Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] be [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Current refinements , no doubt with Christmas present buying in mind , include boxed sets of three or more related cassettes from Warners — for example , all three of James Dean 's movies for £29.95 , or for the same price , Marilyn Monroe in The Prince and the Showgirl , The Misfits and ( a bit of a scoop , since it has not been on video before ) Some Like It Hot . |
| 2 | ‘ My mind has not been on dust , Emilia . ’ |
| 3 | There , the emphasis to date has not been on regulation per se , but on building a culture sensitive to the management of conflicts of interest . |
| 4 | Well this i that 's a lunch club rumour because that one has not been to airport |
| 5 | It is — The Under-Secretary of State , the hon. Member for Maidstone ( Miss Widdecombe ) , laughs and cackles , but I have no doubt that she has not been to Archway Tower . |
| 6 | Although the Church was slow off the mark following the population migration and concentration in the expanding towns during the Industrial Revolution , failure has not been for want of trying . |
| 7 | He has returned to the Players ' Championship and the New Orleans tournament after a six-week lay-off with eight rounds in which he has not been over par and has been under five times . |
| 8 | A correspondent from the Financial Times reported after a visit to Battambang on Jan. 24 that the city " is not , and has not been under siege " . |
| 9 | We have fought long and hard for a certain amount of privacy in society , especially within the home , but this has not been without cost , and now we search for ways of re-establishing the collective level , as it is a part of women 's nature to do . |
| 10 | The resurrection has not been without pain , however . |
| 11 | Fuchs 's career as a museum director has not been without controversy . |
| 12 | At the same time the kairos approach apparently allows it to be said that the past has not been at fault ; it is simply that God moves with humanity into a new age . |
| 13 | Equally , triumphalism of the dotty kind has not been in evidence at all ; nobody , for example , has let slip the belief that the present knowledge of genetics is so certain and detailed that the future of the human race can now be predicted . |
| 14 | A student who has not been in attendance for more than three days through illness or other cause must notify immediately either the course director or senior course tutor , or the research supervisor , who shall inform the Academic Registrar . |
| 15 | The child is right , this escalator , like so many on the London Underground network , has not been in operation for months . |
| 16 | This runs through an existing tunnel , but it has not been in operation since 1970 . |
| 17 | Soil : The favourite growing medium for waterlilies is heavy garden soil that has not been in contact with insecticides or weed killers . |
| 18 | Mrs Bolger who 's expecting a baby next month has not been in court but her husband Ralph sat through the first two days . |
| 19 | ‘ This is the Government that has been in touch with the SNP in order to save themselves , but has not been in touch with the Dutch government in order to save Albion , ’ he said . |
| 20 | The life he 's leaving really has n't been worth living . ’ |
| 21 | I do n't know , she has n't been at school . |
| 22 | Well , just generally , we have n't restricted recruiting of care staff , in other words , unless we know there 's a decision been made about a residential establishment which there has n't been at present . |
| 23 | Denis , who has n't been on stage for decades , has n't a nerve in his body . |
| 24 | The sarcophagus , they told me , is not one of the Museum 's more interesting possessions , and has n't been on display since 1904 . |
| 25 | ‘ Who has n't been to school this term ? ’ asked Sam . |
| 26 | why she has n't been to school she was in erm the . |
| 27 | Dad has n't been to bed yet Carla . |
| 28 | He has n't been to bed yet . |
| 29 | Dad has n't been to bed yet . |
| 30 | Well colleagues , he 's achieved a lot of things , but it has n't been in cooperation with local governments . |