Example sentences of "not [adj] [verb] [noun] [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 | It is sometimes said that the dissident minority in the Cabinet , led by Henderson , were not willing to accept cuts in unemployment benefit . |
| 8 | I think any student going through higher education is getting something from it if they come in as some measure sceptical , in some measure critical , that they 're not prepared to take things at face value . |
| 9 | Huy did not say that he was not prepared to exchange trust for trust with Ipuky . |
| 10 | The Department pledges its support to staff who work within the spirit of the Guidelines set out in this document , and will make it clear that as a Department we are not prepared to accept threats of intimidation and violence from that small number of clients who use such methods to manipulate their social environment or evade responsibility for their behaviour . |
| 11 | An alternative , which operated in the UK from 1925 — 31 , is that the central bank is not prepared to convert banknotes into gold for domestic residents but is willing to convert such paper into gold for foreigners . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ Obviously it is not acceptable to have cigarettes for sale on the trolley service and the Ladies Committee has been asked to remove them , ’ he said . |
| 14 | It is difficult , but not impossible to have self-esteem without reputation ; easier , perhaps , to have reputation without self-esteem . |
| 15 | However , it is not easy to reconcile Chapman v. Honig with Acrow ( Automation ) Ltd . |
| 16 | The result is that many glider pilots are becoming complacent about parking and on a really windy day it is not unusual to see gliders at risk , just waiting for the first really big gust of wind to blow them over . |
| 17 | May I make the point to Les , and it 's true , it is not illegal to do things without planning permission |
| 18 | it is not self-seeking considers family over self-fulfilment , |
| 19 | Finally , it is fascinating to discover that Pijnenborg and colleagues are not able to define LAWER as murder or medical practice . |
| 20 | As beef farmers , they are not able to get grants to setaside their land.The racing is an alternative way of making money . |
| 21 | Despite the noise and the modern dress of the customers , it was not difficult to imagine men with clay pipes sitting around the hearth of The Black Dog on windy , wet nights . |
| 22 | THE BRITISH government 's claim that it is not necessary to remove lead from petrol received another body-blow last week . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It is not necessary to book seats in advance but we would ask you to be in the McEwan Hall not later than 10.20 am . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | If interest payments are waived , the society is not obliged to pay arrears of interest in future years . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Supplies of water for the wet processing of textiles must be very low in suspended solids and not liable to deposit matter on standing . |
| 30 | I always think it is not wise to name drugs on television . ’ |