Example sentences of "be not [vb pp] or [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too often too many of those responsible for credit control are not trained or organised for what they are doing . |
| 2 | Dumper trucks will normally not be classified as motor vehicles as they are not intended or adapted for use on roads . |
| 3 | Some of these registers are not saved or restored on each procedure call . |
| 4 | Culyer et al ( 1988 ) stress that ‘ care will have to be exercised to ensure that very sick and elderly patients are not treated or cared for long distances away from their homes and families ’ . |
| 5 | ( 1988 ) stress that ‘ care will have to be exercised to ensure that very sick and elderly patients are not treated or cared for long distances away from their homes and families ’ [ … ] |
| 6 | But there appear to be few clear criteria governing the selection of these specialities and those which are experimental are not monitored or evaluated in any rigorous way ( Hogg 1988 ) . |
| 7 | Any vegetables can be ordered with these dishes , as long as you are sure they are not cooked or served with fat . |
| 8 | All the enterprising , healthy people have left for other planets on which the replicants are slaves and soldiers ( they are not wanted or permitted on Earth , with the doubtful exception of Rachael ) . |
| 9 | Manufacturing fewer units than can be sold either reduces revenue because orders are not accepted or makes for late deliveries if they are . |
| 10 | Secondly , unlike the definition in ( 8 ) , it does not make the distinction between semantics and pragmatics along the encoded/unencoded line ; this is important because , as we shall see , there is still controversy over whether such pragmatic implications as presuppositions or illocutionary force are or are not encoded or grammaticalized in linguistic forms . |
| 11 | • We as fishkeepers should take every precaution to ensure that the fish 's gills are not stressed or damaged in any way , either through rough handling or poor water quality . |
| 12 | The views of the absentees were not canvassed or taken into account . |
| 13 | Of course , the fortunes were not spent or invested in the Caribbean . |
| 14 | This joy is not questioned or limited in any way . |
| 15 | But would it not be much more environmentally friendly to have a bridleway instead of yet another new road which in my opinion is not wanted or needed by the people of Darlington . |
| 16 | He knows he is acting contrary to his fundamental principle or ideal , but the standard of the ideal is not lowered or compromised on that account . |
| 17 | The li is not obeyed or defied like a law , one goes either with or against the grain of it , as in chopping wood . |
| 18 | " Capital sum " for these purposes has the same meaning as in s677. ( b ) Associated payments In relation to any capital sum paid to the settlor by a body corporate the expression " associated payment " means : ( i ) any capital sum paid to that body by the trustees of the settlement ; and ( ii ) any other sum paid or asset transferred to that body by those trustees which is not paid or transferred for full consideration in money or money 's worth being a sum paid or asset transferred in the five years ending or beginning with the date on which the capital sum is paid to the settlor ( s678(3) ) . |
| 19 | This collection is arranged by family , sub-filed by genus and species , but it is not indexed or listed in any way . |
| 20 | 7.7.8 If at any time the Tenant shall be entitled to the benefit of any insurance on the Premises ( which is not effected or maintained in pursuance of any obligation contained in this Lease ) to apply all money received by virtue of such insurance in making good the loss or damage in respect of which such money shall have been received The landlord 's concern is to avoid the situation by which its insurers may refuse to pay the whole of the proceeds of insurance where the tenant has also taken out insurance cover for the premises , pursuant to a common provision found in insurance policies . |
| 21 | Much of the law of the Church was not declared or made in councils but consisted of the statements or utterances of the popes which were known as decretals ( later encyclicals ) . |
| 22 | ( ‘ I.B.C. ’ ) , was not formed or registered under the Companies Acts . |
| 23 | He was not misled or lulled into a sense of false security or anything of that kind . |
| 24 | Such a case was not pleaded or included in the judge 's summary of the issues : the nearest the issues come to such a claim is that if a conflict of interest arose , the defendants ‘ would inform [ the plaintiff ] of the conflict and , after due consultation with him , resolve it . ’ |
| 25 | The magnetic flight-data recorder was recovered intact from the wreckage ; a cockpit voice record was not installed or required under UK legislation at the time . |
| 26 | The Act defines three types of offensive weapon : ‘ made ’ ( such as a bayonet ) for killing or wounding ; ‘ adapted ’ ( like a smashed milk bottle ) so that it becomes a weapon ; or ‘ intended ’ ( such as a penknife or empty bottle ) which was not designed or adapted as a weapon but could be used if the need arose . |
| 27 | Yet , if one looks at the situation from the point of view of the victim , it is an accident , in the sense that it was not expected or intended by the victim himself . |