Example sentences of "not [be] [adj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has not been possible to exempt her from a third politics module , 7605 , but rather than delay her Stage II entry it has been agreed that she may ‘ trail ’ it in that stage , i.e. she will include it along with her advanced modules as 1 of the 2 basic modules which may also be counted . |
| 2 | If he had not been halfway to sleep he would have noticed that far from washing the make-up from her face she had taken the trouble to apply the eye shadow and lip-stick that her mother sent her from Moscow . |
| 3 | Of my writing you will form a more correct idea when you see my specimen of Penmanship , which I hope will afford you much pleasure , for my endeavours have not been deficient to render it deserving of your esteem . |
| 4 | The impression lingered that her mother had not come to find her , and that her mother had not been pleased to have her returned , for Rachaela was instantly slapped . |
| 5 | The servants had not been keen to let him see the man , but his rank and vague remarks about the importance of co-operation with the Grand Army had succeeded in securing him an interview . |
| 6 | Drawing on the experience of her own broken home , Diana has not been afraid to hug her sons in public , dry their tears , share a childish joke with them or simply take them to McDonald 's . |
| 7 | It had not been able to clarify its position on vital issues such as Punjab violence and communalism . |
| 8 | This particular person had found the shock so great that she had not been able to acknowledge it at all except by taking this evading action . |
| 9 | Labelling theory implies that criminals are powerless , passive victims who have had the misfortune to be labelled criminal , and have not been able to do anything about it . |
| 10 | Although he has not been able to cure it , he has found it possible to slow the disease down so that it stabilises , banishing the symptoms to allow the fish to grow and feed . |
| 11 | It is not surprising that I have not been able to finish them , for I never have a single quiet hour here . |
| 12 | The minister 's one regret was that he had not been able to implement his scheme in full . |
| 13 | So far she had not been able to reconcile her desire to keep everything the same and her desire for comfort . |
| 14 | And , yes , we have not been able to employ them straight away , though they could come into the orchestra to sit with the principals as a co-pilot sits with the pilot . |
| 15 | On seeing the deference with which Hocazade was treated , Karamani Mehmed Pasa remarked : " We have not been able to destroy his good repute . |
| 16 | He is a very nice horse but we have not been able to test him in Dubai , ’ said Conway . |
| 17 | She was bitterly sad that she had not been able to see her aunt before she died . |
| 18 | While they were walking they had not been able to see it , because there were hills in the way ; but now they saw that the cottage was really built on a cliff , and down below them was a small bay . |
| 19 | He 's therefore not been able to contact his girlfriend , he 's not been able to see his children , er , although he has missed them very much . |
| 20 | He 's been in custody for two or three , three days , thirty six hours or something like that already , and not been able to see his family , and er got into all sorts of mess because of that Madam . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , a blow has been struck for the land-owning taxpayer , particularly those less well-off individuals who have not been able to defend themselves against the local district valuer 's increasingly aggressive commercial techniques . |
| 22 | Unfortunately we have not been able to persuade her to have ophthalmic screening , so the presence of congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium is not known . |
| 23 | Even just now , when for a moment she had not been able to remember what day it was , and when Faith Lavender had already been dead a week . |
| 24 | She came back defeated ; she had not been able to move her . |
| 25 | The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected . |
| 26 | If I want to talk personally with my father about something and am admitted to him , he talks for an hour about something or other and then the time of the talk is over and I have not been able to say what I had wanted to say . |
| 27 | But he was already a fallen idol in Patricia 's eyes , all because he had not been able to deny himself a sentimental gesture before leaving . |
| 28 | Use analysis of the situation you are in as your key tactic : ‘ I 've not been able to make my point . |
| 29 | This chapter has not been able to cover them all — the impetus GPFHs have had in driving through quality improvements for example ( Glennerster et al. |
| 30 | We have not been able to trace her . |