Example sentences of "not be [vb pp] to [be] a " in BNC.
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1 | Descombes describes a comparable paradoxical structure in his account of ‘ originary delay ’ : a first event can not be the first event if it is the only event ; it can not be said to be a first until it is followed by a second , which then retrospectively constitutes it as the first — which means that its firstness hovers over it as its meaning without being identifiable with it as such . |
2 | That can not be said to be a full description of reason within the disciplines , for they can not be sustained without values and judgement . |
3 | English has no dental or labiodental plosive phonemes , so in these cases , although there is clearly assimilation , there could not be said to be a substitution of one phoneme for another . |
4 | The market can not be seen to be a neutral , fair process whose structure simply permits participants to exercise free choice in negotiating and concluding exchange transactions . |
5 | A payment made by reason of this Clause shall not be deemed to be a claim under this Policy for the purpose of the No Claim Bonus Section . |
6 | A.3.2 Any matter or thing so notified shall not be and shall not be deemed to be a disclosure for the purpose of qualifying or limiting the liability of the Vendor pursuant to this Agreement . |
7 | ‘ The manufacturing of electrical and electronic components in the year 1964 … can not be adjudged to be a special use nor can the bringing and storing on the premises of metal foil be a special use in itself … . |
8 | An ageing labour force can not be expected to be a mobile one . |
9 | While it certainly can not be claimed to be a panacea for all ills , and no system of therapeutics has yet turned out to be that , it is an approach which I would not like to be without . |
10 | A court might not be thought to be a particularly suitable body to make such a decision because , in many situations , the decision , whichever way it goes , will be politically highly contentious . |
11 | Where there is a surety to the agreement and an assignment by the tenant is agreed by the landlord , it is advisable to ensure that while the surety may still be forced to be bound by the obligations on its part contained in the agreement , the surety should not be forced to be a party to the lease . |
12 | And because I 'd let her fall off , she would n't be allowed to be a nun any more , because she had fallen into the lake of mud and I knew you could n't be a nun unless your clothes were clean . |