Example sentences of "not be [verb] [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new French Agriculture and Forestry Minister , Louis Mermaz , said that France would not be pushed into an accord even if it meant extending the December deadline for completing the GATT talks . |
| 2 | Initially , then , on being approached to promote an order , it is the task of the agent to confirm that the order is in fact viable , that is to say , that the objects of the order can not be achieved without an order confirmed by parliament — that it can not be done by other means . |
| 3 | Such an alternative formulation can not be achieved without an examination of the various concrete practices of people doing jobs . |
| 4 | Where the cost of finance under a facility is determined by reference to a base rate ( such as LIBOR ) a change in the base rate should not be regarded as an increase in the level of finance costs for this purpose . |
| 5 | However , where such a term is used simply to define the consequences of breach of an express term in the contract it can not be regarded as an exclusion clause . |
| 6 | If the accused is charged under one part of s.16(2) he can not be convicted of an offence under the other paragraph : Aston & Hadley [ 1970 ] 1 WLR 1584 ( CA ) . |
| 7 | Section 2(5) of the 1959 Act reads : " A person shall not be convicted of an offence against this section ( ie the offence of publishing obscene material ) if he proves that he had not examined the article in respect of which he is charged and had no reasonable cause to suspect that it was such that his publication of it would make him liable to be convicted of an offence against this section . " |
| 8 | While the widespread building of town walls in the second half of the fourteenth century provided a measure of safety against marauding forces ( even against the Companies ) , such fortifications could not be ignored by an enemy bent upon conquest . |
| 9 | the natural deduction from what I have said so far would be for Governments to end the necessity of monetising debt and make sure that they do n't put themselves in the position of monetising debt — at any rate in circumstances where there is not a substantial deficiency of demand for labour and where therefore the monetisation of debt would not be counterbalanced by an increase in real production . |
| 10 | A partnership between a large public-spirited company like Pilkington 's or ICI and a school or college would not be replicated in an area in which there are no large companies at all . |
| 11 | An entry can not be made by an instrument used to make an entry such as a key or piece of wire used to pull back internal bolts . |
| 12 | to hold that an Anton Piller order could not be made in an Order 11 case . |
| 13 | The importance of the relationship can not be demonstrated without an analysis of the accounts of the firm . |
| 14 | The Kingdom is not and can not be relegated to an appendix which follows the turning of the last page of world history . |
| 15 | And despite all his brave words , even he could not be prepared against an disasters . |
| 16 | Instead , this increasingly popular element of dominant ideology should not be seen as an expression of social concern for the well-being of older people , but examined for its wider social purpose . |
| 17 | This should not be seen as an attack on a balding old Pole but on the institution he leads — ie the hierarchy of the Catholic Church , whose attitudes towards gays , women and other oppressed groups belong in the dustbin of history as do those of most religious hierarchies . |
| 18 | To suggest that most complaints are problems of communication , amenable to resolution by doctors themselves , will not be seen as an improvement . |
| 19 | Similarly , older children 's possessive impulse would now not be seen as an instinct for ownership per se . |
| 20 | Administration , like finance , is a ‘ down line ’ function of good management ; it should not dominate the practice ; the entrepreneurial spirit of many professionals should not be quelled by an overemphasis on financial or administrative management . |
| 21 | For example if a person who has £3,000 capital receives a monthly pension of £200 paid into their bank account , this should not be assessed as an increase in savings unless it remains unspent at the time the next payment is due . |
| 22 | ‘ I have no doubt that Rothmans success will not be dented by an advertising ban , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ I have no doubt that Rothmans success will not be dented by an advertising ban , ’ he said . |
| 24 | It is particularly suitable for displaying very low frequency trends ( such as a battery discharge ) which can not be displayed on an oscilloscope due to the limitations of a CRT . |
| 25 | In this sense , the placement in industry will not be viewed as an end in itself but as an essential ingredient in the process of change with the quality of the outcome being dependent on the design and management of the whole process . |
| 26 | One has to call Piaget a ‘ thinker ’ because he can not be categorized as an educationist or a psychologist . |
| 27 | The Attorney-General refused to lend his name to the action , and the House of Lords held that this refusal could not be challenged in an action for judicial review . |
| 28 | It is now quite clear that the complexities of white racism ( which is the focus here ) can not be grasped without an exploration of the anxieties and ambivalences generated particularly by white male , but also female , sexual anxieties and desires . |
| 29 | If the unconscious means anything whatsoever , it is that the relation of self and others , inner and outer , can not be grasped as an interval between Polar and opposites but rather as an irreducible dislocation of the subject in which the other inhabits the self as its condition of possibility . |
| 30 | I would advise such readers not to lose heart : there is nothing in this book which can not be grasped by an 11-year-old who employs a little application : I know , because I 've tested it on an 11-year-old . |