Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] it [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A corporation has an artificial persona and consequently there are certain allegations in respect of which it can not sue . |
| 2 | Instead of a telling-off , with time to put things right , TDC found itself under a much more strict court order with which it could not negotiate and which gave it little flexibility . |
| 3 | It gave the Bank additional power by creating a board of banking supervision ; by making the provision of misleading information to this board a criminal offence ; by taking powers to consult with the auditors and accountants of individual banks ; by defining the circumstances in which it would not consider an individual a ‘ fit and proper person ’ to run a bank ; and by taking powers to limit individual shareholding in a bank . |
| 4 | Sometimes the stream will develop to a position in which it can not move anywhere without violating one of the two rules ( no flow reversal and no joining itself ) . |
| 5 | NERC is in a situation in which it can not please every department , and it can only achieve a limited degree of acceptability by adopting the negative posture of being seen not to be unfair to particular departments ( hence spreading small numbers of grants as widely as possible ) . |
| 6 | I packed my things , and as I was manoeuvring the car I reversed it into a ditch from which it would not shift . |
| 7 | If the weaker goat gets itself into a position from which it can not escape , it may be gored , and indeed may be killed . |
| 8 | The Labour party is utterly impaled on the horns of a dilemma from which it can not escape . |
| 9 | Quite apart from achieving neat endings to actions bear in mind that a shot has a natural length beyond which it should not run . |
| 10 | In narrower military terms , the Sandys ’ Reformation , without which it would not have been possible to contemplate ending National Service , was already seen in Whitehall as premature , if not wholly mistaken . |
| 11 | In order to guarantee the Council 's legal responsibilities ; to preserve the public 's access to information ; and to preserve the clear channels of communication and a smooth exchange of information without which it can not do its business , local authorities need to give very close attention to who is responsible for the electronic information bases of the departments that are going through the process of white-collar CCT . |