Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Half-way through the twentieth century it was becoming clear to the more perceptive analysts that , whatever the political limitations might or might not be to that form of growth , there were ecological limitations looming on the horizon . |
2 | 14.1 shall not be under any liability to or to any party in any way whatsoever for the destruction , damage , delay or any matters of this nature whatsoever arising our of war , rebellion , civic commotion , strikes , lock-outs and industrial disputes ; fire , explosion , earthquake , act of God , flood , drought , or bad weather ; the unavailability or deliveries , supplies , work , disks , or other media or the requisitioning or any other act or order by any government department , council or other constituted body . |
3 | ‘ I accept that the local authority and the social workers behaved in the way in which they did in error , but it is an important constitutional matter , and to mark the position , and so that local authorities shall not be under any misapprehension about their powers , I order that the costs of this application be paid by the local authority . |
4 | 8.1 The Seller shall not be under any liability for any failure to perform any of its obligations under the Order due to Force Majeure . |
5 | Well they 'll not be as that . |
6 | There was the Honble Freddie Moore , leaning forward eagerly , his turn to speak to her ( it could not be about that ; it must not be ) , ‘ is it true that George Edwardes is after you , and means you to star in his next … . |
7 | You constantly discount yourself : ‘ My opinion may not be worth much but … ’ |
8 | But the new property must not be worth more than the old one . |
9 | It follows that management 's shares can not be worth more than par value at the date they subscribe . |
10 | This seems to indicate that the igfet should not be of much use and , indeed , this is the case at low frequencies of operation . |
11 | The Governor , Sir David Wilson , has argued for a general ‘ right of entry ’ to Britain — though such a ‘ right ’ could not be of much value if it were not ordinarily convertible into full citizenship . |
12 | In opposition to centrally imposed ‘ local economic strategies ’ , these initiatives of the left explicitly recognize that what is appropriate in one place , may not be of much use in another . |
13 | In most cases this will not be of much use , but at this stage there is nothing to lose . |
14 | In any case , as we shall see in Chapter 8 , strengths very greatly in excess of I per cent of the Young 's modulus may not be of much interest in practical engineering . |
15 | The FCC 's cleverly contrived technical contest may have helped accelerate the move to digital broadcasting , but that may not be of much help to the terrestrial TV broadcasters it had hoped to escort into the digital age , nor give much of an edge to American equipment makers . |
16 | It would not be of much help to him , and it would alert any intruder that he was on his way . |
17 | Although baby universes may not be of much use for space travel , they have important implications for our attempt to find a complete unified theory that will describe everything in the universe . |
18 | Method ( 2 ) , as discussed in chapter 3 , may not be of much value if managers do not stay long enough in one position . |
19 | In either case , it would not be of much use as a source of heat and light for life on Earth . |
20 | The domestic arrangements of an elderly bachelor like myself can not be of much interest to anyone . |
21 | Warton replies : ‘ It can not be of any use to the dead themselves . |
22 | ‘ Go on , Wilson , though it may not be of any use . ’ |
23 | The occasional hairline crack in external brickwork need not be of any significance , but should be observed over a period to see if it extends or widens . |
24 | If it could be shown that , as some holists contend , those individual actions , decisions and choices which are appealed to in explanation , are themselves the causal outcomes of various larger states of social affairs , then individuals would not be of any special interest . |
25 | With two votes West Germans are in a different position , even though their first vote may not be of any use . |
26 | In 1764 the vicar of Ecclesfield told the Archbishop of York that the local Methodists would ‘ not be of any long continuance ’ and the vicar of High Hoyland wrote : |
27 | If the information has been divulged to sufficient people so that it can be said to be no longer confidential , an injunction will not be of any help ; it would be like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted . |
28 | As far as any remedy in damages is concerned this point will not be of any significance and it is most unlikely that any action would be brought in a business secrets case unless some damage or advantage to a competitor had occurred or was thought likely to do so . |
29 | A general deformation will not be of this type and we need to know the change in volume in such a case . |
30 | I know it will not be for some months yet , but time passes quickly . |