Example sentences of "not [adj] give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it is not possible to give a confident answer to the question whether the delay was unreasonable . |
| 2 | How far unions are binding , how far they are exclusive , how long they last , whether they bind men and women equally , whether sexual unions are public or merely private matters , whether the recognition of unions is inevitably linked with the legitimation of children — all these questions and many more are so variable that many anthropologists would argue that is not possible to give a valid universal definition of marriage [ Leach , 1961 ] . |
| 3 | They depend on many factors , and it is not possible to give a full account of them here ; you will find details in Refs [ 17 ] and [ 18 ] . |
| 4 | It is not possible to give a fair criticism of their case here . |
| 5 | ‘ It is not easy to give a two goal leaf away to First Division and then show the character to come back and win the game . |
| 6 | ‘ It is not easy to give a two-goal lead away to a First Division side and then show the character to come back and win the game . |
| 7 | It is not fair to give a political explanation for the Hungarian data . |
| 8 | It is not necessary to give a final opinion as to that . |
| 9 | The brief glimpse the signalman gained of the stranger was not sufficient to give a good description except that he was male and he appeared to be carrying a bag . |
| 10 | It can not be pretended that either scholar 's career is entirely typical of its period-Hocazade 's career is unusually chaotic even for the later fifteenth century , Civizade 's in many respects unusually " regular " even for the later sixteenth century-but the degree to which they are atypic is not sufficient to give a misleading impression . |