Example sentences of "who is not [verb] " in BNC.

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31 For a working constitution in a democracy implies reference to certain norms and standards which lie beyond and outside the document itself , and which can not easily be inferred from it by someone who is not steeped in the history and culture of the country concerned .
32 While individuals may be seeking : ( 1 ) freedom to advance their careers by moving on to other firms , but " job security " in the meanwhile ; ( 2 ) payment , on death or retirement , of the full value of their partnership shares ( including capital contributions , undrawn profits , goodwill etc ) ; and ( 3 ) upon death and/or retirement from practice , financial security for themselves and their families , the firm 's priorities in the interests of preserving profitability are likely to be concentrated on : ( 1 ) the need to impose restrictions on the freedom of partners to leave without adequate notice and/or thereafter to compete with the firm ; ( 2 ) the ability to remove from the firm any partner who has failed to meet proper professional standards who is disruptive or who is not seen to be pulling his weight ; and ( 3 ) the need to minimise the strain on the firm 's finances when a partner leaves whilst recognising a certain moral responsibility towards the family of a deceased partner .
33 However , a mother who is in contact with her baby immediately after delivery is much more likely to be able to do this than one who is not given her baby until a few hours after the birth .
34 : a carrier — person who is not affected but is harbouring pathogens
35 Eraut ( 1977 ) adopts a process viewpoint when he argues that : ‘ A teacher who is not developing to any noticeable extent is becoming a worse teacher , because development is natural and to avoid it is to deteriorate ’ .
36 Thus , if Mr X , who is not domiciled in the United Kingdom , puts property into a discretionary trust and at the time of the ten year charge the trust assets are not located in the United Kingdom , eg they are chattels such as a motor vehicle which is located outside the United Kingdom , no inheritance tax is in point .
37 But then comes a statement about Christ which seems to emanate not from a rational clever man trying to help us to understand things more clearly , but from a rhetorical trickster who is not thinking at all .
38 Of course you could try a tantalising headline but do remember that in the first instance you have to attract the attention and interest of the journalist or editor , who is not going to be tempted quite as easily as the reader might be .
39 We 're asked to apprehend and detain the driver , who is not thought to be armed but who may resist arrest . ’
40 The first was the right hon. Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) , who is not remembered with exactly ecstatic affection by Conservative Members .
41 The average Briton who is not attempting to shed weight is consuming between 2,000 and 3,000 calories daily and only around 15 to 20 grams of fibre .
42 I 'm taking here about pure , blind betting of someone who is not attempting to exercise any skill but is just looking at the odds offered by the bookies , and pointing out — and I 'll have a table to demonstrate this in the talk I give at the Open Day — the way in which the rate of return on bets made in this way decreases steadily the longer the odds are offered .
43 The President , who is not standing , is backing the candidacy of Mr Fidel Ramos , her former defence secretary .
44 Unemployment Benefit recipients with a Spouse who is not working will usually have an income low enough for those who qualify for topping-up Supplementary Benefit .
45 Roberts won the race on Bold Resolution , who is not entered for Newmarket , but last year 's shock Ces winner Go South did n't run badly in fourth .
46 The penalty here is stated clearly in that a witness who is not included on the list can not be led .
47 A manager who is not held accountable for any of his authority or power may well exercise his authority in a capricious way .
48 R.5(6) provides that a shareholder shall not exercise any voting rights in respect of any share held in breach of any part of R.5 — a breach could come about either because a shareholder is not permitted to be a shareholder or because a shareholder is holding for another person who is not permitted to be a beneficial owner .
49 Other plaintiffs will adopt the common , often haphazard , methods of seeking legal advice , which may result in a plaintiff seeing a solicitor who is not experienced in the field .
50 By contrast , certain defences are provided for the person who is not proved to have formed the intent , but whose language or conduct is likely to give rise to racial hatred .
51 Mary Crawford says many harsh words about the aspect of marriage for example ‘ there is not one in a hundred of either who is not taken in when they marry .
52 Émile Chaillot displayed the deep impatience of a bureaucrat towards an artist who is not doing as he is bid .
53 But , in my judgment , it would operate against no others ; it would not operate against a person who is not shown to have taken with such notice of the circumstances under which the deed was executed .
54 ‘ ( 5 ) A person who is not shown to have intended to stir up racial hatred is not guilty of an offence under this section if he did not intend his words or the written material to be , and was not aware that it might be , threatening , abusive or insulting . ’
55 ‘ In proceedings for an offence under this section it is a defence for an accused who is not shown to have intended to stir up racial hatred to prove that he was not aware of the content of the material and did not suspect , and had no reason to suspect , that it was threatening , abusive or insulting . ’
56 A child who is not feeling well will stop eating temporarily and rapidly lose weight over a short period but this will be regained equally quickly once the child has recovered .
57 Treaty , in particular where the vessel is not used to pursue an economic activity or where the application for registration is made by or on behalf of a person who is not established , and has no intention of becoming established , in the state concerned .
58 The pastor who is not praying is playing ; the people who are not praying are straying .
59 ‘ It is difficult to do anything for a child who is not attending school . ’
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