Example sentences of "it [modal v] [not/n't] be [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus is God ‘ incognito ’ : it is of the very nature of the presence of God as man that it must be ambiguous , that it may not be recognised by everyone , that the ‘ sign ’ by its very nature may be ‘ spoken against ’ . |
| 2 | And they deliberately have n't said that it should n't be produced by child labour . |
| 3 | It 's our big day — our final ‘ well done ’ and goodbye to friends at Salford , it should n't be belittled by outsiders . |
| 4 | It should not be supported by sticks or hooped frames to form ‘ tunnels ’ as movement in the wind may wear holes in it . |
| 5 | If there is a particular liability that is causing concern which has been identified prior to contract but is not precisely quantifiable , it may be appropriate that it should not be covered by a warranty at all but by an indemnity or other specific provision . |
| 6 | It should not be affected by recession . |
| 7 | It should not be introduced by the planner on his own initiative or under pressure from one department head . |
| 8 | ( A university school must be a place of research , but it should not be overbalanced by this , and it ought to have plenty of room for scholarship too . ) |
| 9 | It is not proposed to discuss the aesthetics of this usage for the text writer ; all that I wish to say is that it should not be copied by the student , for in his mouth it sounds too grandiloquent . |
| 10 | About the withheld novel of mine she wrote nobly : ‘ It must not be spoiled by being adapted to the sensibilities of living persons . |
| 11 | A congregation must not be baffled by obscurity , but it must not be patronised by too much informality either . |
| 12 | It must not be controlled by another company or by " another company and persons connected with that other company " ( a BES concept ) . |
| 13 | Catholicism was a reasonable Faith , but like any other , it could not be justified by reason alone . |
| 14 | In the nature of things it could not be regulated by any court . |
| 15 | It was placed so it could not be seen by the customer . |
| 16 | It could not be done by direct supervision because of the inability of management to be present at the face frequently enough . |
| 17 | Bacteriologists immediately recognised that it gave them a unique opportunity to study the evolutionary processes governing bacterial resistance — as a synthetic antibiotic it could not be influenced by preexisting resistance genes . |
| 18 | She said the trade in ivory was a problem for Africa and the decision on it could not be made by ‘ people outside with their emotional campaigns ’ . |
| 19 | ( 3 ) Information which was confidential , such as details of a secret process ; this type was so confidential that it could not be used by the employee at any time for the benefit of anyone but the employer . |
| 20 | That was what gave him his undoubted power in politics , and his loose organisation called the " Left is Right Group " — kept carefully informal so that it could not be proscribed by any of the major parties — commanded the allegiance of a handful of M.P . |
| 21 | The land could not be owned by the tenant , since it was recoverable by the lord if the tenurial services were not faithfully performed ; it could not be owned by the lord , since he had no claim to it as long as the tenant fulfilled his duties . |
| 22 | He thought that it could not be synthesised by the whelk and must therefore ( when present in the snail 's shell ) have come from the food . |
| 23 | The ore mixed with waste to such an extent that it could not be improved by hand was mixed with other low grade stuff and barrowed to the buckers whose job it was to reduce it to walnut size for delivery to Cornish roll-crushers and then to the stamps . |
| 24 | It was held that as the employer 's duty was a personal one it could not be discharged by delegation . |
| 25 | It would have been no use asking him whether he thought there was a unifying purpose in life , whether it could really be chance that an animal so small that it could n't be seen by the naked eye could die millions of years ago in the depths of the sea and be resurrected by science to prove a man innocent or guilty . |
| 26 | It does n't dance for man 's pleasure ; it does n't eat berries ; it ca n't be trapped by a weakness for honey . |
| 27 | Upvc does n't rot , split or warp , it ca n't be attacked by insects , it does n't need painting , and only needs a wash down with detergent , and a rinse . |
| 28 | Had to be paid , it ca n't be paid by the twenty eighth it 's er you know well if I could 've got hold of David or er , Andrew , I was gon na give Andrew a right bollocking for just pushing it in and he should 've sent it to er , Michael , Michael 's just got it shoved in front of his nose a in Edinburgh . |
| 29 | ( 4 ) For the purpose of determining whether a person occupying any land is in adverse possession of the land it shall not be assumed by implication of law that his occupation is by permission of the person entitled to the land merely by virtue of the fact that his occupation is not inconsistent with the latter 's present or future enjoyment of the land . |
| 30 | Of course , when it came time to write the bill , there were great problems in choosing the exact words to be employed so that it would n't be seen by anyone as a ‘ Euthanasia Bill ’ . |