Example sentences of "not being " in BNC.
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| 31 | People in literature departments are not used to handling ideas , it not being their métier , and traditionally they were not required to , beyond such elementary tokens as the Elizabethian World Picture or the Death of God . |
| 32 | Television was so quick to join the Yuppie Backlash that there is now a real danger of a Yuppie Backlash Drama Backlash , in which the viewer starts muttering about not being able to switch on the bloody set without seeing a broker being broken . |
| 33 | This point should not be pushed to perversity : the IMF is still clear that a US-style deficit is worse , and it certainly is not being quickly corrected . |
| 34 | The concept of a minister having Cabinet rank — and therefore implicitly not being a member of the Cabinet proper — crops up again on environment . |
| 35 | ‘ The thought of not being there for them as they grew up was too much to bear , ’ she said . |
| 36 | The Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association , representing about 131,000 teachers , estimates that about 7,500 teachers are not being paid incentive allowances worth £858 a year , while a further 900 are missing out on additional annual payments of £2,568 . |
| 37 | The fact that traffic estimates are not being increased to compensate for the rising construction costs is certain to raise fears that the cost of using the tunnel will be forced up by its scheduled opening in June 1993 . |
| 38 | There is no question of me not being involved in a United deal . |
| 39 | According to exile sources in Vienna , cows are now being treated like Romanian women — ie , subjected to a monthly gynaecological examination just to make sure their fertility is not being interfered with because population increases are the order of the day . |
| 40 | Right now she is not being . |
| 41 | The hard choices are simply not being made . |
| 42 | It was what Morley 's reportage implied that aroused such ire , especially the bit about bad choices , and crack perhaps not being the worst of them . |
| 43 | It is not being fitted because of the cost : but in the meantime talks about the £25 smoke mask are proceeding . |
| 44 | Perhaps they do ; maybe I have not being paying attention ; too busy with the eau-de-vie , anis or grappa . |
| 45 | In Jewish , Christian and Islamic tradition the word ‘ God ’ is used for God not because its meaning is thought to correspond to the nature of God , but simply as a convenient label for the ultimate , altogether incomprehensible mystery because of which things exist instead of there not being anything at all . |
| 46 | But then Alton Towers prides itself on not being a theme park . |
| 47 | He 's committed a libellous slander , based on heresay , making the most obscene remarks about Katherine and the marriage not being consummated . |
| 48 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — The Colombian government said it had rejected an offer last year from drug traffickers to give up the drug trade in exchange for not being extradited to the US , and firmly ruled out any dialogue with the traffickers . |
| 49 | Nonetheless , the National Radiological Protection Board recommends that when radiation levels approach its ‘ generalised derived limits ’ , the authorities should investigate both the sources of radiation and the way of life of people in the locality to check that they are not being exposed to excessive amounts . |
| 50 | Mr Carter droned on about the United States not being strong any more and being too afraid of the Russian bear and being out-traded and so on . |
| 51 | Ferrari spokesman Franco Liistro said : ‘ It 's the same vice again of the defendant not being given a hearing . |
| 52 | The play during the latter interludes — humane warmth not being Flannery 's forte — seems somewhat enfeebled . |
| 53 | There was grumbling that he may not have heard among tribesmen at al Hassaniyeh who are resentful at not being able to voice their grievances freely . |
| 54 | Eggs are not being sold from the monastery at present . |
| 55 | I could n't face having kids and not being able to kick a football to them . ’ |
| 56 | There 's not much else you can do , like , if a law 's not being broken you ca n't do anything . |
| 57 | Latent demand Customer needs are there already , but are not being met by existing products . |
| 58 | In short , quite apart from economic or foreign policy considerations , the social momentum which had sustained the British throughout their difficult experiences since 1945 was not being maintained . |
| 59 | Thus Archbishop Fisher had two reasons for not being pleased with the prime minister . |
| 60 | We are not being wise after the event in pointing to the reasons why Imperial consolidation was foredoomed . |