Example sentences of "[verb] not [be] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holmes can be viewed as the grandfather of the American legal realist movement ; his statement that ‘ the life of the law has not been logic : it has been experience ’ has , for example , become one of the most celebrated legal aphorisms of recent times . |
| 2 | There has not been space to say much about the flight from generality in the world outside mind , but I have tried to show how the attempts to flee generality within the mind and to abandon or reduce consciousness must both fail . |
| 3 | Faith ‘ Our baby is without a father because he has not been man enough to face up to his responsibility , ’ she said . |
| 4 | Frequently seen on the campaign trail — including Scotland , Wales and Yorkshire — he has not been part of Major 's ‘ A-team ’ for the morning press conferences . |
| 5 | The most quantitatively significant development in terms of content this century has not been rehabilitation but deterrence ( through the massive expansion in the use of the fine , as we saw in Chapter 2 ) . |
| 6 | THE MEAN CALCULATION HAS NOT BEEN HAND CHECKED , BUT SEEMS STRAIGHTFORWARD . |
| 7 | Their duties include the determination and monitoring of policy but there has not been research into this or any aspects of Probation Committees ' work . |
| 8 | Parliament 's role has not been executive , but supervisory — it has sought to subject the executive to certain limits and controls , to protect the liberties of the individual citizen against the arbitrary use of power , to focus the mind of the nation on the great issues of the day by the maintenance of a continuous dialogue or discussion , and by remaining at the centre of the stage to impose … ‘ manners of behaviour ’ on the whole political system . |
| 9 | as if there 'd not been trouble enough with Daisy , without we 've this now . |
| 10 | In addition the head office buildings in Liverpool had not been purpose built to suit the needs of the company and they had become too small . |
| 11 | Self-confidence had not been part of her education so , despite her brief period of employment at de Levantiére 's , she felt insecure and nervous when she met new people . |
| 12 | With all his theological subtlety and insight into human behaviour he accepted the common views of the time in attributing to the saints in Heaven a concern for their worldly rights which , if they had not been part of an eternal order of the universe , would have disgraced a schoolboy . |
| 13 | The pants , she said , had not been part of the deal . |
| 14 | Although evidence given in earlier hearings had suggested that on at least one occasion Ministry of the Interior " reserve funds " had been used for GAL-related activities , the trial judges in their 170-page verdict concluded that the group had not been part of " the apparatus of the state " . |
| 15 | And he agreed with Mr Rogers that the kicking or stamping injuries to the body had not been life threatening . |
| 16 | It was as if the men had not been kind |
| 17 | The council apparently argued that as Gloucester had not been protector at the time , any attempt on his life could not be construed as treason . |
| 18 | The council apparently argued that as Gloucester had not been protector at the time , any attempt on his life could not be construed as treason . |
| 19 | It had not been charm alone , and it certainly had not been favouritism that had taken Fergus on his upward journey . |
| 20 | All that slim , rounded , unclothed flesh I 'd seen — from the back — had not been girl flesh . |
| 21 | She had read of Cupid , the little god of love , and of his wicked darts piercing the heart at the moment of understood love , and she had laughed a little at the idea ; but one of them had struck home at last , and she knew that on the two previous occasions when she had previously and disastrously thought herself in love it had not been love at all … |
| 22 | It had not been charm alone , and it certainly had not been favouritism that had taken Fergus on his upward journey . |
| 23 | Richard I had disafforested the southern half , but they did not know whether Henry II had afforested any district which had not been forest in the time of Henry I. |
| 24 | Again the point was made that the government of the Republic had not been party to any agreement regarding the status of Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | Eight other member country governments favoured a more or less automatic start to stage two in January 1994 , while the UK had not been party to the October 1990 decision and had presented its own " hard ecu " proposals [ see p. 37969 ] . |
| 26 | There remained doubts over implementing the accord , particularly because right-wing factions in the military and the wealthy ruling oligarchy had not been party to the talks , and because hardline elements within the FMLN might not accept the dropping of a previous key demand that either the army be disbanded or its ranks be reduced and the remainder merged into those of the guerrillas . |
| 27 | At least the knights had not been party to the massacre ; they had achieved their task and now looked for suitable reward . |
| 28 | But , of course , there had not been time yet for anyone to report on Katelina , even had shipping been normal . |
| 29 | For one thing , there had not been time for the more remotely-seated lords to arrive , if indeed many of them heeded the summons ; and the Balliol supporters , of course , remained absent . |
| 30 | There had not been time yet to find out exactly how brilliant the child was , but Miss Honey had learned enough to realise that something had to be done about it as soon as possible . |