Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Counsel has advised the SIB that the full report can not be published at present . |
| 32 | But a mask is what it was , and he had hated the mask ; and unlike Falkenna , Sinisalo , Hollower , it could not be used at whim . |
| 33 | The postural muscles , on the other hand , can not be used at will . |
| 34 | There seems no good reason why herbs should not be used at home to cure many minor ills , in the same way that aspirin are useful for headaches , toothache , etc. , and the day may not be far away when a book of standard prescriptions using herbs is universally available . |
| 35 | Incidentally , bitches may not be bred from more than once a year and strictly not when under the age of two years old and dogs of two years and under may not be used at stud . |
| 36 | Mr Wallis said there was ‘ no way we want to see miners out of jobs ’ but PowerGen 's own survival would not be put at risk by limiting its range of suppliers . |
| 37 | I am advised that local authorities seeking simply to provide the public with access to a comprehensive range of artistic and literary materials will not be put at risk by this provision . |
| 38 | It also means that other executives calculating the odds will most likely decide that their jobs , their friendship network , and their club affiliations will not be put at risk . |
| 39 | As any good control theorist ( Box 1981a ; Hirschi 1969 ; Johnson 1979 ) knows , even if people have a high stake in conformity , this will not act as a brake on their criminal behaviour if they perceive — quite rightly in the case of executives contemplating corporate crime — that this stake will not be put at risk by undertaking such a shady but profitable enterprise . |
| 40 | As the RSFSR can not be put at risk by being surrounded by non-obedient or independent and sovereign republics in Ukraine , Belorussia , Lithuania , Armenia , etc. , so the security of the USSR as a national state can not be put at risk by non-obedient and sovereign countries in east central Europe ( and possibly elsewhere ) . |
| 41 | As the RSFSR can not be put at risk by being surrounded by non-obedient or independent and sovereign republics in Ukraine , Belorussia , Lithuania , Armenia , etc. , so the security of the USSR as a national state can not be put at risk by non-obedient and sovereign countries in east central Europe ( and possibly elsewhere ) . |
| 42 | An extrajudicial offer , even if backed up with assertions that it will not be improved upon , does not carry the same penalty in expenses and the pursuer and his advisers , confident of success , will not be put at risk on expenses by such an offer . |
| 43 | Mrs. McKenzie , whose mother was also a member of Grayshott Good Companions , will be very sorry to leave the Thursday afternoon friends she has known for so long — but she will not be sitting at home alone as she is going to Grayshott 's weekly day centre . |
| 44 | Were it to do so , literally hundreds of thousands of people would tonight not be sitting at home frightened about whether they might be dragged into the courts and on to prison . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | ( The ILEA figure can not be taken at face value in its last , incomplete , year . |
| 48 | This should not be taken at face value ; our ‘ individuals ’ might better be thought of as neuter , reproducing themselves unaided . |
| 49 | He had made his best friend aboard promise that he would not be buried at sea — something he had a great fear of — but on land . |
| 50 | The accusation of affordability can not be levelled at Sutton Junior Tennis Centre . |
| 51 | That charge certainly can not be levelled at Arsenal . |
| 52 | This is a criticism that can not be levelled at Dominique Visse , a raucously joyful Frenchman who leads the Ensemble Clément Jannequin . |
| 53 | This accusation can not be levelled at Phoenix 2000 , a British floating pellet manufactured by Notts-based Gold Line Feeds and distributed by Remanoid . |
| 54 | One player who will definitely not be playing at Wembley is United 's England Under-21 international , Mark Robins , who yesterday went into hospital for a cartilage operation . |
| 55 | If these are the premises and prejudices of Soviet leaders , much as faults in the system will be criticised , the system itself will not be held at fault . |
| 56 | Yeah , erm it certainly would n't do any harm , erm I 'd rather not be rung at work if that 's alright |
| 57 | ADRIAN Teer has charted the way ahead for Glenavon and warned that ‘ passengers ’ will not be carried at Mourneview Park . |
| 58 | Mandy wo n't be living at home now . |
| 59 | Rumours that Madonna is keen to audition in a peek-a-boo pantomime cow outfit could n't be confirmed at time of going to press . |
| 60 | But despite the happy memories I 'm glad we wo n't be racing at Spa this year , the circuit is too dangerous . ’ |