Example sentences of "[not/n't] be changed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Less sleep is needed by the elderly , but the habits of a lifetime might not be changed automatically , with the result that individuals retire earlier than necessary and too much time is spent in bed . |
| 2 | The tour dates can not be changed too much . |
| 3 | The book 's text would not be changed , though there would probably be a new preface . |
| 4 | I think Mr Wright realises he has produced a piece of special pleading that does not wholly stand up , but it is difficult not to feel sympathy with his assertion : The past can not be changed , but what we make of it certainly can . |
| 5 | Other factors , such as pH and temperature , can not be changed easily in groundwater , but may be adjustable in any above-ground reactors . |
| 6 | Once you have made your booking and paid a deposit , then the cost of your holiday can not be changed . |
| 7 | Programs stored in normal ROMs can not be changed . |
| 8 | that the terms of the contract will not be changed except by mutual discussion and agreement . |
| 9 | Social reality , they conceded , can not be changed overnight . |
| 10 | The temptation to put some kindly pressure on them to become more responsible and independent as quickly as possible is always great , but it has to be remembered that the habits of a lifetime in a basically anxious personality can not be changed overnight . |
| 11 | God grant me the serenity to accept the things which can not be changed , the courage to change those that should be changed , and the wisdom to know the difference . |
| 12 | Despite political struggle , scientific advances and social battles , some things can not be changed , marched for or campaigned against . |
| 13 | Although the order of the shots on the original tape can not be changed wholesale , inserts such as titles ( either generated electronically within the camcorder , or shot from a title card directly by the lens in the ordinary way ) can be made . |
| 14 | Costs and revenues that have occurred in the past can not be changed . |
| 15 | This would preserve people 's ability to take payment method into account when choosing their jobs , and maintain the present guarantee for existing workers that their payment method can not be changed against their will . |
| 16 | If you believe , for instance , that behaviour can not be changed , and that it 's ‘ unnatural ’ to do this , then there 's no point in learning influencing or assertiveness skills . |
| 17 | ( We wrote the marks themselves on paper , so that these could not be changed by program , though we also kept them electronically in order to allow electronic analysis of marks . ) |
| 18 | Some have learned to let go and not to dwell on what simply can not be changed . |
| 19 | This is really the only difference ( except for the case ) between the SK210 and the other two models that can not be changed by the purchase of an accessory . |
| 20 | ‘ The law should not be changed and the deliberate taking of a human life should remain a crime . ’ |
| 21 | God 's justice — if it was really God 's — could not be changed . |
| 22 | Without such positive formulations and theorisations the world can not be changed . |
| 23 | Greece and Turkey will be asked to accept that the border between them must not be changed by force , and to agree to a set of ‘ confidence-building measures ’ — pull-backs from the border , inspectors on the ground , aerial reconnaissance — to help them trust each other . |
| 24 | It repeated the familiar rules that borders may not be changed unilaterally or by force , that gains made by force should not stand and that national rights should be respected . |
| 25 | Unequal power or benefit is inherited — ‘ ascribed ’ — and in theory this position can not be changed by the efforts of the occupant of such a stratum . |
| 26 | The second has more to do with society and can not be changed readily . |
| 27 | He was a patient man : he knew that the attitude of Heads and teachers could not be changed overnight . |
| 28 | It may be noted incidentally that if in any land the poll is higher than the national average one or more patties in it may receive a correspondingly larger allotment of seats , which , since the number of constituency seats can not be changed , will entail a larger allotment of list seats . |
| 29 | Why , he asks , can this ‘ mean and shabby custom ’ not be changed ? |
| 30 | Griffiths realized that this situation could not be changed overnight , so under the new regulations the NHS will still be allowed to carry on providing long-term care if it wishes . |