Example sentences of "not [be] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pleas that the character of the North Yorkshire market town of Pickering should not be spoiled by takeaway food shops have been made by town councillors who rejected schemes to convert a dry cleaners into a kebab house and for a pizza takeaway at a music shop . |
| 2 | In addition , by the use of the nomenklatura ( a list of important posts that could not be filled without party approval ) it controlled appointments to all significant offices ( Lane , 1985 , pp. 141–72 ) . |
| 3 | The first is the absence of deep gaps in barrier reefs and atolls , whereas if subsidence has been long continued , there should be deep gaps present , because once the gaps are deeper than the depth at which reef-building corals occur they can not be filled by coral growth . |
| 4 | Twenty-five watts may not be regarded as knockout stuff , but as Fender are quick to point out , ‘ Tube watts sound a lot louder than solid state watts . ’ |
| 5 | Access to such sites is often obscure , possibly only by a footpath which may not be noticed at ground level . |
| 6 | And while the fact that the women were almost exclusively found on conversion courses , and in computing , the difference between men and women can not be explained by IT course type alone . |
| 7 | The theory of MCE is inadequately thought out and would not be supported in language learning fields . |
| 8 | This class will not be run by community education . |
| 9 | POLICE are racing against time to find five stolen canisters of rodent poison so deadly it can not be handled without breathing apparatus . |
| 10 | it stresses that risk should not be based on job title or place of work but on the extent to which there is actual physical exposure to the following substances : |
| 11 | Which can not be said of Volcano Theatre 's gritty down-to-earth production of Steve Berkoff 's From My Point of View . |
| 12 | The same can not be said of Finance Minister Vaclav Klaus , the monetarist architect of the reform . |
| 13 | There is usually less urgency , though the time factor can not be ignored since studio time costs money . |
| 14 | One snag is that some statistical tests , especially calculations of sample error , can not be made on quota sampling because they are not based on random sampling . |
| 15 | Although BST is said to be safe and effective , the Commission says its use to produce " turbocharged " cows , capable of producing 20 per cent more milk , can not be justified on animal welfare or economic grounds at a time of overproduction by the EC 's dairy farmers . |
| 16 | And if it were unpredictable , then while it would have an immediate effect on output , this could not be prevented by government policy since the government would not be able to foresee the fall in aggregate demand . |
| 17 | The statistics mentioned by the authorities could not be accepted at face value . |
| 18 | The stated goals of actors or groups can not be accepted at face value since such statements may be the simple camouflage of more sinister or at least less acceptable policy goals . |
| 19 | Its nuclear establishments and their facilities such as the reactors and hot cells can not be decommissioned to greenfield status in the short term . |
| 20 | On July 10 , 1990 , the government announced that as a result of its decision to withdraw subsidies " for commodities in ever-growing demand that can not be met by home production " it would ( i ) almost double the price of fuel ; ( ii ) increase the price of luxury goods , newspapers and books ; and ( iii ) double the price of mineral water . |
| 21 | In these circumstances adjustment of their industrial structures , induced by membership of a CU , can not be aided by exchange rate adjustments . |
| 22 | It is suggested that it is unsatisfactory to allow the rent to be fixed in reliance on assertions made by the parties which can not be challenged by cross examination , and where the expert is not to be given an opportunity of seeing and evaluating the quality of the witnesses . |
| 23 | Many have , and will , continue to argue that the private sector model can not be transferred to health care . |
| 24 | The Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education ( CATE ) and HMI seem set to enforce these criteria ; institutions that do not meet them will not be accredited for teacher training . |
| 25 | 9.10 Where an award is made by the Board , any period of absence resulting from the injury suffered will not be treated as sickness allowance and will not count against the employee 's entitlement to sickness allowance ; instead , any absence will be treated as special leave with pay . |
| 26 | Councils will be allowed to appoint non-voting advisers to committees who must have relevant expertise or experience and not be disqualified from council membership — except in the case of teachers on education or library committees . |
| 27 | By stating her views on the way out she could not be accused of empire building on her own behalf . |
| 28 | Manuscript , Lotus 's word processor , will not be rewritten for Presentation Manager , and there ca n't be much future for Plan Perfect , Word Perfect 's spreadsheet , on OS/2 either . |
| 29 | That way he can not be targeted by missile fire or some spells and will be potentially protected from war engines . |
| 30 | In The Austin Co of UK Ltd ( LON/91/1990 ) No 7981 the appellant reclaimed input tax on documents which contained many of the particulars required by reg 13(1) , but each of which also contained the words : ‘ This is not a tax invoice and must not be used for tax input tax credit purposes . |