Example sentences of "not [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Religious ideas are not checkable by ordinary experience , asserts Freud . |
| 2 | The defendants ' operations were not destructive of telegraphic communication generally , but only affected instruments unnecessarily so constructed as to be affected by minute currents of the escaping electricity . |
| 3 | The systems division is still not profitable after charging research and development expenditure , but services — technical support , third-party maintenance , consulting , are said to be very profitable and represent 30% of receivables all told . |
| 4 | They were ‘ overqualified and not cost-effective for small cases ’ . |
| 5 | Originality was only to be found in the words of songs , but these words were not understandable to western audiences . |
| 6 | The head did in many cases establish , however , that many of the criticisms were not untypical of other schools in the borough — or indeed of comprehensive schools in general . |
| 7 | A review in the Washington Post is not untypical of liberal reaction in its dismissal of his book as ‘ 386 pages of bilge ’ . |
| 8 | Bamford wrote of his parish church in the eighteenth century : " every one in those days admitted that there was not a rood of earth around it which was not redolent of supernatural associations " . |
| 9 | The glass transition is not specific to long chain polymers . |
| 10 | Net is also a general term , not specific to working girls ( prostitutes ) so that it can facilitate other ministries in the future . |
| 11 | This letter is not specific to MAS and should be tailored to the specific requirements of each engagement . |
| 12 | This increase in chemiluminescence is not specific to ulcerative colitis in itself as we have also shown that inflammation of the colon from other causes will also increase chemiluminescence . |
| 13 | Where a marking procedure which is not specific to particular test items is employed , grading methods used are that : ( i ) Marks may be awarded by teachers exercising professional judgement about the quality of a piece of work based upon the experience of the teacher regarding the standard of work that has been achieved . |
| 14 | Clearly the combination of malabsorption with small bowel villous atrophy and lymphocytic inflation is not specific for coeliac disease because EATCL may present in similar fashion . |
| 15 | Patients were excluded if they had severe disease not attributable to chronic respiratory disease , severe psychiatric disease , or if they used NIPPV at home . |
| 16 | Within each of these age groups , the difference between the ‘ observed ’ and ‘ age standardized ’ bars gives that change which is not attributable to changing numbers in the age group , and the difference between the ‘ observed ’ and ‘ age/sex/marital status standardized ’ bars gives the change attributable to changes in the headship rates for each marital status of each sex , at each age , i.e. to factors other than the change in the numbers in each age , sex and marital status group . |
| 17 | A left-right asymmetry in the latency of the first positive and second negative peaks was recorded which was not attributable to lateralised stimulus presentation per se . |
| 18 | The results of tests carried out on patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia illustrate the limited role for tests of gastric emptying in the management of patients with symptoms not attributable to previous surgery . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , latex is not suitable for borders since it dries too quickly and is not durable for exposed and vulnerable areas . |
| 20 | I mean they 're normal to us but they 're not normal to other people , so why should we make them normal to them , just to please society ? |
| 21 | Also , they will be easy to upgrade by fitting new chips as they become available , offering features not possible with analogue circuits . |
| 22 | Because MRI is particularly well developed to differentiate between lipid and water , with further development , it may be possible to simultaneously measure transit and absorption of different nutrients in the gut , an area of measurement at present not possible with existing methods . |
| 23 | The flexible winding of the organ allows the music to sing and breathe in a way that it is not possible with conventional bellows , and Schrader 's performances , like the instrument , are bold and bracing . |
| 24 | Of course there are times when this is not possible for practical reasons , but the more you are able to stay in tune with your body , the better you will feel . |
| 25 | It is not possible for certain types to screen themselves fully , because the noise prevents this . |
| 26 | They are not there to help us avoid heartache or hurt — that 's not possible for real , alive , relating human beings . |
| 27 | In Figure 6.3 the rapid increase of speed with depth in the outer 10 or 20 km is due largely to the increasing compaction of a fragmented medium as the overburden increases : it is not possible for solid rock to give this behaviour . |
| 28 | In the tradition of Advaita or non-Dualism he refers to the soul , ( Ātman ) , and God , ( Brahman ) , as knowers rather than objects of knowledge and claims that it is not possible for mortal beings by the use of reason alone to know the knower of knowing . |
| 29 | This is not possible for obvious ethical reasons . |
| 30 | Identification among the members of a crowd , or group , leads to demands for all to be equal ; given the numbers involved , it is not possible for particular individuals to be the favourite , so a reaction-formation grows up , expressed as a group demand for social justice and equality . |