Example sentences of "not [be] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have not been contact with someone for some time and do not have a directory which is updated frequently , a quick phone call tell you whether your contact is still there or has moved on . |
| 2 | Frequently seen on the campaign trail — including Scotland , Wales and Yorkshire — he has not been part of Major 's ‘ A-team ’ for the morning press conferences . |
| 3 | Self-confidence had not been part of her education so , despite her brief period of employment at de Levantiére 's , she felt insecure and nervous when she met new people . |
| 4 | With all his theological subtlety and insight into human behaviour he accepted the common views of the time in attributing to the saints in Heaven a concern for their worldly rights which , if they had not been part of an eternal order of the universe , would have disgraced a schoolboy . |
| 5 | The pants , she said , had not been part of the deal . |
| 6 | Although evidence given in earlier hearings had suggested that on at least one occasion Ministry of the Interior " reserve funds " had been used for GAL-related activities , the trial judges in their 170-page verdict concluded that the group had not been part of " the apparatus of the state " . |
| 7 | No but if it 's like , not been part of |
| 8 | The council apparently argued that as Gloucester had not been protector at the time , any attempt on his life could not be construed as treason . |
| 9 | The council apparently argued that as Gloucester had not been protector at the time , any attempt on his life could not be construed as treason . |
| 10 | A great deal is going on in those regions , and people in the south who have not been north of Watford Gap for a few years should go and see what is happening there . |
| 11 | She had read of Cupid , the little god of love , and of his wicked darts piercing the heart at the moment of understood love , and she had laughed a little at the idea ; but one of them had struck home at last , and she knew that on the two previous occasions when she had previously and disastrously thought herself in love it had not been love at all … |
| 12 | Their duties include the determination and monitoring of policy but there has not been research into this or any aspects of Probation Committees ' work . |
| 13 | Again the point was made that the government of the Republic had not been party to any agreement regarding the status of Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | Eight other member country governments favoured a more or less automatic start to stage two in January 1994 , while the UK had not been party to the October 1990 decision and had presented its own " hard ecu " proposals [ see p. 37969 ] . |
| 15 | There remained doubts over implementing the accord , particularly because right-wing factions in the military and the wealthy ruling oligarchy had not been party to the talks , and because hardline elements within the FMLN might not accept the dropping of a previous key demand that either the army be disbanded or its ranks be reduced and the remainder merged into those of the guerrillas . |
| 16 | At least the knights had not been party to the massacre ; they had achieved their task and now looked for suitable reward . |
| 17 | It 's not been Bump for a week or two . |
| 18 | Oh I 'll tell you later why she 's not been sort of I 'll tell you in a bit . |
| 19 | For one thing , there had not been time for the more remotely-seated lords to arrive , if indeed many of them heeded the summons ; and the Balliol supporters , of course , remained absent . |
| 20 | Richard I had disafforested the southern half , but they did not know whether Henry II had afforested any district which had not been forest in the time of Henry I. |
| 21 | This case makes clear that normally there can not be liability as a constructive trustee merely for ‘ knowing assistance ’ in a fraudulent design if there was no dishonesty or lack of probity on the part of the alleged trustee , and if knowledge would not have been inferred in the circumstances by an honest and reasonable person . |
| 22 | Give your fish a close visual inspection : flukes should not be problem at this time of year , but you may have introduced anchor worm ( Lernaea ) or fish lice ( Argulus ) with new stock … no dealer worth his salt would sell infested fish without first having dealt with these parasites , but it happens . |
| 23 | But there can not be complacency in Downing Street or satisfaction in the country as long as the unemployment figures continue to rise so sharply . |
| 24 | There must not be space for the ferret to get around the outside of the cage and remain free . |
| 25 | There might not be space for two , and I could hardly turn the other man out now . |
| 26 | Depressive illness can result in suicidal thoughts and there may or may not be expression of intent . |
| 27 | They do n't have to give up their best rooms and their freedom and not be mistress in their own house , and wait on people like that any more . ’ |
| 28 | The meaning of the word ‘ immediate ’ is likely to give rise to dispute in the courts , but it may be assumed that if , for example , a man threatens a woman that unless she has sexual intercourse with him , he will violently assault her in the presence of her children when they return home the following day , this will not be rape under the Committee 's proposals . |
| 29 | In default of a totally homogenised society , it is impossible to imagine a situation where there will not be variation from school to school , from teacher to teacher and from children to children . |
| 30 | He informed me that CAMRA would not be part of any campaign to re-introduce the Party Seven , as the beer was ‘ nasty ’ and not real ale . |