Example sentences of "not [adj] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not possible to deal at length with all of these problems in this single chapter . |
| 2 | It is important to remember that it is often not possible to say with certainty whether a speaker has pronounced a syllabic consonant , a non-syllabic consonant or a non-syllabic consonant plus . |
| 3 | As it is not possible to anticipate in advance all the infinitely variable circumstances which may arise in the future , we feel ourselves , albeit reluctantly , forced to agree to a limited extent with that concession . |
| 4 | As it is not possible to anticipate in advance all the infinitely variable circumstances which may arise in the future , we feel ourselves , albeit reluctantly , forced to agree to a limited extent with that concession . |
| 5 | The result would be a black hole : a region of space-time from which it is not possible to escape to infinity . |
| 6 | Is it not possible to focus on form because you want to make your meaning clear , because you want to be more communicatively effective ? |
| 7 | Is it not possible to think in terms of the central area becoming virtually car-free ? |
| 8 | Without endoscopy , it is not possible to differentiate between remission and mildly active disease ( one to four non-bloody stools/day without accompanying systemic illness ) . |
| 9 | Because the reasons against the acceptance of authority vary it is not possible to discover in advance how strong the reasons for acceptance of the authority need be to be sufficient . |
| 10 | It is not possible to indicate with confidence areas of former woodland , although some of the steep wooded bluffs along the river may have been so used , and there are no upland areas of permanent rough pasture . |
| 11 | Without such controls it is not possible to know with certainty whether any changes observed in the product are the results of incompatibility with , or inadequacy of , the package , or are due to the inherent instability of the product . |
| 12 | Phillip 's niece , Priscilla Pescott , said at her home in Victoria : ‘ It 's not right to think of Uncle Phillip as just somebody waiting in the wings for Marje Proops . |
| 13 | But everything hinges on the fitness of the eight FA Cup final ‘ marathon men ’ of Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday , who are not due to report at England 's Bisham Abbey headquarters until later today , plus the Italian-based trio of Paul Gascoigne , David Platt and Des Walker , who arrive after tomorrow 's Serie A matches . |
| 14 | BR management was ‘ incompetent and unimaginative , ’ he said If the chairman , Sir Robert Reid , were not due to retire in April , he should be sacked . |
| 15 | The Lithuanian party , including 100 fans and 20 journalists , are not due to arrive at Dublin airport until 1.30 on Tuesday afternoon . |
| 16 | I was not due to arrive in Paris until very late in the evening , when it would be dark . |
| 17 | FISA , the governing body , went some way towards assuaging Senna 's grief by banning Mansell from Sunday 's race even though the court of appeal is not due to sit until Thursday . |
| 18 | This had become operational in 1978 , although full earnings-related pensions were not due to come into effect until 1998 . |
| 19 | The most recent agreement with the Paris Club expired in April , but talks on a new rescheduling of official debt were not due to start until September . |
| 20 | Although the opening parade was not due to start until noon , crowds thronged into the grounds o f Eglinton Castle from early morning , everyone hoping for a good place in the arena . |
| 21 | It is an empirical matter to determine whether or not this happens in practice . |
| 22 | Does not this call into question a view of lawyers as controllers of the masses ? |
| 23 | The rest of the time , they were not disposed to look at Peter as a human being , but only as a rector , a creature of whom standards of motive and conduct were expected that they did not expect of themselves . |
| 24 | It can also increase your bargaining powers if the other side knows you are not afraid to go to court . |
| 25 | It means that the leader is not afraid to wait on God , and is not afraid to encourage the whole congregation to wait with him . |
| 26 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 27 | Frigido , not afraid to cooperate with Time , exists , more than any other freezer , in the fourth dimension . |
| 28 | And er the subject matter of the , the lecture is ‘ Searching the heart of humanity , to find the common bond ’ , which is of course , it 's , it 's just like my film ‘ Eternity ’ , it 's a huge , you know , it creates a huge expectation , but I 'm not afraid to step in front of people now and , and er you know , present myself and say ‘ well let's ask the big question , let's , let's go for it , so er so it should be quite a lot of fun tomorrow . |
| 29 | She was not afraid to speak to Rachaela . |
| 30 | Low capitalisation tended to be a factor in stifling competition , as firms were not willing to compete on price terms if they did not have the capital backing . |