Example sentences of "[noun prp] that [pron] [be] not " in BNC.

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1 But one look at the lacklustre picture presented by the normally spirited Harriet convinced Meredith that she was not even aware the protesters were there , let alone that she had approached so close .
2 The appellant , in evidence during the trial , had insisted that he had made it clear to Mr. Burt that he was not a fully qualified accountant , although he had passed some examinations .
3 It soon became apparent to Edward that they were not en route for Westminster .
4 Nevertheless , Seton and his lieutenants , watching from the parapet of the main North Gate , decided that a warning salvo would do no harm , and show Edward that they were not all like the Earl of Dunbar .
5 Christopher Trickie and his Wife … told Mogg that the French people had taken the plan of their House , and that They had also taken the plan of all the places round that part of the Country , that a Brook runs in the front of Trickie 's House and the French people inquired of Trickie wether the Brook was Navigable to the Sea , and upon being informed by Trickie that It was not , they were afterwards seen examining the Brook quite down to the Sea .
6 He had completed a first draft by July 1941 , but he told Hayward that he was not pleased with the result because he was over-conscious of what he was attempting to do : " he was always aware of this problem in his work , and it had effectively led him to abandon much of the poetry he had been writing in his Harvard years .
7 At the end of the prosecution case , counsel for Paul Magee ( 42 ) and Michael O'Brien ( 32 ) told Mr Justice Laws that they were not calling any evidence .
8 Do n't give me all that about the ban from Europe , it is because of the way the game has gone in England that we are not the force we were in European competition .
9 I hope that the Government will clarify their stance and reassure the people of Scotland that we are not to be the nuclear dustbin of the world .
10 Investigations by S. E. Winbolt showed that the first two had small rectangular enclosures of about three acres and these are so like the burgi on Watling Street that it is not impossible that they represent part of the fortified system established by Constantius Chlorus , although the dating evidence indicates an earlier origin .
11 So I 'm telling you Mr that I 'm not unemployed because according to the Government figures I am not .
12 I will continue Mr Mayor that it is not meanness it is practical caring Conservative policy to ensure that this happens .
13 It 's only Matthew that it 's not .
14 On 13 November Colonel Durand learned from Wade that he was not coming to the relief of Carlisle since the roads through Yorkshire were inadequate for his artillery .
15 The centurion sent word to Jesus that it was not necessary for him to come in person .
16 That , my Lord , the matter moves on to the fifteenth of October on which day er the plaintiff together with Mr attended Richmond Magistrates Court and obtained a protection order from the justices in relation to the premises and then on the sixteenth of October erm this was the day when things started to go very badly wrong for the plaintiff because Mr by now had returned from his holiday and come back cautiously , he apparently attended after his holiday and on this day Mr was told that , by Mrs that it was not possible to proceed with the financial er dealings that had been agreed between them unless the Frinton property was offered as security .
17 In addition Richard Armitage , acting as a special US ambassador to the Middle East , held previously unannounced talks with King Hussein on Jan. 22 , following a statement by US President Bush that he was not planning to " write off " Jordan because of differences of opinion on the Gulf conflict .
18 May I add first of all my apologies on behalf of Lynda Chalker that she 's not able , due as we 've heard , to business in the Lords to be with you today .
19 Many years later , it would be said of Australia that it was not a sea-going nation but a surf-going one .
20 ‘ Thank God that I am not answerable to any higher authority ; but were I in the position of having to justify myself before the great British public , even I would find it difficult to defend your priorities . ’
21 The Pharisee , Jesus said , thanked God that he was not like the Publican or any other lesser mortal .
22 it was last sunday that frank got the message from HW that he was not included in leeds ' future plans .
23 She prayed that Felipe would hurry back because he was the only one who could convince Ana that she was not to blame .
24 Now my Lord as is er then made clear in a statement of claim paragraph three fifteen erm between the twenty third of October and about the twenty second of November the plaintiff then acting upon the advice of Peter that it was not possible to withdraw on this contract , did endeavour to complete upon the deal as soon as possible , very much with the timing in his mind and eventually after some toing and froing which er will be demonstrated in the course of the evidence , agreement was reached with the landlord for his consent to the assignment to be given er on condition that there was payment of some advance rent by the plaintiff .
25 One word from Rainald that you are not proving useful to us and young de Tracy dies .
26 But just show Mr Laing that he 's not the only one that can Strathclyde water engaged Sir William , in , not exactly a name that friendly with labour councils or trade unionists , to undertake a brief external overview of its strat strategy procedure in capital expenditure programme at a meeting on the twenty third of March .
27 It was held by the H.L. that he was not .
28 Prussia 's pre-eminence was institutionalised in that the King of Prussia was ex-officio the chairman of the Bundesrat , but this was only as titular Head of State , not head of government : in all matters Bismarck was keen to stress the federal , decentralised aspects of the constitution , both to reassure the smaller states that they were not being swallowed up and also to convince Prussia that she was not losing sovereignty to the supranational authority either .
29 The Republicans on taking office in January 1953 warned London that they were not prepared to " gang up " with the British against Egypt .
30 If somebody had suggested to Agnes that she was not security-minded , she would just have stared at them .
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