Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] [to-vb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | It was not possible to put together a written record of the work we did not displays at the July ‘ 81 Q.T. Day , as some sections ’ notes ( 1st & 2nd Ball groups , 2nd Club group ) were never received . |
2 | It is not possible to demonstrate adequately a specific hypothesis but one fact is certain : Wilfrid so earned the enmity of Ecgfrith that despite an appeal to Rome which endorsed the justice of his case , he remained in exile and was still an outcast from his church when Ecgfrith fell in battle against the Picts on 20 May 685 . |
3 | Although it is not possible to rehearse here the many deficiencies of the antiracist brand of class reductionism , some of the difficulties are signalled by my description of instrumentalism and the patronizing ‘ cultural dope ’ stereotype of the white working-class racist . |
4 | It is not possible to measure accurately the cost of meeting health care needs , the magnitude of health care needs , or their proxies , and then proxies of proxies , down the line . |
5 | It is not possible to review comprehensively the research into the micro-foundations here , and the reader is directed to Rotemberg ( 1987 ) for an interesting survey . |
6 | In an introductory discussion of the kind undertaken in this chapter it is simply not possible to discuss comprehensively the various forms , spheres and agencies of racism that operate in British society , for example , those deriving from the state 's implementation of increasingly tighter immigration controls as well as nationality legislation , or We activities of some sections of the police ( Dummett , 1982 ; Gordon and Klug , 1985 ; Benyon , 1986 ) . |
7 | As Pahl ( 1988 ) points out , it is not possible to accept uncritically the idea that an underclass has emerged in British society . |
8 | Although it is not possible to list here the groups , individuals and parishes who have helped us so far , I wish all to know that not only is their contribution needed but also greatly appreciated . |
9 | The general conclusions that can be drawn from these and other studies are , first , that it is not possible to separate fully the effects of education on earnings from those of other factors , particularly those of such abstract personal qualities as motivation , perseverance , ability to make decisions , etc . |
10 | Similar behaviour was also obtained with fully interactive ozone , but because of the radiative coupling of the ozone field to the dynamical evolution it was not possible to identify unambiguously the contributions of heterogeneous and homogeneous chemistry . |
11 | When a sea or large lake is polluted , then , it often is not possible to identify precisely the main sources of the pollution , or to predict the effects of any particular preventive measure . |
12 | Similarly , only one transition action may be specified and it is not possible to have both a task and transition associated with the same state . |
13 | These ideas are usually framed in terms of ‘ models ’ because it is not possible to solve exactly the complex quantum mechanical equations that determine the way in which neutrons and protons are bound together in a nucleus . |
14 | Most surprising of all , it has demonstrated that the scientific method , as it is presently formulated , is not adequate to explain even the physical universe , let alone human beings and their psyches . |
15 | It would be better not to have an environmental audit if your management is not prepared to adopt even the less radical recommendations . |
16 | It is not easy to explain away the perverse comparative static finding for k . |
17 | Since Marxists have been more concerned to analyse the workings of capitalist societies than to draw up blueprints of collective organization after the state has withered away ( an exercise which in any case Marx regarded as Utopian and unscientific ) , it is not easy to piece together a communist theory of administration , in the sense of a model for society after the stage of socialism , during which the dictatorship of the proletariat systematically removed the material foundation of state repression . |
18 | Those who have absorbed this cultural tradition by long association with the extreme right , are not likely to discard easily the assumptions of their political ideology . |
19 | The newcomers were not able to brush aside the native Carib population with quite the contemptuous ease with which the Spaniards had conquered the mainland ; attempts to settle in earlier years had been resisted successfully and in some islands the English settlers had to remain at least as careful about the risk of native attack as any community in North America . |
20 | The finished designs , although offering partial projection were not sufficient to take away the focus of attention from the participants themselves , for they were now all in ‘ dramatic time ’ . |
21 | In general it is not sufficient to inspect only the results of tests . |
22 | Separation must be complete ; it is not sufficient to consider only the walls and floors directly dividing the occupancies , but the same provision will relate to any openings , doors , hatches , conveyor routes , etc. , ( where suitable cut-off shutters operating on fuseable links might be considered ) . |
23 | While you are not entitled to recover twice the same amount of loss , it is conceivable that you might be eligible for full compensation in respect of both claims . |
24 | As we have seen , it is n't easy to throw together a flying machine . |
25 | There was a necessity to get the whole idea across it was n't sufficient to show just the final product . |