Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] which [is] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | What a pity there is n't something there to cure the sickness of a love which is n't returned . |
| 2 | Because the salvaged slates were of a size which is not readily obtainable today , the other roof-slope was reclad with new Welsh slates of conventional ‘ Countess ’ dimensions ; 500x250mm ( 20 x 10in ) . |
| 3 | Many fear the collapse of a society which is not undergirded by religious principles to which the young are trained to commit themselves . |
| 4 | The user has tried to access the details of a module which is not known to LIFESPAN . |
| 5 | It is a hill climbing process which attempts to find a compact encoding of a language which is not too dissimilar from its training set . |
| 6 | Where warrants or convertible debt are in issue which may require the company to issue shares of a class which is not currently in issue the information set out in paragraph 51 should be given in respect of that class . |
| 7 | The authentic Church is part of a Kingdom which is not on the way out , but on the way in . |
| 8 | It has also raised some practical difficulties in making a transfer of assets from one party to another when a portion of those assets consists of a pension which is not payable for many years to come . |
| 9 | In modern linguistics , we are often told of our remarkable ability to construct meaningful sentences which we have never previously heard ; yet this is surely matched by our ability to absorb the social implications of an array of furnishing consisting of a combination which is not only almost certainly in some degree unique , but some of whose basic elements may also be new to us . |
| 10 | But is it so easy to conceive of a pain which is not hurting you ? |
| 11 | Where someone dies and leaves behind a debt which is not insured , this has a claim on his or her estate . |
| 12 | He was faced with an application for an adjournment , for a reason which is not clear . |
| 13 | Nor is it any use to insist that you can conceive of what it is like for a knee which is not yours to be hurting . |
| 14 | Notices may be entered on the Register of Title to protect a wide variety of interests — for example , an estate contract , a grant of easements over registered land , a lease or agreement for a lease which is not an overriding interest , and many other matters that it is desired shall come to the notice of all persons dealing with the land . |
| 15 | A director owes a fiduciary duty to the company ; there is nothing which a director can do in his or her capacity as a director which is not required to be done in good faith for the benefit of the company . |
| 16 | This is as unsatisfactory as reading about a picture which is not illustrated . |
| 17 | The first point is that educating through a language which is not the parents ' own , does not produce a deviant development . |
| 18 | Educated women seem to be at a particular disadvantage because they are expected , and expect themselves , to accept the loss gracefully and suppress irrational feelings associated with a process which is not unlike mourning . |
| 19 | Thus , a director must account to the company for any commissions he receives on company contracts , because he receives them only by virtue of his position as a director , and he could have been induced to encourage the company to enter into a contract which is not in its best interest . |
| 20 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where any premises have been let as a dwelling under a tenancy which is not a statutorily protected tenancy and — ( a ) the tenancy ( in this section referred to as the former tenancy ) has come to an end , but ( b ) the occupier continues to reside in the premises or part of them , it shall not be lawful for the owner to enforce against the occupier , otherwise than by proceedings in the court , his right to recover possession of the premises . |
| 21 | You have tried to logon to LIFESPAN from a node which is not registered with LIFESPAN . |
| 22 | Faith , my friends , is the prospect that all our relationships can be transformed , it 's openness towards a movement of grace , a path to discover just how little life is of our own making and how much of it comes from a gift which is not our own . |
| 23 | The person who creates a crisis in a relationship which is not going well such that the two part company and he or she is able to establish a more suitable and rewarding partnership may do much better than the person who avoids crises and settles for a far from ideal partner . |
| 24 | Accordingly , to deal with this situation , the Act provides that an ‘ action lies in conversion for loss or destruction of goods which a bailee has allowed to happen in breach of his duty to his bailor ( that is to say it lies in a case which is not otherwise conversion , but would have been detinue before detinue was abolished ) . ’ |
| 25 | If you wish to get married in a church which is not in either parish , you will have to apply to be put on the electoral roll or take up residence in the parish for the period over which the banns will be read . |
| 26 | [ 3 ] The senator made a postprandial oration. and points out that these are variants of the original in a sense which is not true , for example , of " Columbus was brave " or " Columbus was nautical " . |
| 27 | Similar reasoning could be applied where the plaintiff puts himself in a position which is not dangerous in itself but he is aware of circumstances which make it more likely that he will suffer harm . |
| 28 | First , the sending State 's liability arises from acts that may be committed in a country which is not a party to the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 29 | They have taken over and breed in a pride which is not the one in which they were born . |
| 30 | Yet the counsellor has to have the ability to focus on difficult and distressing areas in a way which is not threatening to the counsellee . |