Example sentences of "[coord] [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this is but the reverse side of the Janus face of justice , for in their eyes it happens more often that criminals are released or are not put in prison for long enough . |
| 2 | But those who do n't succeed or are not skilled or schooled enough to succeed are n't wanted . |
| 3 | For example , subjects ( which can be people or , with suitable techniques , animals ) are asked whether two complex shapes , presented in different orientations , are or are not the same . |
| 4 | Although there are many laws on the statute book ( often dating from colonial administration ) , they have either become dead letters or are not integrated into a coherent national conservation programme ( FAO Soils Bulletin No. 30 , 1976b , lists various legislation for different countries ) . |
| 5 | Reminding others that they do n't have much light left , or are not equipped for the top , is quite different . |
| 6 | By learning to understand the effect of their emotional state upon their eating habits , the people concerned will become more aware of what they are — or are not — taking into their bodies . |
| 7 | If you have any queries , or are not sure that this Plan is exactly what you require , please ring the NatWest Insurance Services ' Helpline on Bristol ( 0272 ) 263723 . |
| 8 | The Strathclyde Elderly Forum has provided a voice for pensioners in the way local services are , or are not , provided . |
| 9 | There is a danger that the size of the NHS will again produce a range of systems and , subsequently , years of argument as to whether the data deriving from one system can truly be compared with another system because the items included are not common or are not grouped in the same way . |
| 10 | If you live at any distance from medical help , or are not within easy reach of a telephone , it might be wise to add some ‘ activated charcoal ’ to the medicine cupboard , as it can slow down the absorption of poison . |
| 11 | Nevertheless the political and social motivation of some librarians and the antics of the media in frequently misrepresenting the situation when books are or are not selected have brought the two practices so uncomfortably close that we are being forced to justify what is undoubtedly a professional task of the very highest order and demanding considerable skill . |
| 12 | Some workers are supported by strong trade unions whilst others have only weak unions or are not unionised at all . |
| 13 | This may be because they are not working full-time or are not doing jobs which make full use of their abilities . |
| 14 | It is also hard to move without being promoted , so if you do not want more administrative responsibility , or are not promotion material , again you are inhibited from searching for a more congenial workplace . |
| 15 | For example , musical and philosophical skill — as opposed to the external rewards of reaching the ‘ top ’ in a musical or academic career , a kind of achievement which , if given central importance in our lives , will yield no abiding satisfaction , beset as we will be by worry as to what others are or are not thinking of us — can only be developed by an individual in a propitious environment where many co-operate in working at them . |
| 16 | Lyons , in fact , concedes ( b ) : ‘ I am only too prepared to accept that in other traditions scribal records either are not or are not seen to be intrinsically more reliable than memory and oral transmission . ’ |
| 17 | The procedure to be followed by the Test Manager for problems that do not originate in or are not caused by the sub-system being tested is described below . |
| 18 | You wi they will have had support and yo you might say we 're gon na miss little things out that we 've already covered on or are not relevant anyway erm I think we 've just got ta wa , just got to see how it works and |
| 19 | Do we have any knowledge of events which we have not experienced or are not now experiencing ? |
| 20 | In this respect , the discourse analyst is not in the apparently secure position of the formal linguist who has ‘ rules ’ of the language which are or are not satisfied , but rather , is in the position of the hearer who has interpretations of the discourse which do , or do not , make sense . |
| 21 | Whenever the courts set bounds to the damages recoverable — saying that they are , or are not , too remote they do it as a matter of policy so as to limit the liability of the defendant . |
| 22 | We always have to have things that you know are easier to do or are not s such a hassle with the environment . |
| 23 | It is reported that Mrs Thatcher has been keen to ensure that those promoted are sympathetic to her scale of values or are not unwilling to break away from the style of middle-of-the-road consensus policies that have predominated in recent years . |
| 24 | If the first proposition is accepted , it is then necessary to identify market situations and conduct , which are , or are not , conducive to economic efficiency . |
| 25 | It also has to assume responsibility for those children who lack parents or are not receiving proper care . |
| 26 | the likelihood of the damage or of its being severe was due to characteristics of the animal which are not normally found in animals of the same species or are not normally so found except at particular times or in particular circumstances ; and |
| 27 | For whether a difference is genetic is independent of whether the different types of animals concerned are or are not influenced by experience during development . |
| 28 | From now on I will use the term " marriage " simply to denote the institution immediately under discussion without prejudging the issue as to whether the different kinds of " marriage " thus presented are or are not members of a single logical class . |
| 29 | The important question , though , is not so much whether such features are or are not objectively present , but what significance and function one should assign to them if they are . |
| 30 | Broadly speaking eligible trainees are individuals who pay for their own training or assessment out of their own resources , who do not receive assistance from an employer or are not funded under a Government Scheme towards the cost of such training . |