Example sentences of "[noun sg] as not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The draughtsman no doubt had in mind to cover what he would have called all bona fide transfers , that is to say transfers which would be regarded by the Revenue as not made for any fiscal purpose which they would regard as improper . |
| 2 | By far the most effective arrangements presently available are those which : ( 1 ) provide for the continuing partners to have the option to acquire the share in the firm of an outgoing partner ( which overcomes the tax problems noted in Chapter 10 and offers some desirable freedom of manoeuvre to the continuing partners without ordinarily causing any disadvantage to the outgoing partner ) ; ( 2 ) finance the purchase of the share of a partner who dies before retirement by way of insurance effected on the lives of each of the partners the proceeds of which are declared to be held on trust for the partners for the time being ; ( 3 ) finance by endowment insurance the purchase of the shares of partners whose retirement can be predicted ; ( 4 ) ensure that in any case which is not or can not be sufficiently covered by available insurance ( eg payments to a partner who is expelled or who otherwise leaves the firm before normal retirement date ) payment of any capital sum is spread over a period so to reduce the burden on the continuing partners without imposing any great hardship on the outgoing partner or his estate ; and ( 5 ) impose on each partner an obligation ( Clause 14.02 ) to take out adequate ( as discussed with all the partners from time to time ) retirement provision for the benefit of himself and his familyso as not to impose any burden in that respect on the firm , which in former times would have accepted responsibility . |
| 3 | This regards the child as not in need of socialization or control , but basically er , good in its own right . |
| 4 | That 's why it might be better to think of the Universe as not having a boundary — it goes on for ever . |
| 5 | It follows that a critical mass of teachers who see their job as not just delivering education but as re-creating it , in however small a way , is the absolute pre-condition for change that is purposeful and cumulative . |
| 6 | Fitzgerald and Sim call this a crisis of ‘ authority ’ , for they see staff unrest as not primarily caused by material economic considerations . |
| 7 | The fact , therefore , that much of art education is concerned with a direct pupil/teacher interaction , in which informal discussions about problems , and their possible resolution , establishes a crucial but essentially informal kind of diagnostic assessment , means that many art teachers view any externally imposed structure upon this process as not only irrelevant , but potentially damaging to that very quality of personal involvement and development that characterizes good work . |
| 8 | Green candidate , Bill Hughes sees investment in more public transport as not only the key to an improved environment , but also to an improved economy . |
| 9 | Winnicott observed that such ‘ transitional objects ’ were important , precisely because they may appear to the infant as not fully part of the external world , and therefore not entirely separate from the child 's own body . |
| 10 | In previous psychomechanical studies , the infinitive has been defined as a quasi-nominal form of the verb evoking its event as not yet realized ( cf. |
| 11 | ( Actually his dismissal of this type of evidence as not being relevant to institutions is one many anthropologists would agree with . ) |
| 12 | The liberals wanted to promote a modern secular understanding of religion as a largely private matter which should be pursued in such a manner as not to offend people of other religions . |
| 13 | In general , passion should be treated in such manner as not to stimulate the lower and baser emotions . |
| 14 | It 's a magic technique and one which I first tried years ago but never knitted as a pattern as not many people then had the facilities to make use of it . |
| 15 | Both Mussolini and Hitler saw population policy as not only a means of increasing the population but also as a means of social control , using both repressive and persuasive measures . |
| 16 | How many Welsh coaches , for example , see their role as not only achieving success for their clubs but also furnishing players of quality for the new multiplicity of Welsh squads ? |
| 17 | Against this background and his assessment of the shallowness of Miss T. 's acceptance of the beliefs of the Jehovah 's Witnesses , he construed Miss T. 's refusal of treatment by blood transfusion as not extending to the question of whether or not she should receive transfusions in the extreme situation which had arisen . |
| 18 | While the BMC has always avoided awards in the past as not being in the spirit of climbing , it was persuaded by the increasing use of crags like Stanage by large groups under instruction . |
| 19 | In other words , all bedding is likely to be cross.bedding , though often on so gentle a scale as not to be recognisable in the field . |
| 20 | In 1767 one of these thinkers , Lemercier de la Rivière , in his L'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques ( 1767 ) , presented such a ruler as not legislating in any positive sense but merely declaring and applying fundamental laws which were immanent in the nature of things , in the structure of the world as it is and must be . |
| 21 | As it was , her flamboyance struck people as unbecoming and her apparent phlegm as not very lovable . |
| 22 | Gust becos I cud not spel It did not mean I was daft When the boys in school red my riting Some of them laffed But now I am the dictater They have to rite like me Utherwise they can not pas Ther GCSE Some of the girls wer ok But those who laffed a lot Have al bean rownded up And have recintly bean shot The teecher who corrected my speling As not been shot at al But four the last fifteen howers As bean standing up against a wal He has to stand ther until he can spel Figgymisgrugifooniyn the rite way I think he will stand ther forever I just inventid it today |
| 23 | The image of the immigrant as not yet integrated into American society , poor , and not fulfilling American standards of cleanliness was complete . |
| 24 | ‘ The figures of the heads are beautifully done , ’ noted Selby , ‘ [ and ] are quite sufficient to identify the species , [ but ] I wish he had added a little more to the letter press as not a single word is said about habits , a description of the plumage alone being given . ’ |
| 25 | We men like to win , and it is quite improper for the servant to be so impudent to the Master as not to allow him to win . ’ |
| 26 | All the emphasis , she felt , must be on this coming as an order which could not be disobeyed and yet put in such a way as not to be offensive . |
| 27 | No matter how simple the programme , it still needed to be organized , and in such a way as not to give offence by seeming to slight a guest . |
| 28 | There are now four such problems which can be assembled into a solution in any order , provided we can solve a subproblem in such a way as not to disturb the solution of the previous subproblems . |
| 29 | This court is in a position to define the extent of this common law tort in such a way as not to require a positive amendment of the law by Parliament . |
| 30 | Along with the acquisition of a home and yard goes an elaboration of the inside of the house in such a way as not only to further develop the idea of a pleasant and cozy home , but also to add new elements , with emphasis on having a nicely decorated room or family room , a home which closely approximates a standard of all-American affluence . |