Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [art] [noun sg] [is] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when for any other reason whatever a Consignment can not be delivered or when a Consignment is held by the Carrier ‘ to await order ’ or ‘ to be kept till called for ’ or upon any like instructions and such instructions are not given or the Consignment is not called for and removed , within a reasonable time , then transit shall be deemed to end . |
| 2 | The researcher goes out looking for respondents who conform to the quota requirements , either by knocking on doors or by asking people in the street to participate : it must be stressed that the point is not to interview everyone who happens to live on the street or who happens to pass by , but only those who conform to the quota controls and in the proportions specified . |
| 3 | For no claim can be permitted if the child is not mine . |
| 4 | While climbing Britomartis Instead , it is worth noting that the second sentence of the description to pitch one should be deleted if the climber is not to pass the correct line and attempt a new route somewhere further along the wall . |
| 5 | The statute occasionally provides in so many terms that the information may be used in evidence ; sometimes that it may not be used for certain purposes , inferentially permitting its use for others ; or it may be expressly prescribed that the evidence is not to be admitted ; or again , the statute may be silent . |
| 6 | A Schools Council report ( 1970 ) has emphasized that the problem is not that this sort of pupil leaves school at the earliest opportunity but that as far as school learning goes they ‘ leave ’ at the age of about 12 . |
| 7 | Several local people have also commented that the fence is n't dog-proof . |
| 8 | It is , therefore , proven that a combi-steaner is not only an advantage in the commercial kitchen , but an essential ingredient designed and built to make the chef 's life easier and to realise dramatic savings so that it quickly pays for itself . |
| 9 | As Kipling complained , they hardly noticed it when it was there ; and since its conversion into a Commonwealth of Nations in 1947 , with Indian independence , they have hardly noticed that a Commonwealth is not the same thing . |
| 10 | The Wolfenden Committee , in distinguishing between public and private behaviour , also drew a distinction between ‘ crime ’ and ‘ sin ’ , and concluded that ‘ as a general proposition it will be universally accepted that the law is not concerned with private morals or ethical sanctions ’ , and further , ‘ it is not the duty of the law to concern itself with immorality as such … it should confine itself to those activities which offend against public order and decency and expose the ordinary citizen to what is offensive or injurious ’ . |
| 11 | In the Far East it is said that a girl is not eligible for marriage until she can cook a perfect bowl of rice . |
| 12 | Alternatively , it might be said that since it is unreasonable of a person to respond to such a threat by unlawful violence , it can be said that the conduct is not ‘ likely ’ to have such a result . |
| 13 | So far as the variability in the attainment of learners is concerned , it has to be said that the situation is not unique : strategies of other disciplines of teaching can be successfully adopted . |
| 14 | In many cases the structure may also be capable of being assessed under TA 1988 , s739 although if there is a UK life tenant it may be argued that the income is not in reality paid to a person who is resident or domiciled outside the United Kindom within TA 1988 , s739 . |
| 15 | It is also argued that the problem is not the availability of fuel efficient cars but the lack of incentive to buy them , given low US fuel prices . |
| 16 | On such grounds it has been argued that the novel is not authentic communication , notably by the Marxist critic Walter Benjamin . |
| 17 | There are other fragrance sources and it is argued that the relationship is not mutually obligatory but as all the euglossine genera are involved , it is suggested that the orchids have exploited a pre-existent behaviour pattern in the bees . |
| 18 | In both cases it can be argued that the succession is not to the treaty , but to the territory as defined . |
| 19 | Indeed Mr Mr Williamson has argued that the policy is not more restrictive than national policy , it is clearly not in the county council 's mind that a more restrictive approach is needed . |
| 20 | It is to be seen that the fit is not perfect and improved fits require vertical shifting as well as horizontal . |
| 21 | Butler-Sloss LJ said that the meaning of the words " trade secrets " had developed since Herbert Morris v Saxelby and was now interpreted in the wider context of " highly confidential information of a non-technical or non-scientific nature … " . 1.4 The employee 's skill and knowledge Although the courts are anxious to uphold the employer 's right to have his business secrets protected they have ensured that the employee is not prevented from using , once he has left his employer , the general skill and knowledge which he has acquired during employment even though this may have been acquired at some cost to the employer . |
| 22 | So long as one of the applicant 's motives is to obtain a favourable outcome , leave should be granted provided the claim is not unarguable . |
| 23 | If an order requiring taxation of costs is made and a bill is not lodged for taxation within three months or such further time as the court may allow , the right to costs is forfeited ( r 7.35 ) . |
| 24 | No redundancies are foreseen and a relocation is not currently intended . |
| 25 | Remember too that in times of industrial strife the photograph could be blacked if the photographer is not an NUJ member . |
| 26 | I am told that the authority is not answering the telephone and that is not good enough . |
| 27 | Turning to relationships between the state bureaucracy and other political institutions in communist regimes , it is frequently alleged that the bureaucracy is not subject to effective extra-bureaucratic constraints . |
| 28 | Unfortunately unromantic geologists have now shown that the correlation is not good enough . |
| 29 | Yet we have confidently shown that the ulcer is not caused by hypersecretion of acid or pepsin . |
| 30 | Speech has previously been shown to be particularly distracting , but research from the project has shown that the effect is not confined to speech , non-speech sounds show the effect also . |