Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jones ( 1931 ) implies that it can , but experimental work ( e.g. O'Connor and Tooley ( 1964 ) ) suggests that in many cases it is not perceptible unless a speaker is deliberately trying to avoid ambiguity . |
| 2 | Eddington thought it was simply not possible that a star could collapse to a point . |
| 3 | Denote this intervention by X. In the case of agriculture , biology , medicine and even psychology , formal laboratory or field experiments can usually be done ; in the social sciences this is generally not possible but a good survey can often be thought of in quasi-experimental terms . |
| 4 | Some of those held on remand will be found not guilty and a significant proportion do not receive custodial sentences when their case is finally heard — points not lost on the government , which is investing in additional bail hostels , special bail information schemes run by the probation service and , more controversially , pilot schemes malting use of electronic ‘ tagging ’ equipment ; these are all ways , it is hoped , to reduce what many see as an unnecessary and wasteful use of prison resources . |
| 5 | First , it is not clear that a ‘ rational ’ capitalist would necessarily wish to subordinate and cheapen the mass of labour to the greatest possible extent . |
| 6 | It is not clear whether a member of the United Nations , a third party to a conflicting treaty , can demand performance of the Charter by bringing a claim against the conclusion or performance of the conflicting treaty . |
| 7 | If , therefore , it is not clear whether a restriction applies to any transfer or only to a transfer to , say , a non-member , or to any type of disposition or only to a sale the narrower construction will be adopted . |
| 8 | Despite strong popular support for a continued US presence , it was not clear whether a new treaty would command the 16 votes ( two-thirds majority ) required in the 24-member Senate . |
| 9 | To put the matter simply , it is not clear whether a firm that acts in compliance with the rules of its SRO may nonetheless find itself liable for breach of fiduciary obligation . |
| 10 | Where it is not clear whether a particular rulemaking power authorises the making of rules which modify fiduciary duties , there are four possible outcomes . |
| 11 | Erm it 's a difficult balance , change is very rarely popular and quite often it 's only ever talked about but sometimes it happens and even then it 's not popular but a balanced and open mind is required to approach change but perhaps more important , and this is n't always mentioned , suggestions about change tend to come from rather specific areas and there are rather specific interest groups which may start the process of change |
| 12 | Then S is not empty since a ε S. By the obvious extension of principle W from |
| 13 | If you prefer very light footwear , fabric boots might serve you well ; but remember that they are not waterproof unless a waterproof membrane is used in their construction . |
| 14 | So , the economic , philosophical and biological criticism of Marxism all point in the same direction : that though ‘ muddled Mr Owen ’ was , of course , wrong in supposing that sweet reasonableness and an appeal to the best in human nature would , following the organisation into general unions of workers in productive industry , enable them to take control of it ; and further , by thus reconstituting society as an industrial democracy , remove its evils and usher in an era of plenty and universal happiness , he was not wrong because a clear-sighted Mr Marx 's alternative was right . |
| 15 | For if the general shape , the location , and the motion of objects can be computed in a low-level , autonomous fashion , then it is not impossible that a kingfisher may possess comparable perceptual mechanisms capable of computing the depth of a fish in water . |
| 16 | that drinking too much is not clever or a sign of being grown-up |
| 17 | The court at first instance can always distinguish except in very similar cases , and appeal is not easy unless a judgment is so unreasonable as to be perverse . |
| 18 | A person who erects or installs such plant must ensure that the installation is not unsafe or a risk to health . |
| 19 | The ‘ development risks ’ defence is available where the defendant shows ‘ that the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control . ’ |
| 20 | ( c ) Where the defendant can show that : " the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control " ( s. 4(1) ( e ) ) . |
| 21 | Section 4(1) ( e ) states as follows : ( e ) that the state of scientific and technical knowledge at the relevant time was not such that a producer of products of the same description as the product in question might be expected to have discovered the defect if it had existed in his products while they were under his control … |
| 22 | Organisations are reassessing their priorities , says Price Waterhouse consultant Nick Cherrie , and , if they are not convinced that a project can offer a quantifiable and speedy payback , they are likely to shelve it . |
| 23 | But though diesels made sense on paper , some staff were not convinced and a few even changed jobs to escape employers who imposed diesel cars on them . |
| 24 | Your learned friend very fairly set the sort of orders one would expect in the case of this sort , erm , can I only add one thing which erm there is still a , failing erm his right there should have been an adjournment this morning that the question of a structured settlement could be investigated , all these people who have indeed , it must be from the plaintiff 's point of view as well , desirable that those investigations be erm carried out , with the greatest , greatest speed possible , obviously it takes time to er instruct the and so on and erm , it seemed er to me that it would be appropriate to include some of the I happen to discuss with my friend , erm providing for the matter to be brought back not later than a certain time |
| 25 | It was not likely that a man who had come to Germany only a few weeks before would be given carte blanche to say what he liked . |
| 26 | It is not satisfactory where a significant separate item of loss is incurred at a particular time . |
| 27 | Disputes between natural and adoptive parents are not unusual and a fair proportion of arrangements break down . |
| 28 | This is not unusual where a method such as jumping from a building has been employed . |
| 29 | It does express some of the deeper discontents and anxieties of the contemporary working class , particularly a real sense of loss , which is not nostalgic but a genuine understanding of the cost of ‘ progress ’ in terms of any sense of community or collective responsibility . |
| 30 | Homogeneous ‘ simple labour ’ is not inexorably established as the norm for wage-labour in capitalist economies , and by the same token it is not inevitable that a uniform structure of division of labour within enterprises will progressively undermine any ties of social identification other than those of ‘ class ’ . |