Example sentences of "[not/n't] be found " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , mineralogical analysis showed that the substance can not be found on Earth . |
| 2 | Will it not be found that the political activity of societies consists ordinarily , perhaps invariably , in filling sieves and making sand ropes — sieves which those who fill them half know to be sieves , sand which those who weave it into ropes suspect to be sand after all ? |
| 3 | The King hoped next to see Baldwin , but the Conservative leader could not be found : he was , ironically , lunching with Geoffrey Dawson , the editor of The Times , and discussing Cabinet appointments — something he found easier to do with Dawson than with his party colleagues . |
| 4 | But there is no reason why we should not tell stories of English boys who leave the village and make good in the city — why rural drama should not be found and filmed among the mountains of Wales and moors of Yorkshire . |
| 5 | The trick will be to get fairer representation without losing small-group decisiveness , and not to avoid tackling the problem because a perfect mix can not be found . |
| 6 | If a buyer can not be found fast , rumour goes , the bank may lose hundreds of millions of dollars . |
| 7 | This does not mean that they can not be found in the world ; a child may wonder what shape or arrangement a triangle is , and have it pointed out to him . |
| 8 | The adopter must fulfil one of the following requirements : be over 21 ; or be the parent of the adoptee , where the other natural parent is dead , or can not be found , or there is some other reason justifying the exclusion of the other natural parent . |
| 9 | To deny the reality of the divine love is to enter the dark territory where it can not be found . |
| 10 | The fatal approach was to falter and say that whatever he had asked for could not be found — then , the violence was terrifying . |
| 11 | ‘ Men should not be found in sufficient numbers to do all the work there is to be done , and wages would rise as they should do ! ’ |
| 12 | And then I wonder if another means of acquiring something of a scientific education might not be found . |
| 13 | The girl had darted into a dark stretch of the corridor , and could not be found easily . |
| 14 | The stems are often common fossils , even when the calyx can not be found — many of the ‘ crinoidal limestones ’ are composed largely of stem debris . |
| 15 | However the reasons for their failure can not be found simply in an examination of the physical factors of the soil and environment . |
| 16 | One man could not be found , several others were slightly injured , but worst of all vital supplies were missing . |
| 17 | Engine failure north of Reggane and they might not be found alive . |
| 18 | At the time of writing BP has failed to find oil and Exxon has made one discovery but this does not mean that oil will not be found . |
| 19 | What is not to be granted is the pessimistic conviction that points of agreement can not be found . |
| 20 | From love the soul learns a thousand manners of culture , such culture as can not be found from the schools . |
| 21 | Obviously , borrowers constantly seek to reduce loan spreads but if the market regards it as inadequate , participants will not be found and the loan proposal will fail . |
| 22 | The carpenter 's benches were well lit by rooflights ; some of the tools used at that time would probably not be found today . |
| 23 | Before 1 a.m. , he was noted missing from his beat and could not be found . |
| 24 | Sampling from out-of-date lists results in large numbers of people who can not be found . |
| 25 | If the person who caused the nuisance can not be found and it is clear that the nuisance did not arise as the result of the act , default or sufferance of the owner or occupier , the local authority itself may take steps to abate it and prevent a recurrence . |
| 26 | GROUNDWATER is a massive resource but it can not be found everywhere , and sometimes lies too deep to exploit economically . |
| 27 | There can be few facts about the history of the platinum metals which can not be found here , in attractive form . |
| 28 | According to the Lords 's report on the water industry , 191 do not appear to have an owner and valid engineers ' reports ( required under the 1930 Reservoirs Act ) can not be found for more than half of them . |
| 29 | Termites , ants , bees and wasps display various forms of this caste system , all of which show a level of social differentiation that can not be found among any vertebrate species other than man himself . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , the 13 men missing could not be found . |