Example sentences of "not [adj] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is not possible to control cost in isolation because of the interdependence of quality , cost and time .
2 It will be argued that basically these sentences are semantically deviant ; however , it must also be recognised that it is not possible to disentangle semantics from grammar completely .
3 One of the most common practical problems at the time of someone 's death is that there are lots of extra expenses involved and yet it is not possible to get hold of cash or obtain access to funds because financial accounts have to be reorganized following the death of the person concerned .
4 It is not possible to achieve equality of knowledge and learning with different curriculum materials and different aims and objectives for curriculum planning .
5 If the agreement is subject to the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , then it is important that it does not contravene its provisions : e.g. in certain circumstances it is not possible to exclude liability for death or personal injuries at all .
6 If you are absent without prior approval we will consider you to be taking unauthorised absence unless you provide a satisfactory explanation of why it was not possible to obtain approval in advance .
7 Huy did not say that he was not prepared to exchange trust for trust with Ipuky .
8 Not all writers , however , thought in national terms ; the distinguished canon lawyer William Lyndwood was not prepared to identify patria with regnum , and instead thought of it as equivalent to regio , which for him meant the province of Canterbury ( 27 , p.172a ) .
9 It is difficult , but not impossible to have self-esteem without reputation ; easier , perhaps , to have reputation without self-esteem .
10 it is not self-seeking considers family over self-fulfilment ,
11 Finally , it is fascinating to discover that Pijnenborg and colleagues are not able to define LAWER as murder or medical practice .
12 THE BRITISH government 's claim that it is not necessary to remove lead from petrol received another body-blow last week .
13 Since Morland J. found that the cases mentioned above demonstrated , without uncertainty or ambiguity , that the council as a local authority was entitled to sue for damages in respect of the libels alleged in the statement of claim , he held that it was not necessary to have regard to article 10 .
14 It is actually not necessary to add fat to bread or vegetables or to cook with fat in order to obtain enough for good health .
15 However , as the receiver in exercising his power of sale is in a position analogous to that of the mortgagee , he is not obliged to postpone sale in order to obtain a better price or to adopt a piecemeal method of sale .
16 It was held by the Lord Ordinary ( Lord Wheatley ) and a majority of the First Division that the corporation was not liable to purchase tax on stationery manufactured by it and supplied to its public service departments but was liable to the tax on stationery supplied to its trading departments .
17 Supplies of water for the wet processing of textiles must be very low in suspended solids and not liable to deposit matter on standing .
18 However , the dividing line between what is and what is not permissible is often difficult to draw , as Maugham LJ illustrated in the Wessex Dairies case : … although the servant is not entitled to make use of information which he has obtained in confidence in his master 's service he is entitled to make use of the knowledge and skill which he acquired while in that service , including knowledge and skill directly obtained from the master in teaching him his business .
19 Furthermore , MailSort , the Post Office 's new bulk mailing rebate scheme which will come into full use in the Summer of '89 , is bringing computerisation to the direct marketing industry because it just is n't practical to sort mail by hand into thousands of individual postcodes .
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