Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [adj] to " in BNC.

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1 Meadowland should not be too far away , though it need not be adjacent to the settlement .
2 It may not be possible to adequately define ‘ damage ’ to the environment , or even to detect it , when the environmental impact of a genetically engineered bacterium may be as undramatic as replacing a naturally occurring species of bacterium .
3 It will certainly not be possible to totally reconstruct all the streets of an area at a cost of up to DM 1 million/100m as has been done for single streets in the past ’
4 In many cases , it will not be possible to be certain how the sale will ultimately be structured ; if there is a chance that a share sale may be arranged to meet the acquiror 's needs , it will be necessary to regard all advertisements leading up to sale as investment advertisements .
5 It may not be possible to phase
6 Thereafter would it not be possible to from groups of say eight people who live in the same area to cope with the tea ?
7 But there is no intention of turning the area into a clearway because it would not be possible to police the area effectively .
8 Where a chief police officer believed that a march would cause serious disorder which would not be amenable to control he could seek a ban through the local authority to the Home Secretary .
9 Although Mannheim suggested that the pure knowledge of some sciences and mathematics would not be amenable to study in this way , accounts of the social and structural features of even such ‘ pure ’ knowledge have since been completed ( Bloor 1976 ; Gandy 1973 ) .
10 There is no reason why a contractual body performing public functions should not be amenable to these remedies .
11 But the biblical material may simply not be amenable to what they would say .
12 In the diplomatic arena , the coalition made it clear throughout the campaign that it would not be amenable to peace initiatives so long as the Iraqi leadership remained unprepared to accede unconditionally to the requirements as laid down in the successive UN Security Council resolutions .
13 But if one rids oneself of the idea that there need be any thing in common to good things , other than that they are good , one will be ready to recognize that there may be other good things which do not involve pleasure , that some things which involve pleasure may be good rather than bad , and that relative goodness need not be proportional to relative pleasurableness .
14 Where , however , the settlor is not domiciled or not resident or not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom in any year of assessment the term does not include income arising under a settlement in that year in respect of which the settlor , if he were actually entitled thereto , would not be chargeable to income tax by deduction or otherwise by reason of his now being so domiciled , resident or ordinarily resident .
15 The illogicality and immorality of the Rand study and similar approaches is in the pretence that a ‘ limited ’ use of nuclear weapons could be envisaged which would not be contrary to the humanitarian laws of war .
16 The execution of letters rogatory is governed by the law of the state of destination , though special procedures or formalities requested by the issuing authority may be observed if to do so would not be contrary to that law .
17 It was found that the decision of the GMC to prevent advertising in the press was a lawful exercise of the statutory powers conferred on it by s35 of The Medical Act 1983 , and that if a statutory power was exercised intra vires , reasonably and in accordance with the purpose of the Act conferring the power , ( even though it restricted the plaintiff 's freedom to trade or practice his profession ) the court could not review the exercise of the power on the basis that it caused a restraint of trade , since the exercise of the power in accordance with the policy and the purpose of the Act could not be contrary to public policy and any review by the court would be unconstitutional .
18 Since it can not be accountable to national Parliaments , it ought to be accountable to the European Parliament .
19 Noting that the EC central bank proposed by Delors would not be accountable to elected governments , Major proposed instead to build on to Stage 1 further steps to promote convergence of economic performance , low inflation and stable exchange rates by building up the existing EC currency , the ECU .
20 The way confrontation is handled should not be destructive to the counsellee .
21 The second series need not be equal to the first .
22 Hoomey 's tone of voice indicated that his strength would not be equal to two extra-curricular excursions in one day .
23 For : p1 occurs in one decomposition but not in the other since ( i ) p1 is not equal to any of unc and ( ii ) p1 can not be equal to any unc ( or else unc whence unc which is impossible — why ? ) .
24 The forward rate may not be equal to the expected future spot rate .
25 When I saw him stood upright before me , I could not be sure to what extent he was hunched over due to infirmity and what extent due to the habit of accommodating the steeply sloped ceilings of the room .
26 Even here we can not be sure to what extent the pain of IBS is a normal perception of abnormal physiology or a normal perception of normal phenomena .
27 The chairman , James Millar , said that while Invergordon could not be immune to the volume and margin pressures currently being experienced by the Scotch whisky industry , the group was well placed through the mix of its business to ride out the present difficulties .
28 Clothes need not be expensive to be becoming .
29 Most people would probably not be delighted to be told that their daughter has chosen to become a surrogate mother ; but it can not be the function of the law either to prevent unpleasant situations , or to tell one 's daughter how to conduct her affairs .
30 ‘ It would not be good to be noticed .
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