Example sentences of "[not/n't] be put " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Wallis said there was ‘ no way we want to see miners out of jobs ’ but PowerGen 's own survival would not be put at risk by limiting its range of suppliers . |
| 2 | The Queen , he said , should not be put off by any oddity of manner but could be assured that this was a man of great learning , deep human sympathy , and outstanding pastoral gifts . |
| 3 | It would deal with wasteful prescribing and wide variations in performance to be found between one hospital and another , which could not be put down simply to lack of resources , he said . |
| 4 | The new guarantee , good for the first year after purchase , would entitle consumers to free repairs , a replacement on loan or compensation if the product is not repaired within five days ( three for motor vehicles ) , the choice of a refund or replacement if the fault can not be put right in three attempts , or if the product is under repair for 30 days in any 12-month period . |
| 5 | ‘ There are certain eternal values which can not be put to referendum , ’ he announced . |
| 6 | Besides , they will not be put off because they know a bargain when they see one . |
| 7 | Sometimes when it is really cold , and it rains heavily all day long , some of the horses that we normally stable overnight are kept in longer , and may not be put out in the paddock until the next day when the rain has stopped . |
| 8 | The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change has constantly warned governments that the business of reducing carbon dioxide emissions ( by 60 per cent over the next two or three decades ) can not be put off any longer . |
| 9 | The North East area CAB was disappointed , however , that differences of opinion on definitions may mean that the full thrust of NACAB 's social policy work may not be put behind this motion . |
| 10 | Data analysts must not be put off using the best techniques available in case they are misunderstood , but they have an important responsibility to explain what they have done to try to ensure that misunderstandings do not arise . |
| 11 | It was , presumably , drafted and engrossed by persons of reasonable educational standard , and the eccentricities ( to modern eyes ) in the orthography can not be put down to illiteracy . |
| 12 | He goes on to argue that as the right side of the brain has no language capacity , the knowledge it acquires can not be put into words : this may explain the failure of his attempts to do so . |
| 13 | That stage can not be put off for ever . |
| 14 | I am advised that local authorities seeking simply to provide the public with access to a comprehensive range of artistic and literary materials will not be put at risk by this provision . |
| 15 | These include situations where there are competing bids , or where the acquisition is prohibited by the merger control authorities , or where a condition of the bid announced in the offer document is not fulfilled or , exceptionally , where the bid may not be put into effect for reasons beyond the control of the parties to the bid . |
| 16 | Even though a proposed fourth game against Canada has been dropped — presumably as a gesture of appeasement — The tour runs from June 5-19 , deep into the summer break — and George Graham , Alex Ferguson , Graeme Souness and others believe their clubs should not be put at a disadvantage at the start of the following season . |
| 17 | Any breach of these undertakings that can not be put right will lead to a deferred inheritance tax charge based on the current market value of the item concerned . |
| 18 | ‘ But my dear girl , you do n't know these other pupils , ’ she had said when Eve had politely requested that she should not be put in a public position of a non-fee-paying student . |
| 19 | She was still telling herself she should not be put out by a kiss from a youngster who did not realize what he was doing , and she tried to nod her golden head with an appropriate display of adult wisdom , as she said : ‘ Yes , you 're wasting your time . |
| 20 | Likes and dislikes can not be put down to pure genetic inheritance alone . |
| 21 | It also means that other executives calculating the odds will most likely decide that their jobs , their friendship network , and their club affiliations will not be put at risk . |
| 22 | As any good control theorist ( Box 1981a ; Hirschi 1969 ; Johnson 1979 ) knows , even if people have a high stake in conformity , this will not act as a brake on their criminal behaviour if they perceive — quite rightly in the case of executives contemplating corporate crime — that this stake will not be put at risk by undertaking such a shady but profitable enterprise . |
| 23 | Picton-Howell had worked hard for the project since the early days , and had kept her old job as London office administrator on Equal Opportunities grounds that the post should not be put out to competitive interview after capitalization . |
| 24 | Do not be put off if some are howling . |
| 25 | As the RSFSR can not be put at risk by being surrounded by non-obedient or independent and sovereign republics in Ukraine , Belorussia , Lithuania , Armenia , etc. , so the security of the USSR as a national state can not be put at risk by non-obedient and sovereign countries in east central Europe ( and possibly elsewhere ) . |
| 26 | As the RSFSR can not be put at risk by being surrounded by non-obedient or independent and sovereign republics in Ukraine , Belorussia , Lithuania , Armenia , etc. , so the security of the USSR as a national state can not be put at risk by non-obedient and sovereign countries in east central Europe ( and possibly elsewhere ) . |
| 27 | The matter should not be put to the vote . |
| 28 | Microsoft Corp 's New Technology operating system , expected to go into beta test this month now not be put into the hands of end users until July , Bill Gates told information systems managers and journalists at a computing debate in London last week . |
| 29 | There is no doubt that this a collection which , in its high points , could not be put together today . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , this advice can not be put into practice . |