Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | any other financial arrangements contained in the agreement shall not thereby be rendered void or unenforceable and shall , unless they are void or unenforceable for any other reason ( and subject to sections 35 and 36 , below ) be binding on the parties to the agreement . |
| 2 | The dock company obtained planning permission to operate the dock as a commercial port , which can not sensibly be done other than on a 24-hour basis . |
| 3 | Of a worship service in which no mention was made of Christ , the bible was not read , and no reference made to God 's dealings with the people of Israel or of the early church , we might well say that it was theistic ( if mention was made of God ) , but it could not rightly be called Christian . |
| 4 | We have already said , that of a liturgy in which no mention was made of Christ , we might hold that it was meaningful , even theistic , but that it could not rightly be called Christian . |
| 5 | Threshed grain and other concentrate feeds must not only be kept dry , but also be protected from birds , mice , and rats . |
| 6 | However , individual engineers alone can not generally be held responsible for protecting society from risk ; those with managerial accountability must also bear some responsibility . |
| 7 | As electronic records represent a new resource their location and the descriptions of the data they contain can not easily be made accessible . |
| 8 | And the disturbances could not strictly be called racial : the most prominent feature was that of violent clashes between young people and the police . |
| 9 | In the vital chapter ‘ The Shadow of the Past ’ Gandalf says a great deal about it , but his information boils down to three basic data : ( 1 ) the Ring is immensely powerful , in right or wrong hands ; ( 2 ) it is dangerous and ultimately fatal to all its possessors — in a sense there are no right hands ; ( 3 ) it can not simply be left unused or put aside , but must be destroyed , something which can happen only in the place of its origin , Orodruin , Mount Doom . |
| 10 | The essential point , if there is to be proper democratic accountability , is that there must be a clearly defined authority whose judgement and power can not ultimately be contradicted other than by the citizens themselves through the ballot box . |
| 11 | The Okapi '86 procedure would be improved by the use of an exception list containing words which can not safely be made singular or have an " ing " ending removed ( " rights " " housing " " painting " ) . |
| 12 | Since I spend most of my working life wearing clothes I would n't normally be seen dead in , it 's one of my life 's real pleasures . ’ |
| 13 | If I could n't produce a marriage date , and Nigel could n't officially be registered dead without it , perhaps he was n't , because legally he could n't be , and when I got home I 'd find … |