Example sentences of "not [be] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many ways this was a sensible policy since even if Danzig had not been made a Free City and had remained within the long arm of Prussia , the local economy was too poor to maintain it for long ; a German Danzig would still have been forced to rely upon a distant Vistula hinterland . |
| 2 | Perhaps if he had not been created a cardinal deacon he would have stayed in Bologna longer . |
| 3 | Unmet need was said to exist where there was a care option which had not been given a recent trial and had not been recently refused by the client . |
| 4 | Broadly , the survey confirmed that parents of children with special needs had not been given a real choice of placement , and that they had to fight hard for mainstream provision if this was their choice . |
| 5 | ‘ And I 've not been given a good reason for it . ’ |
| 6 | New Zealand Test star Iro has not been given a new contract by Manly and was offered back to Wigan last week . |
| 7 | He 's not been given a legal decision , he 's passed an opinion , saying oh , this , this woman , was , you know , encouraging the man , and things like that , and that 's what gets people 's backs up , I think . |
| 8 | This fish has not been given a common name and is usually referred to as the ‘ sebae ’ . |
| 9 | He accepts that he can not make a categorical statement about innocence or guilt , but he feels that his constituent has not been given a fair hearing . |
| 10 | Er but er they 've not been studied a great deal by |
| 11 | But there are grounds for scepticism : there has not been produced a clear coherent overall plan which places significant values , skills and , characteristics at the forefront of the curriculum . |
| 12 | A smaller table was beside the desk with a high-backed typewriter , the sign of a junior executive who has not been allocated a personal secretary and must write his own memoranda . |
| 13 | The jubilant Knox wrote about her death in terms which make it clear why charity has not been thought a notable feature of Scottish Calvinism . |
| 14 | A dog that gains a third prize is a dog that lacks quality and is not perfect in construction , but one that still can not be called a poor specimen . |
| 15 | This lexicon should not be seen a static repository of data . |
| 16 | If dialogue is being taped in stereo , the signals from the individual speakers should not be given a pronounced left and right stereo bias as this would conflict with the performers ' relative positioning as seen in shot . |
| 17 | Yesterday , the Soviet Union blamed Britain for the cancellation of a visit by a human rights delegation , saying British officials insisted on sending Mr Michael Bourdeaux of Keston College — someone they knew would not be given a Soviet visa . |
| 18 | In other words , his argument might be seen as an attempt to confront the common sense with the disconcerting fact that references to what are assumed to be numerically identical spatio-temporal particulars inhabiting an objective world " out there " can not be given a satisfactory justification , and consequently that one can not claim with certainty that such particulars represent the basic material of which the world is made up . |
| 19 | Here thoughts about Lucy and about gems are active together and can not be given a satisfactory literal translation describing exactly the degree of similarity between Lucy and a gem . |
| 20 | Such is the fluid nature of the Hindu syncretism that the unifying power behind the gods can not be given a single name . |
| 21 | They may define positions that have often been repeated , but they can not be given a timeless quality . |
| 22 | A title " Rodent control:rats and mice " must not be assigned a higher weight than " Rats in the European Economic Community " , although the first contains two additional terms linked to the sought term in a see also relationship . |
| 23 | There could not be devised a sophisticated society in which there was no competition for ‘ jobs at the top ’ . |
| 24 | This present position should not be accorded a psychological fixity , which is somehow removed from the fluidity of historical development . |
| 25 | but I shall not be drawn a second time |
| 26 | ‘ This , ’ he says , ‘ would allow the display in rotation of a lot more of the paintings that can not be found a permanent hanging space . ’ |
| 27 | GRAHAM Taylor will not be offered a new contract by the FA — unless he leads England to a successful World Cup . |
| 28 | Her second visit could not be accounted a complete success , though we were much more intimate than before , and wept a lot together about the baby . |
| 29 | Suppliers are asked to state clearly where the overall responsibility for the success of the project will lie , if any aspect of the relationship proposed can not be considered a straightforward one of OUP as purchasers of goods and services from the supplier . |
| 30 | The Severn could not be considered a complete failure , however , for from it was developed the very successful Saro A.27 London flying-boat . |