Example sentences of "not be [verb] [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 The remedy may not be to delay criminal law teaching to a later stage in curricula , because the observations already made might well apply to whatever introductory course in substantive law one selects .
9 But he maintained the government would not be providing extra money for SSDs to help establish a provision system for these young people , who are technically still children .
10 He said : ‘ It seems to me that business could not function properly if such information could not be kept confidential . ’
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 At Folkestone , Allen 's Rock looks best in the opener , while John Edwards would not be sending Western Legend all the way from Hereford without a chance .
17 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 .
18 It should be noted , however , that several of these studies used non-tumour epithelium adjacent to colonic carcinomas and this epithelium may not be functioning normal .
19 Should a higher form of awareness decide to tip the balance here or there ( perhaps by embryo implantation ) or put it on ice ( as in frozen embryos ) so that knowledge can be gained which will enable future embryos to prosper healthily , then it will not be acting contrary to what Nature itself does by trial and error and evolution .
20 Though the flush of larvae on the pasture may be an annual event , the appearance of clinical nematodiriasis is not ; thus if the flush of L3 is early the suckling lambs may not be consuming sufficient grass to acquire large numbers of L3 , and if it is late the lambs may be old enough to resist the larval challenge .
21 Mr Yeo confirms the DoH will not be monitoring identified needs for which no service is available .
22 It is recommended , however , that the existing software should not be re-modularised prior to its initial entry into LIFESPAN .
23 I must add that we will not be producing daily summaries , er I think it 's a task which is a fairly daunting on and quite frankly , er they will not be produced in the sense At the end That they would not be available at the end of each day .
24 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 ’ .
25 ‘ 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 . ’
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 Floor , garage floor , and step paints are hard wearing and not slippery , although they can not be called non-slip .
29 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 .
30 In other words they are being totally unfair in that process and as a result of this more people are likely to suffer as a result of fire Council and savings which are clearly er is proposed er that is Conservative review that we should not be using new money or money within the environment budget which is better stretched for all the other services , to find that other fire fighters as much as we agree they are needed when clearly there is another pot of money which was available for this service and which the other two groups have decided they will take
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