Example sentences of "[det] [vb mod] not [adv] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to draft preference share rights dispensing with the declaration of preference dividends and compelling the offeror to distribute available distributable profits , but this may not always be desired by the offeror . |
| 2 | This should not only be expected to happen as a natural consequence of ‘ the Church 's active , sympathetic presence within the world of communications ’ ( ibid. ) , but also as the result of a precise commitment on the part of communicators . |
| 3 | Although an impressive example of children sharing and exploring ideas together , this could not reasonably be called a ‘ collaborative group activity ’ of the sort we were anticipating . |
| 4 | If one was to look forward to work , it needed to be stimulating and enjoyable , but precisely what was meant by this could not quite be imagined . |
| 5 | Intertidal limestone solution is at a much higher rate , 100 mm ( 4 in ) per 1000 years , but because of the low sea levels this could not really be expected to destroy reefs . |
| 6 | An accident may happen — such as when a sufferer form alcoholism takes a sip of a drink that he or she was not aware contained alcohol — and this would not even be termed as a sip . |
| 7 | This ca n't really be avoided but can be reduced by letting in as much ventilation as possible . |
| 8 | Ultimately the attempt to undermine the power of the Prime Minister can be portrayed as an attempt to undermine the whole system of parliamentary democracy as we know it and this will not even be considered . |
| 9 | This will not always be used as visits to departments or ward rounds may form part of the programme . |
| 10 | You mention that you need a bit more ‘ oomph ’ in your sound , but this wo n't necessarily be obtained by replacing the pickups . |
| 11 | This can not simply be dismissed as another New Right invocation of the Gulag , for Cixous is arguing something much more specific : that Marxism , insofar as it inherits the system of the Hegelian dialectic , is also implicated in the link between the structures of knowledge and the forms of oppression of the last two hundred years : a phenomenon that has become known as Eurocentrism . |
| 12 | The Exchange discourages the use of equity shares with no or restricted voting rights , so this can not normally be used as a device to retain control amongst a few shareholders with voting rights . |
| 13 | Where there does exist a genuine public expression of concern about the way the police operate this can not just be dismissed as a matter of misunderstanding or be written off as the foolish ramblings of that police ‘ folk devil ’ the ‘ loony left ’ , who would dismantle the system for their own political ends . |
| 14 | It may be that we are becoming a more ‘ criminal ’ nation as the increase in crime rates would suggest , but this can not just be assumed and it is important to be aware of other possible reasons for such an increase . |
| 15 | While accepting that the tremendous European complication about this can not just be wished away , will my right hon. Friend take note of yesterday 's vote and appreciate that a significant number of Conservative Members voted for that Bill . |
| 16 | Its Guide to Company Giving says that ‘ this can not really be considered a mainstream charitable expenditure , but more a self-interested expenditure by companies ’ . |
| 17 | Much of the evidence for settlement colonisation is based on the first reference to a place in documents , but this can not now be accepted as a date for origin . |
| 18 | A minor fraction of phosphatidylserine may be present at the outer surface of platelets , but this can not usually be detected . |
| 19 | In the absence of an experiment , a statistical effect of one variable on another can not just be accepted as causal at face value . |
| 20 | A boundary extension would require new electoral boundaries and these could not easily be adjusted so as to retain Unionist minority control . |
| 21 | Sagramoso City itself was heavily guarded by skyward laser batteries , and these could not easily be neutralised . |
| 22 | The new computer has some state of the art fibre optic channels as well as the conventional copper ones but these will not initially be used and will come into play as new device types are acquired in the future . |
| 23 | But these can not yet be attributed to the activities of an individual mosaicist — although they might well indicate the predilictions of an influential client or close- knit group of clients — and are still most significant when viewed over considerable periods of time . |
| 24 | Although the appeal is directly concerned only with two groups of criminal charges , these can not fairly be considered in isolation from two further and much graver groups of charges . |
| 25 | I mean that need not necessarily be kept . |
| 26 | If I can get out onto the hill for rescues , then that 's good — but that ca n't always be guaranteed with the work commitments you have as a doctor . |
| 27 | True , Dr Clarke might well reply , but the Treatise was an attempt to resolve theoretically an urgent political problem : the same could not plausibly be said of the General Theory . |
| 28 | The same can not yet be said about the idea of regression . |