Example sentences of "not be [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are certain classes of English word combinations that can not be explained using existing syntactic or semantic theories . |
| 2 | There are certain classes of English word combinations that can not be explained using existing syntactic or semantic theories . |
| 3 | A provision for the partners to draw in advance of final ascertainment of their profit sharethe limits of which might conveniently be defined by reference to some proportion of the previous year 's profits ( Clause 10.03 ) making sufficient allowance for the possibility that that year 's profit levels may not be repeated let alone exceeded . |
| 4 | These investors can not be bothered to attend annual general meetings : many companies conclude theirs in well under an hour . |
| 5 | Consequently , the arguments presented in this section should not be used to dismiss centralized corporate planning . |
| 6 | Again in a design-based system there is no reason why differing model forms can not be used to provide differing pictorial displays of the same data . |
| 7 | A simple replicator , whether gene or meme , can not be expected to forgo short-term selfish advantage even if it would really pay it , in the long term , to do so . |
| 8 | As these young people were already disturbed these factors can not be claimed to have predated disturbed behaviour , but they did exist prior to the appearance of psychotic-like disorders . |
| 9 | Singapore Airlines and Hong Kong 's Cathay Pacific , two of the biggest Asian carriers , can not be forced to fly loss-making domestic routes . |