Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [adj] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has not been possible to assess the state of their health , but fishermen have advised marine biologists that the area contains very little food . |
| 2 | Proceedings in a Dutch court were begun by a document transmitted under the Hague Convention to a local court in Germany which certified under Article 6 that it had not been possible to serve the document . |
| 3 | Until quite recently it has not been possible to track the land use implications of such economic and social changes in any detail . |
| 4 | In a circular yesterday , the company said it had not been possible to arrange a refinancing on conventional terms . |
| 5 | Until recently , it has not been possible to use the Census to follow a particular group of people through their lives ( but see Fox and Goldblatt above ) , but it is perfectly feasible to study the changing population structure of , say , a particular district . |
| 6 | Given the very recent appointment of a Head of Scientific & Technical Services , it has not been possible to formulate the likely requirements for laboratory computing for 1993/94 , but discussions during 1993 will enable us to plan this work from 1994/95 onwards . |
| 7 | It has not been possible to pass the disease on to animals or to human volunteers by inoculation of the organism . |
| 8 | One of the authors , John Perry , director of the Institute of Housing , said yesterday that it had not been possible to calculate a Scottish figure because of differences in the financial systems . |
| 9 | It has not been possible to determine the non-submission rate for Scottish geology , but discussions with senior staff suggest that the rate is not as high as in other disciplines . |
| 10 | It has not been possible to produce a diagram modelling our use of information services — it would have required at least four dimensions to deal with the different aspects . |
| 11 | It was cut out of conference papers and replaced with a notice slipped into the file saying : ‘ The proposed paper on the Aids monitor has unfortunately had to be withdrawn , since it has not been possible to synchronise the publication with the Health Education Authority 's own report on the 1988 data , expected in the near future . ’ |
| 12 | By and large the original exhibition at Edinburgh has been well adapted to the diverse spaces at Kenwood , even if it has not been possible to make the large plaster reconstruction model , lent by the Museo della Civiltà Romana , Rome , still the focal centre of the show . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , it has not been possible to find a fool-proof numbering system applicable to all molecules , but two simple rules are well-established . |
| 14 | Simon Pepper of the WWF said : ‘ We have had to recognise that having spent a considerable time on this project and having devoted considerable resources by our organisations , it has not been possible to secure the overall package which we considered necessary for going ahead . |
| 15 | The new chairman , Dr David Swallow , says that it has not been possible to ascertain the impact of these adjustments on the interim results for the six months ended 30 June 1991 , and the directors consider it would not be practical to restate those results . |
| 16 | There are many laboratory techniques for measuring time in speech , and measurement of the time intervals between stressed syllables in connected English speech has not shown the expected regularity ; moreover , using the same measuring techniques on different languages , it has not been possible to show a real difference between ‘ stress-timed ’ and ‘ syllable-timed ’ languages . |
| 17 | It has not been possible to present a report to this month 's Finance Committee due to the timing of the recovery action and the Committee date . |
| 18 | At the time when the payments were made , it had not been possible to identify the amounts in dispute . |
| 19 | At the time when the payments were made , it had not been possible to identify the amounts in dispute . |
| 20 | It had not been pleasant to leave the Mallorys under a cloud . |
| 21 | Perhaps Piers had been no more than a struggling architect when they had first met , and she had not been content to lead a life of poverty . |
| 22 | He told her it had not been easy to get a word in . |
| 23 | It has not been easy to establish the numbers of appointments — and hence fees paid out — for which clients engaged search consultants . |
| 24 | Experience has taught us that it has not been necessary to invoke the similar or parallel provisions made for those industries . |
| 25 | Although the woods look impressively exotic and expensive , it has not been necessary to pilfer the last few acres of an equatorial hardwood rainforest in order to achieve the attractive grain patterns on these basses , hence the ( ultimately ) rather reasonable prices . |
| 26 | In the first annual report of the medical superintendent it was reported that it had not been necessary to use the padded cell on any occasion , despite the fact that many patients had been admitted handcuffed , leg iron locked or bound with cords and chains . |
| 27 | Gertrude Jekyll had not been available to design the garden at The Tamarisks when Lutyens had been drawing up plans for the house , but she was shown these plans and her advice was sought . |
| 28 | The landowner and organiser Alistair Macleod has not been available to discuss the complaints . |
| 29 | However , the identity of the union remains closely tied to its agricultural as opposed to its ‘ allied ’ membership , and all the efforts of its organizers have not been able to arrest the gradual decline in membership that has accompanied the drift from the land . |
| 30 | Now , those of you who have not been able to watch a television set may not be aware of the really remarkable performances that we have seen here at Royal St. George 's on this beautiful English summer 's day . |