Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keith Sinclair and Gordon Lucking claim they have not been kept in touch with club affairs and that there has not been a board meeting since May last year . |
| 2 | erm there has not been a manifesto for the next General Election , which may take place in a week or two , or in a year or so . |
| 3 | It has not been a characteristic of the Department of Education and Science in the past few years — The Minister seems not to accept that , but if he talked to teachers about one or two recent arbitrary changes in education provision , he might well hear the view that there could have been more consultation . |
| 4 | By the same token , it has not been a triumph for the Tory Party . |
| 5 | Minimum competencies testing has not been a feature of the UK experience , although the government 's announcement in 1987 that a national curriculum was to be established , with benchmarks for achievement at ages 7,11 and 14 , appeared at first to have similar implications . |
| 6 | Yeah — i have not mentioned Ronny before — he has not been a regular in our national team — but he did play against Holland in our 0–0 away draw and he was also the man that headed in the 3–0 goal on wednesday in Norway 's humiliation of Poland . |
| 7 | Importing the ingredients through wholesalers has not been a problem . |
| 8 | Generally , however , discipline has not been a problem between them in recent years and there have been some pulsating contests . |
| 9 | So far though it has not been a problem raising money for the sharp end of mountain rescue — for new ropes or new vehicles and the like . |
| 10 | With the minimal scarring of a 1 cm incision , wound pain has not been a problem . |
| 11 | ‘ For most people that has not been a problem — the pay-as-you-earn system already deals very simply with the tax affairs of some 16 million employees . |
| 12 | Soviet interest in foreign technology therefore has not been a response to detente , but to perceptions of internal need , and increases in trade flows have not always coincided with greater political relaxation . |
| 13 | There has not been a reduction since last September and the Government is no longer in a hurry to cut again . |
| 14 | Short-term contract working in its traditional form has not been a subject of substantial political or academic concern , but questions have been asked as to whether the " new " short-term contract working in manufacturing is displacing regular working or undermining the conditions of the regular labour force . |
| 15 | I think the bottom line of this issue , frankly , is that the U S er attorney the governmental er investigating authorities in this matter have had this information at their disposal for several years now , had there been any question of G Tec 's behaviour er we would certainly be the subject of something that we are not right now , and that the bottom line is we have been assured from the outset that G Tec has not been a subject of this investigation , that G Tec 's behaviour has been above reproach , and as far as his comments go we we do n't really know what context to put them in . |
| 16 | So it has no official status whatsoever and has not been a subject of consideration by the County Council . |
| 17 | ‘ The past year has not been a year of successful treatment or progress . |
| 18 | The Superfund programme has not been a success . |
| 19 | Generally , picking winners has not been a success , but decentralized incentives may be effective if their rationale has been clearly identified . |
| 20 | I am afraid that it has not been a success and that has certainly not been for want of effort from him but I think we just have to write that one off . |
| 21 | the problem has not been a lack of information the problem has been a saturation of information |
| 22 | Apart from those two demands , which were almost certainly hoaxes , there has not been a cheep from anybody . |
| 23 | Further , there has not been a date allocated for the future although its replacement is expected to run in April . |
| 24 | Afterwards , the actor was swept from the courtroom and along the corridors , closely pursued by screaming fans and on to the court steps , where he said in a prepared statement : ‘ This has not been a case about homosexuality and I resent any suggestion that it was . |
| 25 | Thanks to DDT there has not been a case of locally-transmitted malaria in Sicily since the early 1960s . |
| 26 | ‘ Unfortunately , when I have played for England before there has not been a player of his quality or sort in the side . |
| 27 | But Kenzian economics at times like this , has not been a failure . |
| 28 | However , if there has been no combustion , there has not been a fire e.g. smoke from a defective heater would not be fire damage and no payment would be made . |
| 29 | Elder abuse has not been a priority for research or for developing practice guidance for social workers and other staff who have direct contact with older people . |
| 30 | ‘ And attracting visitors has not been a priority of the château for a very long time . |