Example sentences of "are [not/n't] [adv] [adv] [vb pp] by " in BNC.

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1 There is no hard evidence for this opinion — no phenomena have been described that are not equally well explained by the action of selection .
2 It is also useful to have an archaeologist examine the area while construction work is going on since archaeological remains are not always easily recognized by those concerned with construction .
3 Its functions are not always fully understood by academics and funding bodies .
4 ‘ CT ST N T MT , ’ will soon be exposed by crossword buffs as ‘ The cat sat on the mat , ’ but place names are not so easily guessed by context .
5 We are not so easily fooled by reflections in lakes or puddles .
6 But the structures of inference involved are not so easily captured by the dualistic thinking spoken of earlier .
7 In another area , for example in the interior regions of Italy , where land is in short supply and where production patterns are not so severely restricted by climate and latitude , a more diversified farming pattern may be possible .
8 [ Yet ] give him [ the American ] all these advantages , and he will still be longing to cross the water , to get back to that old home of his fathers , so delightful in itself … the less wealthy , less cultivated , less fastidious class of Americans are not so much haunted by these longings …
9 I know that , like a lot of ordinary concert-goers and record collectors , you are not very much impressed by the slimmed-down sound of the present generation of period-instrument performers ; but your performances of the B minor Mass in the 1930s and '40s were regarded as being almost revolutionary , with very buoyant rhythms and slimmed-down textures .
10 I wonder if what Mencken called ‘ the usual hypocrisies ’ are n't too well understood by women in Paris .
11 However I find that some of the people I think are good , who are , you know , efficient , go and do the job , encourage them ( the clients ) to do it themselves , are n't so well liked by families as some of those who are much softer and , you know , do everything for them .
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