Example sentences of "a [noun] [pron] [is] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er generally if you try and differentiate a function which is n't continuous , |
| 2 | Accordingly , to deal with this situation , the Act provides that an ‘ action lies in conversion for loss or destruction of goods which a bailee has allowed to happen in breach of his duty to his bailor ( that is to say it lies in a case which is not otherwise conversion , but would have been detinue before detinue was abolished ) . ’ |
| 3 | In such a case it is not caught by s. 22 unless it is by itself a contract for sale [ of land ] … |
| 4 | The several thousand species in this category can be commercially traded , but exporting countries are required to limit their trading to a level which is not detrimental to the survival of the animals . |
| 5 | On a level which is not hard to discern or to deal with , there are some who have almost ‘ grown into faith ’ through their family or their church ) so that they have never become aware of the need for their own convictions . |
| 6 | She welcomes a mistress who is not likely to take him from her , even a waiflike wife who shares his dependence on her . |
| 7 | To a Masai it is not a good site . |
| 8 | In considering the exercise of their powers the local authority must take into account matters which they ought to take into account , ignore matters which they ought not to take into account and then reach a decision which is not so unreasonable that no reasonable local authority could have come to it . |
| 9 | The next booking is a course which is n't due to start until Friday . |
| 10 | ( 1 ) On granting or transferring a licence in respect of any premises , a licensing board may , if the applicant so requests and if the board is satisfied that the requirements of the area for which the board is constituted make it desirable , insert in the licence a condition that , during such part or parts of the year as may be specified in the condition ( being a part which is not longer , or parts which taken together are not longer , than 180 days ) . |
| 11 | Lord Cross accepted that the " significant proportion " test was the standard which the justices were required to apply , but stressed that " a significant proportion of a class means a part which is not numerically negligible but which may be much less than half . " |
| 12 | So the first choice really is between erm a sentence which is not an individualized one and one which can be individualized in justice and all the circumstance of the case . |
| 13 | If necessary complaints will be decided by a special committee ( called a Service Committee ) made up of an equal number of health practitioners and members of the public , with a chairman who is not a health practitioner . |
| 14 | Thus , a director must account to the company for any commissions he receives on company contracts , because he receives them only by virtue of his position as a director , and he could have been induced to encourage the company to enter into a contract which is not in its best interest . |
| 15 | Higher precision is obtained by studying the apparent motion of radio-sources that pass near to and behind the Sun 's disc , a technique which is not restricted to times of solar eclipse . |
| 16 | She looked at him , half-sly , half-pleading , like a child who wants a present it is not entitled to . |
| 17 | Now frankly , an admiral who does n't pick his own bombing targets and a broker who ca n't choose his own investments do n't seem as oppressed to me as a clerk who is n't allowed to press her own return key . |
| 18 | But , and to repeat the point , in assigning cases to a category one is not measuring the property except in some very truncated sense of the term . |
| 19 | People are experiencing a smell which is not particularly distressing . |
| 20 | On Exmoor , management agreements have generally worked to stem losses of moor to agricultural development but the annual , index-linked compensation payments have been widely criticised as providing money to prevent a change which is not in the national interest to begin with . |
| 21 | Like pectin , psyllium forms a gel which is not digested or absorbed , thereby increasing the viscosity of the meal . |
| 22 | In the case of a public company , however , s. 11 requires the capital clause of the memorandum to state a figure which is not less than the authorized minimum . |
| 23 | According to the government , it 's a figure which is n't expected to bear any relation to the minimum cost of living . |
| 24 | But it is not so easy if you have a condition which is not susceptible to diagnosis and has no clear-cut signs or symptoms . |
| 25 | Sometimes , despite this strategy , you will need to use a term which is not part of the conventional fabric of discourse in which you are working . |
| 26 | And erm y every time the cleaners came round on a Tuesday it 's not ev er everything had to be on the bed , including chairs er everything , you know , you had to have your desk |
| 27 | As a result she is not allowed by her mother to supplement the family income by helping her in the fields , since to be seen doing it would mean she had become an illiterate villager again . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , the program tries to be too many different things at once , and as a result it is n't easy to use as it claims and performs quite slowly . |
| 29 | As a result it is not unusual to see people doing things which increase the risk of serious damage if things go wrong . |
| 30 | As a result it is not worth discussing them fully here . |