Example sentences of "not be [prep] [adj] " 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 | He is not be to confused with our human parents , as Freud and others have neurotically identified him . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | However , the EC authorities should not be over zealous in this matter to the extent of arguing that any territorial division of the EC market , especially the charging of different prices in different countries , is a sign of non-competitive behaviour . |
| 7 | Matthew Pinsent says they must not be over confident . |
| 8 | The purpose of preparing a transcript is to present , in print , as complete a record of the taped material as is required for the particular assessment : ‘ It provides the foundation of ; 11 subsequent analyses and , as such , its importance can not be over estimated ’ ( Crystal 1984 ) . |
| 9 | Well they 'll not be as that . |
| 10 | 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 … . |
| 11 | Partnerships should challenge the trend ; partnerships should not be about alternative sources of funding for the public education service but about ensuring proper levels of public funding with additional support from the private sector . |
| 12 | Rincewind tried to work it out , and decided that even if the box were crammed with star opals and sticks of auricholatum the contents would not be worth one-tenth the price of the container . |
| 13 | You constantly discount yourself : ‘ My opinion may not be worth much but … ’ |
| 14 | But the new property must not be worth more than the old one . |
| 15 | It follows that management 's shares can not be worth more than par value at the date they subscribe . |
| 16 | She will try to accept the fact , as she takes her mother 's ‘ elevenses ’ in to her , that any attempt she may make to start a discussion of something that might not be of immediate interest to her mother may be turned off suddenly like a switch , and will plunge her temporarily into an emotional darkness in which she will feel very much alone . |
| 17 | I remind my hon. Friend the Minister , who has Scottish ancestry , that to upset large numbers of railway enthusiasts in Scotland would not be of additional help to the Conservative party north of the border . |
| 18 | Some mannerisms may not be of great use to the interviewer in assessing your character but they may work against you by being irritating . |
| 19 | This can be difficult to organize and may not be of great use to the teacher either in planning lessons or in providing feedback for diagnostic purposes . |
| 20 | On some occasions it may not be of great importance to the patient 's health whether he is treated at that time or perhaps at all . |
| 21 | This need not be of great concern to management , however , given the capacity of most companies to finance themselves through retained earnings . |
| 22 | Although the issue may not be of great interest in urban areas , it is important in rural areas , and I wonder whether the Bill will tackle the problem of road widths and the width of vehicles travelling down narrow country lanes . |
| 23 | A broad awareness of the details of initial teacher education will not be of great assistance to a school other than to bring into some kind of focus an activity which used to appear to be both distant and unrelated . |
| 24 | In the student example , the fact that the person is female may not be of great significance and therefore there could be an attribute ‘ sex ’ of the person entity . |
| 25 | Naturally we lose some points at the beginning and end ( four in this case ) but this may not be of great importance in a long series . |
| 26 | In Case 1 we saw how the Nuer linked legitimacy to the payment of bridecattle ; in Case 2 Nayar legitimacy was established by the child 's mother being of the proper social age , a " mother " and not a " child " , with the added proviso that the presumed genitor must not be of lower caste than the mother . |
| 27 | Extensive microbiological evaluation obviously increases the number of abnormalities detected ; however , these may or may not be of pathogenic relevance as also indicated by the persistence of symptoms after eradication of several infective agents reported by others . |
| 28 | This seems to indicate that the igfet should not be of much use and , indeed , this is the case at low frequencies of operation . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |