Example sentences of "[noun] be [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New enterprises and institutions are not created de novo , out of nothing ; they emerge from a fabric of events which is already complex , which has been long in the weaving , and from which they take their characteristic shape and colour . |
| 2 | The arguments against housing mentally handicapped people in such institutions are not founded , in the main , on the premise that they are badly run or insensitive to the needs of their ‘ patients ’ , but rather that no mentally handicapped person should be institutionalised and segregated from the community as a whole unless they require hospital and medical care . |
| 3 | Secrets are not confined to the great houses of antiquity : Mr Merdle in Little Dorrit has his own new secrets , and is uneasy beneath the eye of his butler in his new London palace : ‘ He would have clasped himself by the wrists in that constabulary manner of his , and have paced up and down the hearth-rug , or gone creeping about among the rich objects of furniture , if his oppressive retainer had appeared in the room at that very moment . ’ |
| 4 | Clive Turner , who has been in the position since September 1989 , has written curriculum guidance on HIV/AIDS , for the DipSW course , but child sexual abuse is not featured because CCETSW 's line is that sexual abuse and child protection are not DipSW level . |
| 5 | And he 's intelligent enough to know that HOP are n't gon na get off that easily . |
| 6 | The notes are not backed by any collateral ; rather , they rely on the high credit rating of the issuing corporation . |
| 7 | If a Bill does not obtain the approval of a majority in each House , or if the Parliament Acts are not complied with , or if the Royal Assent is withheld , the product should not be regarded as an authentic Act of Parliament . |
| 8 | This conduct only becomes a nuisance when the consequence of his acts are not confined to his own land but extend on to his neighbour 's land . |
| 9 | They are a lovely family devastated by terrorism and we , as detectives , feel that our efforts and our knowledge of who are involved in these despicable acts are not reflected in convictions . |
| 10 | Because those debts are not shown in any balance sheet of central government ( there is not one ) and also because the balance sheets have a history of restructuring and debt write-off , maintaining capital in accounting terms has become progressively less realistic . |
| 11 | Unliquidated debts are not counted , and neither are secured debts to the extent of the security . |
| 12 | In this country debts are not paid ; in some cases not even is the interest paid . ’ |
| 13 | ( There is sometimes instead an indemnity if debts are not paid within a fixed period , under which the seller pays any uncollected amount against assignment of the uncollected debts . |
| 14 | The response is that since the words relate to the past , later debts are not included . |
| 15 | If the conceptual boundaries between unpaid housework in the home and paid work in the labour market have been broken down , then it seems demonstrably unfair that housewives are not paid for the work they currently carry out for nothing . |
| 16 | For example , attenders are usually expected to get there under their own steam ; ordinary ambulance services have been reluctant to ferry day patients , and local ambulance service personnel are not trained to understand why an able-bodied young man lacks sufficient motivation as a result of schizophrenia to make his own way half a mile down the road to the day hospital . |
| 17 | Fire brigade personnel are not put at risk in situations where their means of access and fire fighting is at a disadvantage . |
| 18 | The riders are not strapped to the car in any way and it 's clear that falling off would have serious consequences . |
| 19 | As he has been discovering , the issues which excite New Yorkers are not rising levels of crime , poverty and the deteriorating quality of life . |
| 20 | Parliamentary discussions are not meant to reveal a general will which already exists and then to enshrine it in law , but instead to reflect the conflicts within society and to constitute opinion and judgement as a result of proposal and counterproposal , on information and the asking of questions . |
| 21 | We are in discussion with the Tech , and those discussions are not included . |
| 22 | The report is very brief , and the judge 's full reasons are not set out : but it is a telling remark . |
| 23 | Galileo was less successful in explaining why loose objects are not flung from the surface of a spinning earth . |
| 24 | At the same time he should check that he can reach the full rudder and stick movements without undue stretching , and that cushions or other objects are not limiting the movements of the controls . |
| 25 | In Section 7–2 we start with distortions in the factor market , where returns are not equalized in the two sectors of the economy ( for example , because of a union ‘ premium ’ in the corporate sector ) and then go on to a monopoly mark-up pricing policy . |
| 26 | The first situation considered is that where there are distortions in the factor market , so that the returns are not equalized in the two sectors . |
| 27 | Private passions are not assumed to be a universal , biologically determined category ( they are of unknown origin , not assumed to be necessarily identical across different cultures ) . |
| 28 | It also makes sense to tell your lodger that his or her possessions are not covered by your insurance policy . |
| 29 | Bulk commodity shipments are not unloaded until the bill of lading is presented to the carrier . |
| 30 | And I bet you , if you look at how many of your accounts are not using carriage forward when they should you would be amazed . |