Example sentences of "not be [det] [conj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The Tories had been in power for twelve years already , and a general election could not be more than a year away .
2 During the menopause a drop in hormone levels may account for a temporary loss of sexual desire in women , but this need not be more than a passing loss .
3 Secondly , though such a society may exhibit the tension , already described , between those who accept the rules and those who reject the rules except where fear of social pressure induces them to conform , it is plain that the latter can not be more than a minority , if so loosely organized a society of persons , approximately equal in physical strength , is to endure : for otherwise those who reject the rules would have too little social pressure to fear …
4 But he thought it could not be more than a couple of days .
5 who thereupon took the road to heterodoxy in his disappointment : this can not be more than a fragment of the story .
6 Our data suggest that the biologically active amidated peptides that are potential mediators of these actions can not be more than a small proportion of the total progastrin produced .
7 In Kaiser ( An Infant ) v Carlswood Glassworks Ltd ( 1965 ) 109 SJ 537 it was said that reports should not be more than a year old , but six months is probably safer .
8 When a sizeable body from space strikes a planet 's surface the impact speed will not be less than a few km/s .
9 This royalty shall not be less than the royalty on sales of the unadapted Video
10 This royalty shall not be less than the royalty on sales of the unadapted Video
11 The registered capital of the Kft may not be less than the whole issued capital of the company under conversion and simultaneously with the registration of the new Kft all shares must be cancelled .
12 Some or all of the authorized shares will be issued to shareholders ( and are called issued shares or called-up shares ) , with an issue price which can exceed the par value but can not be less than the par value .
13 Lastly , the value of the call option can not be less than the difference between the share price and the exercise price : .
14 Lastly , the value can not be less than the difference between the exercise price and the share price :
15 The price at which a participant may acquire ordinary shares in the Company ( ‘ shares ’ ) on the exercise of an option shall be determined by the Directors but shall not be less than the middle market quotation of a share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the last dealing day before eligible employees are invited to apply for options ( or , if higher , the nominal value of a share ) , or , if certain specified conditions are satisfied , 85% of such figure ( ‘ Discounted Options ’ ) .
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