Example sentences of "the [noun pl] be not [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mines were dangerous , the mines were not to be left open as an invitation to any foolhardy visitor . |
| 2 | The signs are not at all difficult to pick up . |
| 3 | This principle applies in full force in dealing with the harmonic idioms of the present day , in which discords are approached and quitted with the utmost freedom , and there is often little or no feeling of resolution at all , for there must always be ‘ part-writing ’ and the notes must ‘ go somewhere ’ and not be left in the air , so to speak , even if the progressions are not in accord with nineteenth-century harmonic notions . |
| 4 | a blood test he said I should think what 's happened , that guy who 's seen you , has , I , cos I said it was his understudy , yeah , cos he said Wendy had seen Mr Hudson so obviously the notes were n't in there were they ? |
| 5 | Around them the trees were silent : the day was windless , and the birds were n't on speaking terms with one another . |
| 6 | Yes , yes he , that was his business to buy the houses run down and then re re renovating them and then selling them off again you know , but it was good when the houses were n't in prices up , but now when they go down is er , he 's not doing very well just now , you know ? |
| 7 | It may , therefore , also be the case that the jewellers were not over concerned with the purity of the gold and that , therefore , the balances , weights and touchstones did not belong to them . |
| 8 | The plaintiff said the raisins were not within that quality definition , and that the broker had not exercised reasonable skill and proper care . |
| 9 | The Corinthians are not in the privileged position of judges between theological niceties . |
| 10 | Then we move on from the getting of work , the erm doing of work to ensuring that the operations are not in going back to our quality , that the actual profit that we are producing and delivering is er of the top top quality . |
| 11 | ‘ The outlaws are not like that ? ’ |
| 12 | Many parents , increasingly pressed to meet school fees , say they would rather the trips were not on offer than have to explain yet again to their children that they ca n't join their friends on this once-in-a-lifetime trip . |
| 13 | A similar chronology can be seen at Wroxeter , whereas as at Leicester the Forum is Hadrianic and completed in AD 129 ( Atkinson , 1942 ) , the baths were not in use until the Antonine period , although there are definite traces of an earlier public building ( Kenyon , 1940 , 189 ) , but its date and function are by no means certain . |
| 14 | But all to no avail , the manufacturers were not among the sponsors . |
| 15 | If the Revenue accept that the court order or agreement between the parties created a settlement on the ground that the interests of the beneficiaries are not of the same quality as the wife has a right of occupation ( see Booth v Ellard [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 1443 ) Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act , 1992 , s225 provides that the gain accruing to a trustee on the disposal of settled property shall in effect be free from capital gains tax where during the period of ownership the house has been the only or main residence of the person entitled to occupy it under the terms of the settlement . |
| 16 | Now you also have to realize that the foreigners are n't like the ones you 've heard about either . |
| 17 | Two of the entries are not in chronological order , which suggests that the recording of events was sometimes delayed . |
| 18 | And strangely enough , the branch , the branches were not in the machinery of negotiations . |
| 19 | The teacher 's interactions with the children will be vital if the opportunities are not to be missed . |
| 20 | The examinees are not in any ordinary sense witnesses , and the ordinary standards of procedure do not apply . |
| 21 | Mr Rosen 's attack on the lists was not with the particular choice of titles — indeed the list was so extensive that no one could possibly be against them all . |
| 22 | And like many records of war , images of the anger , humiliation , privilege and resistance experienced by the fighters are not in the picture . |
| 23 | But this time , the voices were not in the distress of agony that had been heard in the reception area . |
| 24 | The dicta were not to be followed . |
| 25 | But here I find the opinions often less easy to take , though the wide scholarship and enthusiasm involved in the books is not in question . |
| 26 | At least one senior member , who for a time was delegated the task of convening its meetings , considered the panel to have been of little relevance in the first year or so : because the books were not on the shelves , so there was n't a great need for finding ways of stimulating the use of this material . |
| 27 | No I mean the , the arrears are n't at the same date are they ? |
| 28 | Thank God for a fixed set and no stagehands , and the electricians are n't in yet . |
| 29 | The parties were not on an equal footing ; and generally the payer paid the sum demanded in ignorance that it was not due . |
| 30 | The parties were not on an equal footing ; and generally the payer paid the sum demanded in ignorance that it was not due . |