Example sentences of "we be [not/n't] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With regret , therefore , I have to inform you that we are not in a position to offer you employment in any research division of the company . |
| 2 | It is not hard to see why , since we are not in a position to evaluate the merits of different population distributions in any meaningful way . |
| 3 | We are not in a position to identify potential benefits and pitfalls , but it does seem as if CCW is alive to the way in which all the schemes should integrate effectively . |
| 4 | At this stage , we are not in a position to say anything about them . |
| 5 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , we are not in a position to predict what oil prices or , through oil prices , petrol prices will be over the next few years . |
| 6 | ‘ Sinn Fein is not the IRA and is not involved in any violence , a position which even the British Government now accepts , so we are not in a position to call on the IRA to end its campaign . |
| 7 | That may change and as we move out of the recession hopefully , er the er erm position will improve , but it does mean that for next year we are not in a position to er achieve the level of income that the , the current year 's budget er required us to and which er on a normal knock-on basis as this element of the budget moves on from year to year , we would n't er have very much hope I would er put to you of actually meeting the level of income that would allow us to operate er a standstill budget in , in this area . |
| 8 | Speaking at the league 's annual meeting in Walsall , McKeag added : ‘ There was very little detail involved and we are not in a position to investigate in detail a club 's financial situation nor would we be able to impose any sanctions against a club which was not in breach of regulations . |
| 9 | When we respond to initial requests , we are not making promises and we are not in a position to give hints . |
| 10 | This time lag , however , dies not always occur , as I show in the same study , and we are not in a situation to make the kind of general assumption made by Morgan and Engels . |
| 11 | ‘ We 're not at a checkpoint at the moment , ’ says Spill , ‘ but the P5 will be there before we reach the next one … and many people are waiting for the P5 before deciding whether to go to the R4000 . |
| 12 | We 're not on a page . |
| 13 | We 're not into a set thing like Sly And The Family Stone or James Brown . |
| 14 | The promise was probably vague , we 'll see it , we may use our good offices to the United Nations to some sort of embargoes or , that 's all ca they 're likely to be promised because we 're not in a position to promise anything . |
| 15 | I think that may be something we have to look at if er if we 're not in a position to recruit another complaints examiner . |
| 16 | He said , we 're not in a rush . |
| 17 | But again we 're not in a growth area . |
| 18 | ‘ And we 're not in an institution yet . ’ |
| 19 | We were not at a party , he did not go in for brunettes , and I was very much his junior . |
| 20 | What they were told was that erm a number of , a a short , short list would be made up , erm , with the possibility of them having a second interview , and they would be told one way or another whether or not they were getting a second interview , because we were n't in a position to say whether we were or were not appointing . |