Example sentences of "are not [vb pp] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This irresponsible attitude does nothing to help children , nor parents who are not suspected of abusing them . |
| 2 | We have to be able to make distinctions between parents , usually mothers , who are not suspected of involvement and parents , usually — although not exclusively — fathers , who are . |
| 3 | The SNC meteorites are not suspected of being material ejected from Earth following a major impact and which subsequently fell back to Earth . |
| 4 | ‘ My fear is that people who are not suspected of committing an immigration offence may find themselves on this machine , which could have startling ramifications for them , ’ he said this week . |
| 5 | Scaevola disappoints them by informing them that they are not freed of liability . |
| 6 | Since the directors are the sole shareholders , the shareholders are not deprived of anything , and it could be said that the sole controllers are not dishonest within Ghosh . |
| 7 | So-called ‘ tins ’ are made in this way , and are not composed of tin itself . |
| 8 | They are not composed of real people . |
| 9 | They too look good on the shelves , though are not made of wood . |
| 10 | These figures of speech — hyperbole , metaphor , irony , sarcasm — work only if the sender has enough knowledge to know that average house cellars will not hold millions of bottles , women are not made of iron , and so on . |
| 11 | You are not made of ice . |
| 12 | Or , as Bernard Mandeville put it , in his usual ambivalent , ironic manner : " it is manifest , that in a Free Nation , where Slaves are not allowed of , the surest wealth consists in a multitude of laborious poor … " |
| 13 | Referees complain that they are not notified of their match performance markings made by club managers . |
| 14 | Women are not advised of the risks and the necessary check-up services are rarely available . |
| 15 | In this mode of attribution young people are not spoken of as having tragic love affairs , rather it is said that ‘ they ca n't cope with physical sexual experiences ’ . |
| 16 | If you are not told of the risk that you run , you might be able to complain of an unfair dismissal if you are sacked following a recurrence of the same conduct . |
| 17 | We are not told of the use or otherwise of anaesthetics , nor of any benefits flowing from such research . |
| 18 | And they do this in an atmosphere which is often biased against them , and which requires sacrifices that are not expected of men . |
| 19 | But these tasks are not expected of students because they are quasi-research activities . |
| 20 | These views concern the fact that the singular particular things which we can point to and pick out with the words ‘ this ’ and ‘ that ’ , and to which we often give names , such as ‘ James ’ or ‘ John ’ , are not thought of as being merely particular . |
| 21 | The official receiver whilst acting as receiver of the estate has the same powers as a receiver appointed by the High Court and is entitled to dispose of any perishable goods or any other goods the value of which is likely to be diminished if they are not disposed of ( s 287(2) ) . |