Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [adj] [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the shire districts , the spectacular advances which enabled Labour to claim more than 50% of the vote in many authorities lend a further twist to the puzzle of why the party has not been able to match consistently good local results in these areas with comparable general election support . |
| 2 | J. Roberts regretted that due to his many commitments he had not been able to play as active a role in the Society during the past year as he would have wished . |
| 3 | With the limited resources available at our disposal we have not been able to build too many expert systems and most of these have been on a small scale . |
| 4 | Contingent liabilities where it will not be possible to assess objectively prior to completion the likelihood of crystallisation , the possible timing of crystallisation and/or the financial effect ( for example potential environmental damage claims ) . |
| 5 | For information acting as a historical record , it may not be necessary to carry out periodic examinations to determine if the data require updating ; for example , where an evidential/security ‘ log ’ of all messages sent and received by an electronic messaging system is being maintained . |
| 6 | With skill and imagination it may not be necessary to devote as much as 5% of CCW 's budget in order to make significant progress . |
| 7 | He feels that in the circumstances it would not be right to have too much fun . |
| 8 | Once this has occurred the battery will not be able to hold as much power . |
| 9 | Most fundamentally , a lobby which is being forced to defend cuts will not be able to push forward new debates such as a basic income scheme or a comprehensive disability income scheme . |
| 10 | Brewery staff are concerned that brewing will not be able to continue once basic supplies such as malt are cut off . |
| 11 | Wolves and hunting dogs may not be able to reach dramatically high speeds over short distances , but they can run and run . |
| 12 | We suspect that , by this point , although speaker B can identify ‘ what 's being talked about ’ , she can play no part in negotiating the topic , because she may not be able to see why this individual entity is being talked about . |
| 13 | Royal Ascot would otherwise not be able to go ahead next Tuesday unless huge crowd restrictions were introduced . |
| 14 | Socio-economic status is one such property where we can classify individuals as having " more " or " less " status but not be able to say how much more or how much less status one person has with respect to another . |
| 15 | ‘ I may not be able to say very much to the mother and her kids , but I sympathise with them so much because of what my own family went through , ’ he says . |
| 16 | You may not be able to stick so close with a really big strong type whose one aim is to grab you and crush you , but you still do n't have to back away . |
| 17 | Selective assistance may not be able to attract as many developments . |
| 18 | He wants to tell them that he may not be able to come home this summer . |
| 19 | We are not saying that taxpayers should not be able to claw back some of the costs at a later stage , but the carer 's position should be protected . |
| 20 | You will not be able to find out all you need to know if you do not have a clear idea before you go into the interview of : |
| 21 | We shall not be able to produce ethnically appropriate services without the necessary finance and nor will we be able to develop new services which are innovative to assist people to stay in their own homes and I 'm just going to take one moment to mention one or two Chairman . |
| 22 | It would not be difficult to find more recent examples : |
| 23 | The group relief position between the various members of the vendor group , including Target , needs to be considered by both Newco and the vendor , because it will have a bearing on : ( a ) what the parties to the buy-out agree should be paid by Target for group relief to be surrendered to it by other members of the vendor group or , conversely , what payment Target should receive for losses and other group relief items which are available for surrender from Target to other members of the vendor group ; ( b ) whether adjustments need to be made to inter-company loan accounts ; for example if it has been assumed that in the accounting period of Target in which the buy-out occurs it will achieve a certain level of profitability which will enable it to claim group relief from other group companies and that those other companies will accordingly be able to write off £x of inter-company debt due to Target , the fact that Target leaves the vendor group , say , half-way through that accounting period , will prima facie reduce the amount of group relief it can claim to half of £x ; furthermore Newco may not be willing to pay as much as half of £x out of Target unless this represents a discount on the amount of corporation tax Target would otherwise have to pay on such profits ; additionally , the notional disposals which Target makes under s179 TCGA when it leaves the group may either increase its profits ( if a gain arises ) or decrease them ( if a loss arises ) ; ( c ) what the parties agree in terms of indemnity cover for Newco for tax charges crystallising in Target ; for example , the vendor goup may agree to surrender sufficient group relief to Target free of charge to preclude any charge to corporation tax arising from the operation of s179 when Target leaves the group . |
| 24 | In all such cases you may not be satisfied to receive even large damages for the wrong done ; and what the amount of damages is to be may be very uncertain . |
| 25 | She knew it would not be sensible to go anywhere quiet with him . |
| 26 | And , even relations such as these may not be enough to back up counterfactual claims like the one Poulantzas offers . |
| 27 | The substitution of the word ‘ aware ’ may not be enough to dislodge so strong a preconception , but it should help . |
| 28 | But , the expert insisted , it would still not be enough to bring in higher offers . |
| 29 | When you draw them at the birdtable do not be afraid to put down any characteristics squiggle . |
| 30 | ‘ Nurses should be advised to resist such pressure and not be afraid to turn down any assignment which they feel may be outside their sphere of competence . |