Example sentences of "not [be] [verb] at [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Voice of Israel radio said that Israel wanted US Defence Secretary Richard Cheney to submit a written commitment to Congress that the aircraft would not be placed at air bases close to Israel and would not , under any circumstances , attack Israel .
2 Access to such sites is often obscure , possibly only by a footpath which may not be noticed at ground level .
3 In respect of registered land , a transferee will not be concerned with the amount of stamp duty imposed on documents prior to the transfer to him ; the registrar is under a duty to check the sufficiency of the stamping on a document affecting registered land ( Stamp Act 1891 , s17 ) , so that an instrument can not be registered at HM Land Registry unless correctly stamped .
4 Four agents were detected in less than three patients each , however , and could threfore not be tested at 5% significance level .
5 The statistics mentioned by the authorities could not be accepted at face value .
6 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 .
7 Longer addressing times are possible because the display need not be refreshed at TV frequencies while it is read on the screen .
8 To conclude our review of criminal statistics , it is clear that official statistics on crime , like most statistics , should not be taken at face value as ‘ facts ’ to be accepted uncritically .
9 She told the Panel that the original allegations could not be taken at face value , and that children should n't be taken into care on the unchecked allegations of other children .
10 ( The ILEA figure can not be taken at face value in its last , incomplete , year .
11 This should not be taken at face value ; our ‘ individuals ’ might better be thought of as neuter , reproducing themselves unaided .
12 This is a criticism that can not be levelled at Dominique Visse , a raucously joyful Frenchman who leads the Ensemble Clément Jannequin .
13 ADRIAN Teer has charted the way ahead for Glenavon and warned that ‘ passengers ’ will not be carried at Mourneview Park .
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