Example sentences of "not [be] [adj] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 However , at least 80 per cent of such jobs were not lost but were retained at least for another day , many in viable foreign TNCs , and it would not be logical to criticize the whole policy because of setbacks .
2 That cash aid is due to run out on March 31 and unit organiser Kate Harker said there were concerns that without the Government money it would not be possible to continue the same level of service .
3 Obviously it should not be possible to evade the statutory immunity by pleading the genus and relying on the species as unlawful means , but there would seem to be no statutory protection if the unlawful means take any other form such as nuisance or trespass .
4 At a press conference on Sept. 17 federal Defence Minster Imrich Andrejcak said that it would not be possible to divide the armed forces by Jan. 1 , 1993 .
5 … unless some pressure is applied to urge improved methods and practices , and unless such pressure is continuously applied … it will not be possible to save the fertile areas of Kenya from deterioration … without the application of compulsion under legislation to enforce improved agricultural practices .
6 It is clear that it will not be easy to put the new law into effect when it is adopted .
7 Fourth , it may not be appropriate to use the Daily Mirror as a guide .
8 I understand the gearbox is designed to run at a temperature of 95°C , so would it not be prudent to use the heavier oil ?
9 The implication of this trend is that even if a country could control the money supply growth rate it would not be able to control the domestic long run inflation rate .
10 And if they offer the unit or investment trust options , they must also offer shares or you will not be able to invest the maximum amount .
11 Ken Schofield , executive director of the PGA European Tour , points out that on the debit side there will also be huge expenses and says : ‘ We shall not be able to assess the likely profit for some months .
12 Ken Schofield , executive director of the PGA European Tour , points out that on the debit side there will also be huge expenses and says : ‘ We shall not be able to assess the likely profit for some months .
13 It has been postulated that decompression could irreversibly change the electrical conductivity of rocks by rupturing these films , and that laboratory measurements would not be able to duplicate the high conductivity in rocks even if the rocks were subjected to high pressures .
14 Your appointment may be terminated at any time during the probationary period in the case of misconduct or if your service is unsatisfactory and it is clear that you will not be able to reach the required standard before the end of the probationary period .
15 Your appointment may be terminated at any time during the probationary period in the case of misconduct or if your service is unsatisfactory and it is clear that you will not be able to reach the required standard before the end of the probationary period .
16 She might not be able to see the dark chest hair which curled up towards his throat , but she could imagine it .
17 He may not be able to see the political and general interest wood for the specialist trees , and there is a sense in which there are obviously dangers of that kind erm and the generalist has always taken the view that it 's for the specialist to be able to explain his problems in language which , after all , politicians who take the final decisions will have to be able to understand .
18 Residents claimed Dixon 's Bank would not be able to take the extra traffic that the store would cause , and there would be a detrimental affect on other shopping areas nearby .
19 We may not be able to plan the unplannable but we have to accommodate it in our plans .
20 Perhaps ‘ object ’ is a misleading term since it is increasingly plain that electronic corruption and software/hardware obsolescence mean that one will not be able to preserve the original electronic text or data .
21 Often a child will not be able to explain the particular frustrations which lead up to his/her temper explosion .
22 ‘ I will not be able to carry the physical burden of leading the Party at the next General Election .
23 Is it , perhaps , that he controlling group always knew that they would not be able to achieve the original levels of spend but , like true socialists , did not much care ?
24 That is not to say that someone who is using word processing or a similar application will not be able to make the best of a desktop publishing package but rather to point out that new skills will need to be learned , new concepts understood .
25 Those who can walk , but only with difficulty , will not be able to walk the full length of High Row . ’
26 " You see I could win one week , be at peak form and not be able to compete the next .
27 Theories of party politics may not be able to unlock the essential reality of British politics and public policy-making , but what of interest groups ?
28 He may be right , he may not be able to recruit the ideal person .
29 They might not be able to engineer the financial structure to make demerger possible in 1993 . ’
30 The result of this is that the syntactic analyser will not be able to select the correct part of speech for the compound .
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