Example sentences of "not [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She hoped fervently that Jack Stone would not be proven wrong .
2 This pie should not be eaten hot , so you 'll have to be patient despite its wonderful aroma .
3 In response an estimated 6,000 nationalists were reported to have demonstrated the same evening in Tirgu Mures , demanding that Hungarians not be granted separate education in their own language or minority rights .
4 In these circumstances the guardian may , with the leave of the court , have separate legal representation but can not be granted legal aid for this purpose ( FPCR , r11(3) ; FPR , r4.11(3) ) .
5 It also insisted that the FMLN could not be granted political status until it had disarmed .
6 The relative molecular mass of ozone , 03 , which can not be obtained pure , can be determined by application of this law .
7 The introduction of a job-sharing scheme can be useful in two differing circumstances : first , where there are insufficient full-time posts to meet the number of applicants and , second , when the posts can not be filled due to insufficient numbers .
8 He said : ‘ It seems to me that business could not function properly if such information could not be kept confidential . ’
9 In the kingdoms of western Europe there was a traditional obligation on all free men to answer the king 's call to arms , the arrière-ban , when the kingdom was attacked : a right which was rarely invoked in our period , since it produced a cumbersome and inefficient force , which could not be kept long in the field .
10 Her arms were finding their way about him , hands lifting , and the pleasure her mouth took from his could not be kept localised , a rapid tide of rich sensation spreading and sweeping through her whole being .
11 However , in many cases , the invention can not be kept secret , especially if articles made to the invention are to be marketed commercially or if a large number of employees know of the invention , in which case a patent is the only realistic solution .
12 It is difficult to feed hay from a rick so covered because the shape is constantly changing and the top can not be kept convex .
13 It has been established that new information rapidly decays from the memory ; it can not be kept ready for instant recall unless its impression on the brain is renewed .
14 Leaving aside publications in parts , which are a special problem , books which should contain advertisements can not be reckoned complete without them , so that , if they have been removed or discarded in a rebinding , the value suffers considerably , even though the text is perfect .
15 It is recommended , however , that the existing software should not be re-modularised prior to its initial entry into LIFESPAN .
16 The Salvationists associated together ‘ for a purpose which can not be said to be otherwise than lawful and laudable , or at all events can not be called unlawful ’ .
17 ‘ The Editor ’ , he blandly explained , ‘ can not be called dishonest for making his author speak what he believes , with more knowledge , the author would have said . ’
18 The unbleached disposable diapers which have recently become available should not be called ozone-friendly as bleached nappies do not damage the ozone layer either .
19 There we claimed that if nothing in your experience could count as evidence that you were not a brain in a vat , your belief that you are not a brain in a vat can not be called justified .
20 Floor , garage floor , and step paints are hard wearing and not slippery , although they can not be called non-slip .
21 The advantages that they are getting are admirable and important but reforms that only give these advantages to a select minority can not be called fair .
22 All macro-level features which can not be made intelligible in this way are regarded as being of secondary importance to the outcome of the story .
23 Teaching at night is unlikely to prove popular ( with teacher or pupil ! ) and the night shift in a hospital ward can not be made equivalent to the day shift ( except for intensive care units which are continuously busy ) .
24 Radar can also yield images , but whereas a radio telescope or a group of such telescopes can yield an image of an object in an analogous way to a conventional telescope , a radar pulse from the Earth can not be made narrow enough to select anything other than the whole disc of the planet , except for the Moon where small areas can be examined because of its large angular diameter .
25 The pattern differs from that associated with efficiency and threat : the least experienced teachers are more or less neutral , the most experienced are negative , feeling that there should be personal professional benefit ( i.e. , promotion ) in return for involvement in SSE ; that more information and debate are needed about it and that it should not be made compulsory .
26 committee did draw distinction between the two different kinds of schemes , erm perhaps if I could just ask you what do you think of the committee the Good reports er conclusion on training for trustees where they er the recommendation was that it was a laudable objective , but should not be made compulsory ?
27 The remaining fighters , which were down for maintenance and could not be made airworthy in time , were wrecked when a hangar door blew down on top of them .
28 See RSC Ord 41 , notes 41/1 and 4½-8 and Practice Direction ( Evidence : Documents ) ( 1983 ) 1 WLR 922 — whilst the latter is a High Court Direction , all its requirements on affidavits , exhibits , etc should be adopted in the county court , for example , individual letters should not be made separate exhibits ; and see also CCR Ord 20 , r 10 .
29 If the draftsman wishes to create a lease for a period that can not be made certain at the time of the demise the only way is to express it as being granted for a fixed term subject to a power to break at the expiry of the period .
30 And perhaps their foolishness will make everyone understand that however much fun Home Alone is for children at the cinema it is fiction and can not be made real by acting it out .
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