Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [vb pp] [prep] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jacopo della Quercia has never enjoyed the popularity of his fellow sculptors Ghiberti and Donatello , and his works have not been favoured by time . |
| 2 | It went against the grain with Hotspur to let such an illustrious company move south unchallenged into England , merely because they had not been intercepted in time to confront them on reasonably equal terms . |
| 3 | There are obvious attractions in affording the Registrar an additional weapon in the form of a penalty recoverable by civil suit to which there is no defence once it is shown that accounts have not been delivered on time . |
| 4 | If they can not be stopped in time , mankind will surely be doomed . |
| 5 | However , the rest of the work will not be completed in time for the season , which will make life running a heavily-booked programme of events difficult . |
| 6 | This could debar over one-third of the population from voting , since , according to the current regulations , only citizens of pre-war Estonia and their descendants were automatically entitled to citizenship , and the long application process for others would not be completed in time . |
| 7 | On Nov. 22 elections , which on Nov. 10 had been called by President Hugh Desmond Hoyte for Dec. 16 , and which were constitutionally required to be held by Dec. 28 at the latest , were indefinitely postponed after the chairman of the Elections Commission , Rudolph Collins , warned that a proper electoral register could not be prepared in time . |
| 8 | It increasingly realized that no technical measures could assure compliance by the extended 1977 deadline , and that since an adequate mass transit system could not be developed in time , only petrol rationing would lead to attainment . |
| 9 | It is probable , therefore , that the internal payment certificate will not be raised in time for inclusion in the current month 's costing as they will be received by the accountant after the close down date for the month . |
| 10 | The rocket can not be repaired in time so Cory and Lowery , with message-sending equipment , make their escape through the jungle as the Daleks close in . |
| 11 | I extend a standing invitation to any firm that is not being paid on time by any of the country 's 100 largest companies or Government Departments to allow me to take up its case individually . |
| 12 | The government argued that this was due to loans from foreign aid donors not being paid on time and appealed for a waiver of the test . |
| 13 | The reversal need not be great : as Appendix III puts it , some people 's budgets are ‘ in a delicate balance … . and even a minor fluctuation ( eg. a new child benefit book not being issued on time , the late arrival of a supplementary benefit giro cheque , a child needing a new pair of shoes ) can tip the scales against them . ’ |
| 14 | Rumours that Madonna is keen to audition in a peek-a-boo pantomime cow outfit could n't be confirmed at time of going to press . |
| 15 | Key to this stage of planning is the acceptance ( once again ) that there must be some time limits given to each ‘ activity ’ , or the whole project will become lopsided and wo n't be completed in time . |
| 16 | His Opel Manta had been heavily damaged during the Burmah Rally and could n't be repaired in time for the Mourne Stages . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's some consolation that it has been found but it 's a shame it could n't be retrieved in time for Remembrance Sunday . |