Example sentences of "[noun] be not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | The notes are not backed by any collateral ; rather , they rely on the high credit rating of the issuing corporation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ( 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Fire brigade personnel are not put at risk in situations where their means of access and fire fighting is at a disadvantage . |
| 10 | The riders are not strapped to the car in any way and it 's clear that falling off would have serious consequences . |
| 11 | Galileo was less successful in explaining why loose objects are not flung from the surface of a spinning earth . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | It also makes sense to tell your lodger that his or her possessions are not covered by your insurance policy . |
| 16 | But National Savings accounts are not taxed at source , and you are allowed £70 a year tax-free interest . |
| 17 | Furthermore many serious injury and disease states are not accompanied by inevitable pain . |
| 18 | Hippopotamuses are not regarded as an endangered species , and in some areas of Tanzania and elsewhere in east and southern Africa , are seen as something of a nuisance . |
| 19 | However , the Commissioner will consider each case individually-the merits of one case are not balanced against another . |
| 20 | The effects of stimulation are ‘ all-or-none ’ : either a saccade is elicited or it is n't , and its size and direction are not related to the intensity or frequency of stimulation in the colliculus . |
| 21 | The fact that the Anonymous Fellowships are not run by the medical profession does not mean that they do not exist or that they do not work except for a handful of rather strange zealots . |
| 22 | Modules in this category are not formatted into the next volume opened but disregarded until the next time hard copy format is run . |
| 23 | Covenants existing at the time of the 1988 Budget are not affected by the change and can continue as before until their expiry . |
| 24 | ‘ The effects of the Chancellor 's Budget are not expected to be felt in the local economy for some time . ’ |
| 25 | Of course this does not mean that the technologies are not embedded in specific economic , institutional and cultural systems , or that they do not constitute specific signifying systems , with their own internal forms . |
| 26 | Second , the cash flows are not presented in present value terms ( that is , future cash flows re-expressed in today 's value ) . |
| 27 | These kind of skills are not rewarded in school , where memory is more important , or at the lower levels of organisation . |
| 28 | Core skills are not intended to be the subject of academic studies , although they may relate to academic subjects such as English , mathematics , computing , science and social studies . |
| 29 | MSC are opposed to schemes which can be defined by them as political or critical of prevailing government policy — in practice , this leaves courses for women which concentrate on traditional job skills and traditional job expectations — even though those skills are not valued in the present economic climate and the opportunities for women in the labour market are negligible . |
| 30 | It is felt that traditional keyboard skills are not required by learners before they embark on work-processing . |