Example sentences of "not [be] [vb pp] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two judges found the evidence of a contract too thin to grant an injunction on " balance of convenience " principles ; the third , Lord Justice Kerr , said that in principle an injunction should not be granted to stop a programme which depended on topicality and timing . |
| 2 | But by that time a renewed coalition and a coalition election would not be arranged to get a mandate for war so much as to reap the benefits of victory . |
| 3 | Do not be tempted to use a hair drier , for instance , as this will simply blow dust onto the board and also create unevenness in the lacquer . |
| 4 | Loopholes , omissions or ambiguities should not be exploited to gain an advantage incompatible with the effective control of risk . |
| 5 | I can not be said to have a life outside these four walls . |
| 6 | However , there do appear to exist examples of gradual variation which can not be made to share a superordinate ; in such cases the absence of boundaries between senses is an embarrassment . |
| 7 | You will not be asked to undergo a medical . |
| 8 | You will not be asked to undergo a medical . |
| 9 | The honoured guest will doubtless not be encouraged to take a crowd bath . |
| 10 | ‘ My message to young people is do not be persuaded to carry a weapon . |
| 11 | As previously mentioned , if the buyer indicates that he does not intend to make an offer for the company he will not be permitted to post an offer document for 12 months unless a third party announces an offer during that period . |
| 12 | I think it is rebellious of you , that you can not be bothered to find a falsehood with which to flatter me . ’ |
| 13 | If there was not a ‘ ceiling ’ to potency level then serial dilution would not be needed to make a remedy , one could simply shake any dilution for different lengths of time as in the example give above . |
| 14 | Mr Jones has criticised Mr Mandelson for announcing his candidature in a newspaper article and said that the spirit of the party 's selection code , which says the media should not be used to promote a candidate , may have been broken . |
| 15 | A moment 's thought will convince the reader that the crossed reading is prohibited here : this sentence can not be used to describe a situation where Arthur knows that the animal in question is an alsatian , but is unsure of its sex , while Mike knows that it is female , but thinks it might be a wolf . |
| 16 | Certainly the use of light pens can ease the editing and manipulation of an image once it 's on the screen but they can not be used to copy a picture from a sheet of paper . |
| 17 | While there are a number of on-screen drawing programs which allow the creation and manipulation of an image but they can not be used to copy a picture from a sheet of paper . |
| 18 | The provision of accommodation for a child under s20(1) is not a solution to homelessness and should not be offered to relieve a housing authority of its obligations under the Housing Acts . |
| 19 | The peers also consulted the judges on occasion and when they did so in 1614 over the long-debated matter of the right of the King to tax through ‘ impositions ’ without Parliamentary approval , Coke took the view that the judges should not be required to give an opinion ‘ on the ground that they were expected in judicial course to speak and judge between the King 's majesty and his people , and likewise between His Highness 's subjects , and in no case to be disputants on any side ’ . |
| 20 | A witness may not be required to answer a question or produce a document which might expose him or a spouse to a criminal charge . |
| 21 | A child can not be required to attend a hospital or mental nursing home as an in-patient for the purposes of examination unless the court is satisfied on the evidence of a registered medical practitioner , that : ( i ) the child may be suffering from a physical or mental condition that requires , or may be susceptible to treatment ; and ( ii ) a period as a resident patient is necessary if the examination is to be carried out properly ( para 4(3) ) . |
| 22 | Against the background of a broad spectrum of strikes organized on April 21 , April 27 and June 2 , 1989 , by the socialist General Workers ' Union ( Unión General de Trabajadores — UGT ) and the communist Workers ' Commissions ( Comisiones Obreras — CCOO ) , the UGT executive decided for the first time on April 25 to give no recommendation to its members to vote for the PSOE in the European Parliament elections in June 1989 , on the grounds that a trade union could not be expected to support a government which pursued economic and social policies which were hostile to workers . |
| 23 | ‘ Could not be expected to make a success of anything , ’ his teacher once said of him . |
| 24 | It is , of course , important to improve the trial process as much as possible but the trial can not be expected to offer an alternative to testing by way of re-investigation for reasons similar to those that led us to reject prosecutorial review as an alternative . |
| 25 | It must always be kept in mind that the nurse can not be expected to become an expert in the speciality from a short allocation . |
| 26 | The advice given by these advisers would properly have been guided by expediency as much as by any rules of interpretation and as such can not be taken to represent a body of thought about dreaming . |
| 27 | In contrast , deliberate reformulations are designed to achieve particular contextual effects , and they should not be taken to indicate a failure to communicate any more than , for example , repetition . |
| 28 | Using the behavioural OR as an index of the value of α should not be taken to imply a belief that α is the sole determinant of this OR . |
| 29 | According to comments made by Hurd , this might not necessarily involve the PLO as a negotiating partner and Israel would not be forced to attend a peace conference or to accept an independent Palestinian state as part of any ultimate solution . |
| 30 | Although you can not be forced to accept a variation in the agreement , your job may be at risk if you stand on your rights . |