Example sentences of "are not [adv] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But Merlins are not infrequently recorded along the Downs and are seen very occasionally further inland .
2 The Association blames the fact that incinerators are not automatically checked by the Pollution Inspectorate or local environmental health officers .
3 ‘ We are not automatically recognised in the market-place as innovative and technically oriented , and this belies our actual achievements , ’ he says .
4 When modules are entered into LIFESPAN , they are not automatically deleted from the user 's account .
5 In our discussion in Chapter 1 about economy , efficiency and effectiveness , the technical problem was how we can meaningfully compare inputs and outputs to produce a measure of efficiency when outputs are not automatically valued by the market price .
6 ‘ We are especially keen to attract young people and women as they are not adequately represented within the Society , although we have members from 19 to 92 ’ .
7 Because of their belief that women 's concerns and activities are not adequately covered in the mainstream media , women 's groups have produced their own alternative magazines , radio , TV and A/V programmes , and have even started their own press services .
8 There may well be gender differences in attitudes to paid work , but these are not adequately demonstrated by the reiteration of the old adage that women 's primary role is a family one .
9 Problems ( again not attributable to readers ) were also caused by items which are not adequately identified by the pressmark supplied in their catalogue entry ( 9% ) , and by serials , of which the location of a particular issue may not be evident from information available in the Issue Hall ( 6% ) , while the sending of call-slips to an inappropriate part of the Library also caused some delay ( 4% ) .
10 They have complained , above all , that they are not adequately reported by the federally owned media during or after the monthly meetings which they have held regularly since coming to power in October 1979 .
11 Lastly , the sub-district or neighbourhood network comprises connections to buildings that are not immediately connected to the district or city network , together with typical neighbourhood links .
12 As with any legal document , a record contract contains clauses and phrases which are not easily understood by the layman .
13 The confused events of the 450s and 460s are not easily squared with the literary image of the period purveyed by Sidonius .
14 In more complex animals , consistencies are not easily found on the surface and many of us feel the need to postulate structural regularity beneath the surface if we are to make sense of what we see .
15 As it happens , the problems of an unstaged Porgy are hardly less acute — a cast of 24 soloists and a duration of three and a quarter hours are not easily managed in the concert hall .
16 However , because they are ‘ heads of households ’ , lone mothers do show up more readily in the statistics ( that is , when they are not partially hidden in the category of ‘ lone parent ’ ) .
17 The consequences of this disparity are not completely offset by the greater efficiency of the NHS .
18 Terms which are not expressly agreed between the parties but inserted by law into the contract are called implied terms .
19 This covers topics such as : the calibration of hot-wires ( this is always necessary — hot-wires are not absolute instruments ) ; the geometrical combinations of hot-wires needed for measuring different components of velocity fluctuations ( a particularly important arrangement being two wires in the form of an X as shown in Fig. 25.2 ) ; the particular problems in achieving accuracy that arise when the velocity fluctuations are not small compared with the mean velocity ; the problems associated with velocity measurements in the presence of temperature variations , to which a hot-wire probe is also sensitive ; and much else .
20 Since these presuppositions that are the basis of knowledge are not normally recognized at the conscious level , an individual does not normally ‘ affiliate ’ to them with a conscious and intentional act .
21 For practical reasons , the subjects of these articles are not normally kept at the average stockists , but they are available , so some research into the lists was called for .
22 Finally , we know that ( A believes that ) B has been to A's present location before because of the word again : this can be claimed to be a pragmatic rather than a semantic implication just because , unlike semantic implications , those associated with again are not normally negated by the negation of the main verb .
23 The rich are not normally inhibited in the defence of their own interests by the knowledge that they are only a small minority of the population .
24 Clearly , therefore , electors are not normally provided with the opportunities to make clear choices about social policies , or between social policy options .
25 Experienced rockpoolers appreciate that these low level pools can prove to be the most interesting , with a varied selection of life , including many species which are not normally found on the shore .
26 Remember that minor accidents not involving injury are not normally reported to the police .
27 The experiments discussed in the previous section make it clear that most of the experiences which can be recalled if people are woken up through the night are not normally remembered in the morning .
28 ( 1 ) Underwriting arrangements on arm 's length commercial terms between the offeror and underwriters and sub-underwriters ( eg in respect of a cash underwritten alternative ) are not normally considered by the Panel to amount to an agreement or understanding within the meaning of " acting in concert " .
29 Secondly , political and economic affairs are not best conducted on the basis of politicians consulting the stars before making economic or military decisions .
30 Thus while drive-related dreams and even simple dreams of wish-fulfilment can occur , they are not reliably elicited by the mere existence of an unsatisfied appetite .
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