Example sentences of "found [not/n't] to be " in BNC.

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1 But none of these volunteers has yet come from those screened out — only 27 have volunteered out of the 4,000 who have gone through the process and been found not to be refugees , ’ he told the Sunday Express .
2 After a long-winded description of the historical background to the war , and survey of the situation in the east — hinting that the war would continue to drag on over the coming winter — Hitler , in the part of the speech which attracted most attention , demanded full powers to act immediately and ruthlessly ‘ independent of person and status ’ where anyone was found not to be fulfilling his duties to the ‘ people 's community ’ and failing in the war effort and promised an ‘ inexorable challenge to every form of corruption and omission of duty ’ .
3 Prosecutions for water pollution more than doubled between 1981 and 1988 , while an additional 40 beaches were found not to be complying with EC standards in 1990 — making a total of 20% of all British beaches .
4 If it is found not to be true , the member may claim qualified privilege if he acted without malice .
5 The barn owl is often considered to produce no modifications to its prey , but this has found not to be the case .
6 In the one case where small mammals were present , they were found not to be greatly modified .
7 The ingredients of some pesticides have been found not to be injurious to fish , but when an otter consumes a large amount of fish which have absorbed those chemicals , then the otter can become affected and may die or become sterile .
8 In some ways , the coaching world is like a jigsaw , in as much that when a piece of the puzzle which one felt was the perfect fit is found not to be in the right place after all , then it goes somewhere else and another piece has to be found to fill the gap .
9 A statement of law based upon facts which either were not found to exist in the case or were found not to be material to the decision .
10 Moreover , these variations were found not to be fully explained by differences in either the kind of offences with which each court had to deal , or the offenders coming before them .
11 I think it only right to comment that the fact that it is , in a case such as the present , open to a taxpayer to stipulate , if he wishes , that the money shall be repaid if it is found not to be due in pending proceedings , provides another practical reason why a case such as the present is likely to occur only in very rare circumstances indeed .
12 The intoximeter was found not to be working properly and the custody officer notified the defendant that , pursuant to section 7(3) ( b ) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 , an alternative specimen of either blood or urine , at the choice of the officer , would be required .
13 In 1987 there were 236,000 enquiries in England and Wales from people claiming to be homeless ; 62,000 were found not to be homeless within the definition used in the legislation and 57,000 were found not to be in priority need and were given advice and assistance only .
14 In 1987 there were 236,000 enquiries in England and Wales from people claiming to be homeless ; 62,000 were found not to be homeless within the definition used in the legislation and 57,000 were found not to be in priority need and were given advice and assistance only .
15 Where the petitioner is found not to be entitled to have presented a petition or wished to withdraw his petition or allow it to be dismissed or fails to attend on the hearing , the court may substitute as petitioner any creditor who has given notice of intention to appear , wishes to prosecute the petition and is a creditor who would at the date of presentation of the petition have been in a position himself to present a petition against the debtor ( ie is presently owed more than £750 ) ( r 6.30 ) .
16 there was no duty of care owed by the owners of an oil rig to a rescuer who was found not to be a man of ordinary fortitude and phlegm and who suffered psychiatric injuries from experiences during a rescue operation when an oil rig went on fire .
17 I can write to the hon. Gentleman with the figures , but the majority of arrivals from Vietnam who are screened are found not to be refugees .
18 The British Government has agreed that Vietnamese who are found not to be refugees should be returned to Vietnam .
19 The clinical relevance of the risk factors identified by exploratory statistical testing in the present study should be confirmed in future , prospective studies of appropriate size but factors which were found not to be associated with slow healing can be presumed to be clinically unimportant .
20 If a certificate is found not to be conclusive or final when the contract or terms of reference say it should be , that finding will provide good grounds for challenge .
21 He said , referring to the contents of a mortgage deed : " If their purpose and nature is found not to be ancillary to the lending of money upon security , as , for example , to make the lending more profitable or safer , but some quite independent purpose , they may and should be independently scrutinised " ( ie subject to the restraint of trade doctrine ) .
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