Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 If he s standing on the half way line — picking his arse there s a good chance that he s not been told to do that .
2 yeah because the person er who 's job it is to deal with the sulks for want of a better phrase there is not is preferring not to tackle the issue because as far as she 's concerned it 's not affecting the efficiency of the office , that 's what I 'm trying to say and it 's not , in fact it 's added to the efficiency of the office if anything .
3 Evidence that it is not is provided by a confidential , internal report on CID work circulated to senior officers earlier this year , the Crime Investigation Priority Project ( CIPP ) .
4 But I would make clear to Mr if he looks at the minutes of the budget review sub-committee , that the suggestion of the director of property services wastes his time fully exploring all options for the disposal of all or any part of the County Farms estate , for which he probably asks for a large amount of money , since it involves an enormous amount of wasted time , is not been agreed , it 's a non-delegated item , it was a recommendation of this committee which has not been moved at this committee , and it was a most unfortunate and woolly form of words .
5 It is true that to the shame of all the factions the grand question of the continued independence of the Realm itself is not being presented as an issue .
6 Someone who is poorly integrated — say because she is living and working away from friends and kin — will have lower scores , because her ‘ vernacular ’ is not being reinforced .
7 The child needs to know that it is not his fault that everyone is so upset and that someone has died and he is not being punished .
8 The doctor , who worked in general practice in Bolton from August 1991 to February 1992 , is not being named by the authority , and officials are refusing to confirm reports that he was a trainee GP in the West Haughton area of the town .
9 Yesterday the man , who is not being named , was safely back home .
10 The male nurse , who is not being named , is alleged to have committed the crime at Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral .
11 The man , who is not being named at the request of his family , was detained with a German man at Umm Qasr on May 28 and sentenced to eight years in jail in Baghdad on June 6 , a spokeswoman said .
12 A foreign medical company , which is not being named , is negotiating with Darlington Council through a local construction company about the proposal for the hospital in Lingfield Way , on the Yarm Road Industrial Estate .
13 The 28-year-old man , who is not being named by police , had gone to assist a neighbour in Caithness Row who had disturbed three youths trying to enter the premises .
14 Will the hon. Gentleman explain why the question is not being answered by the Home Secretary ?
15 If kin are recognized but no contact is maintained , then clearly support is not being given .
16 Once the grant had gone , the disincentive effect of grant penalties ended : one can not take away what is not being given .
17 This is showing you that the sentence or command line is a comment or reminder , and is not being implicated at the moment .
18 It is clearly impossible to anticipate every eventuality , but the guiding principle must be that if the source of difficulty does not lie in the implementation of a selected strategy and is not being assessed during the conduct of the investigation , then assistance can be given .
19 It is not being fitted because of the cost : but in the meantime talks about the £25 smoke mask are proceeding .
20 Available evidence confirms sorry first of all the increase in the provision of affordable dwellings identified by this monitoring survey er is not being maintained , so there is a national problem South East regional problem field and in our own er monitoring report on housing development and population change we say four point seven two available evidence confirms the existence of a social housing problem in West Sussex and surveys studies suggest it is significant and that table on page forty items , gives you the precise er application position erm it is I think erm just .
21 There are graphics everywhere around us , but visual culture is not being analysed in a particularly insightful way .
22 ‘ It must also be thoroughly researched locally to ensure that it is not being called after an undesirable part of town .
23 ‘ Other research would suggest in many cases the CPA is not being implemented and resources are not being committed to it . ’
24 You should get there at all costs , because it is an absolutely astonishing place , but the nature of the spectacle is such that it can only work on you properly if the cirque is not being mobbed ; it demands a certain loneliness , and on afternoons in July and August , for instance , the coaches are said to have to queue before they can get into the village of Gavarnie .
25 Psychiatric they have erm not been there were proposals originally from the Conservative group to discontinue that service , but as part of the erm negotiations that took place that was withdrawn , but there is a , I think , a ten thousand pound efficiency cut to be made in the P S W service , so it is not being cut , but erm the sum is being reduced , and it will be self-financing out of efficiency measures .
26 THE contract of Kingsley Centre 's warden/manager Damian Duggan which expires at the end of June , is not being renewed .
27 Mr Nick Elliot , Darlington 's cycling and footpaths officer , said : ‘ The problem is down to loops not working properly and modern cycles have a high alloy level which is not being detected as easily . ’
28 While the report does not specifically link the disaster with cuts in government funds , ministers will be under pressure to demonstrate that safety is not being impaired by tight cash limits .
29 After a meeting of the International Motor Sports Federation ( FISA ) world council , president Max Mosley said : ‘ The race is not being replaced . ’
30 Hence its full potential is not being realized .
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