Example sentences of "not [be] [vb pp] at [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Then a wave formed , the like of which had not been seen at Pipeline that winter .
2 The course has not been costed at present but this information will be made available as soon as possible .
3 I hope that it is not because the hon. Gentleman has not been called at business questions .
4 State on your tax return income from which tax has not been deducted at source and will therefore be assessed for tax by the Inland Revenue if it forms part of a more substantial income :
5 The Sectional Councils may reach agreements on matters affecting the region , and also , through a system of subcommittees , review a large volume of individual claims that have not been resolved at LDC level .
6 Only market failure can justify vertical integration , for example where F is one of a limited number of sources of a critical supply , or where the supplier-customer relationship requires trust and secrecy which can not be secured at arm 's length .
7 Marriages can not be ended at will or whim .
8 Focusing on effectiveness and outcomes as a basis for decisions on rationing is a desirable aim that can not be achieved at present when so much of health care is unevaluated .
9 Voice of Israel radio said that Israel wanted US Defence Secretary Richard Cheney to submit a written commitment to Congress that the aircraft would not be placed at air bases close to Israel and would not , under any circumstances , attack Israel .
10 The Basque provinces , though they could not be taxed at will , were persuaded by Philip and his successors to provide the monarchy with considerable sums in the form of free gifts ( servicios ) .
11 Access to such sites is often obscure , possibly only by a footpath which may not be noticed at ground level .
12 Chapters Four to Seven , which present the research findings , examine : whether the project made any difference to those who received it , compared with those who did not , in terms of institutionalisation , mental or emotional well-being , self-care capacity or receipt of other community services ( Chapter Four ) ; the effects of the project upon the principal informal carers of the dementia sufferers ( Chapter Five ) ; the major costs of community care for those receiving or not receiving support from the project ( Chapter Six ) ; and the limits to care , that is , the characteristics or circumstances of those who could not be supported at home for long even with the Home Support Project ( Chapter Seven ) .
13 The true prevalence of the visual finding of endometriosis can not be determined at present because such studies require random operative intervention and are therefore unethical .
14 This is normally set at the purchase price or the upper limit of the price if this can not be determined at completion .
15 A.3.1 The Vendor can only warrant facts as at exchange : they should not be repeated at Completion .
16 The truth of this belief can not be tested at present .
17 Assessment can not be made at birth because antibodies to HIV from the mother cross the placenta , and though these would be detected in an HIV antibody test , it would not show whether the baby itself was infected .
18 This is because kinship links are strongly morally and socially charged , while those between worker and employer are impersonal , because kinship implies reciprocal rights and duties while the capitalist has all the rights and the worker all the duties , because kinship links can not be broken at will while those of the labour market can , and because , as Marx and Engels wrongly believed , kinship links are egalitarian and non-exploitative ; that is , they do not involve one group of people living on the back of another .
19 Thessy and I would have a chance to strengthen the rigging during our two-week trial period with the twins , but some jobs simply could not be done at sea .
20 The statistics mentioned by the authorities could not be accepted at face value .
21 The stated goals of actors or groups can not be accepted at face value since such statements may be the simple camouflage of more sinister or at least less acceptable policy goals .
22 Longer addressing times are possible because the display need not be refreshed at TV frequencies while it is read on the screen .
23 Gratuitous promises can not be enforced at law .
24 And the value-for-money aspect can not be overlooked at present .
25 Counsel has advised the SIB that the full report can not be published at present .
26 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 .
27 The postural muscles , on the other hand , can not be used at will .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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