Example sentences of "not [adj] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if the rumour about Kevin Shields presenting Mould with the very pedal ( ab ) used on ‘ Is n't Anything ’ is true , it 's not bloody wonder Sugar are slamming at the moment . |
| 2 | One was not sorry to bid farewell to Portugal and its rhythm of misery and fiesta , the docks , the Agent 's clueless stare . |
| 3 | It is not possible to reconcile love and possessions . |
| 4 | But in many real-life situations it is not possible to collect information about every case — or the whole ‘ population ’ , as we call it . |
| 5 | It is not possible to control cost in isolation because of the interdependence of quality , cost and time . |
| 6 | In extreme circumstances if it is not possible to take leave before leaving due to work demands then it may be possible for the employee to be paid . |
| 7 | It was not possible to confirm brain stem death in this patient because of potentially reversible metabolic disturbances . |
| 8 | At the time of printing it is not possible to confirm Clive Owen and Leslie Phillips will be present . |
| 9 | So it is not possible to test Goody 's hypothesis since one can not find an isolated society on which to test the cognitive and other consequences of ‘ purely ’ oral communication . |
| 10 | For a variety of reasons it was not possible to hold interviews with members of the music and drama departments , or with any representative of the senior management . |
| 11 | Currently it is not possible to give 100% reassurance that an at risk individual has not inherited the faulty APC gene , unless they are shown not to have the family mutation . |
| 12 | Strictly speaking it is not possible to compare contents , address by address , because addresses do n't correspond to each other across species barriers . |
| 13 | Although it is not possible to arrange times , dates and venues that are convenient to all people at all times , the various groups aim to do their best . |
| 14 | It will be argued that basically these sentences are semantically deviant ; however , it must also be recognised that it is not possible to disentangle semantics from grammar completely . |
| 15 | Our pond is surrounded by crazy paving and slabs and so it 's not possible to put canes around from which cotton can be stretched across the pond . |
| 16 | Readers wishing to make a similar tray should note that it is not possible to assign values arbitrarily to the sides of the rectangle and ‘ rise ’ of both flaps and expect the resulting outline to be a smooth one . |
| 17 | He had also declared that it was not possible to judge Albania by the example of other countries and that " centralized government and tight disciple " [ i.e. one-party rule ] had been essential to Albania 's development . |
| 18 | Year groups are reasonably distinct up to that time ( fig.5 ) , but it is not possible to age adult dogwhelks . |
| 19 | We might argue for a logical ordering between Levels 1 and 2 on the grounds that it is not possible to measure differences between people if you do not realise that they vary . |
| 20 | Recent work has confined that it is not possible to measure intensity of subjective sensation in a way that is distinct from and independent of measurement of the physical stimulus from which it is derived ; that Fechner 's logarithmic transform exists only as a mathematical construction to link reports of sensations with measurements of stimuli ; and an experimental subject 's conformity to Stevens ' power law depends on his getting the experiment ‘ right ’ . |
| 21 | For example , it is not possible to determine the enthalpy of formation of ethanol in the laboratory because it is not possible to synthesise ethanol form carbon , hydrogen and oxygen . |
| 22 | The tin-dipped stamped iron coffin furniture had one drawback : it was not possible to cut lettering into the depositum plates . |
| 23 | The need for this editing by copying , which requires the use of a second video machine , of course , is brought about because it is not possible to edit video tapes by physically cutting and rejoining them as you would a cine film or sound tape . |
| 24 | One of the most common practical problems at the time of someone 's death is that there are lots of extra expenses involved and yet it is not possible to get hold of cash or obtain access to funds because financial accounts have to be reorganized following the death of the person concerned . |
| 25 | The Vice Chairman went on to explain that due to the Society only being able to have a licence rather than a lease on the premises , it was not possible to get grant aid . |
| 26 | The question arises as to whether this is the result of their having fallen into apathy out of fear of repression and a belief that it is not possible to make progress ; or whether it is precisely because they have been making progress through existing channels that the militant challenge has withered . |
| 27 | Perhaps it is not possible to produce Peter Shaffer 's 1964 play about the conquest of Peru in a way that is informed by our subsequently increased awareness of how such representation works . |
| 28 | Yet as each level involves all those beneath it , we must bear in mind , as we move down through them , that it is not possible to keep levels neatly separate . |
| 29 | Health statistics tend to relate to large psychiatric hospitals which include younger patients and often it is not possible to distinguish costs for acute or assessment beds or for outpatient or day hospital attendances . |
| 30 | West Belfast should be treated as a special case and a uniform grant at the Premium 3 level given for all trainees ; alternative solutions must be found where it is simply not possible to find employers to take second year trainees ; cover should be given to management committees to protect them from personal liability in the event of insolvency . |