required ‘ nationalisation ’ of possession were accomplished , it would not be possible to opt out of the international division of labour with other capitalist economies . |
| 6 | As we 've in fact transferred to oil , those coal heaps in many cases have actually been cleaned up and build on , so as oil runs out it perhaps will not be possible to reconvert back to coal use in some factories simply because the space for storage wo n't exist . |
| 7 | But if you can not afford to leave , might it not be better to put up with the treatment that you have received rather than becoming unemployed ? |
| 8 | She was nearly sixteen ; if she refused to go and told her mother so herself , Anna , they reckoned , would not be able to go through with it . |
| 9 | If non-farming activities reach the VAT registration threshold , farmers will be required to register for all their activities , farming and non-farming , and will not be able to carry on as flat rate farmers . |
| 10 | The situation is such that by 2010 , timber supplies might not be able to keep up with demand . |
| 11 | Hence representing revenues from community X by R(X) we can say : The consequence is that the group of three communities would not be willing to go for the scheme involving supply to all three , since they would not be able to come up with an agreed method of sharing the £650 . |
| 12 | Cellini may not be able to come up with the goods . |
| 13 | It may go on after half term because she may not be able to come down on those two days , if that happens then I 'll have other back up material for them |
| 14 | Even now , however , he is prepared to accept that he may not be able to come back in a new guise after three years . |
| 15 | However , they will not be able to get through to any polytechnic or college in the country . |
| 16 | He had a busy day ahead of him , and although he did not yet know it , he would not be able to get back to bed until nearly twenty-four hours later . |
| 17 | At night , a person may not be able to get out of bed in time , or they will dislike using a bedpan or find it difficult and messy . |
| 18 | Mike says everything is bouncing up and down but he does n't know why he does it … after today 's race he will not be able to get out of bed in the morning because he 'll be so bruised |
| 19 | As I have made clear , for some time the question of recognising Yugoslav republics , especially Croatia and Slovenia , has not been a matter of principle — clearly they will not be willing to go back into any entity called Yugoslavia . |
| 20 | ( 1 ) A registered club may apply to the sheriff for any one of the following orders : ( a ) an order providing that during the winter period the permitted hours in the club on weekdays shall not be those set out in section 53(3) of this Act , but shall instead be the period between eleven in the morning and two in the afternoon and the period between four and half-past ten in the evening or alternatively be the said periods on weekdays other than Saturday , and on Saturday be the period between one in the afternoon and half-past ten in the evening ; or ( b ) an order providing that during the winter period the permitted hours in the club on Sundays shall not be those set out in the said section 53(3) , but shall instead be the period between half-past twelve and two in the afternoon and the period between four and nine in the evening ; or ( c ) an order which contains both the aforesaid provisions ; and the sheriff shall , if in his opinion the conditions set out in subsection ( 2 ) below are satisfied , make the order applied for . |
| 21 | ( 1 ) A registered club may apply to the sheriff for any one of the following orders : ( a ) an order providing that during the winter period the permitted hours in the club on weekdays shall not be those set out in section 53(3) of this Act , but shall instead be the period between eleven in the morning and two in the afternoon and the period between four and half-past ten in the evening or alternatively be the said periods on weekdays other than Saturday , and on Saturday be the period between one in the afternoon and half-past ten in the evening ; or ( b ) an order providing that during the winter period the permitted hours in the club on Sundays shall not be those set out in the said section 53(3) , but shall instead be the period between half-past twelve and two in the afternoon and the period between four and nine in the evening ; or ( c ) an order which contains both the aforesaid provisions ; and the sheriff shall , if in his opinion the conditions set out in subsection ( 2 ) below are satisfied , make the order applied for . |
| 22 | For which of these excursions was he in the company of Yeats ? presumably from the Pound papers now at New Haven it would not be hard to come up with answers to these questions . |
| 23 | In a late spring , the catch crop may not be ready to graze off in time to prepare a good tilth for the ensuing main crop . |
| 24 | This ensures that they would not be prepared to renegotiate back to the original agreement . |
| 25 | So do not be afraid to hold on to impressions that logically seem to cancel one another out . |
| 26 | He 's therefore been stuck , living on er friends ' floors for the last few weeks , not being able to go back to his girlfriend and not being able to see his children , er and Madam that 's had an effect on his , on his business as well . |
| 27 | It 'll make the difference between me going back to work and not being able to go back to work . |
| 28 | This channel might be solid state but the crunch sounds quite natural , and experimenting with the various options on both channels I ca n't imagine many players not being able to come up with a sound which meets their particular requirements . |
| 29 | ‘ Poor Albert , ’ Carrie said , thinking how shameful for him , not being able to keep up with Fred with all of them watching . |
| 30 | Whatever their opinion of him he was clearly in touch with other artists , as in April 1808 he complains bitterly of not being able to get on with his painting because of other artists coming to see his work . |