Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pilots who are frightened or apprehensive about stalling have not been properly trained and could be a risk to themselves and their passengers if they obtain their licence without overcoming their problem . |
| 2 | He said a number of large economies found it difficult to commit themselves to targets which had not been properly explored and before the International Panel on Climate Change reports scientific evidence next year . |
| 3 | However the in-house system had not been properly tested and by early this year problems had started . |
| 4 | However the in-house system had not been properly tested and by early this year problems had started . |
| 5 | Though the campaign scarcely gripped the imagination as the victories in the west had done — some reports hinted that the significance of the campaign had not been properly grasped , and that the victories had been unable to affect the popular mood for more than a very short time — it seemed to provide yet another example of Hitler 's strategic genius . |
| 6 | A piece of venison , for example , had not been properly trimmed of its silverskin so that in cooking , the silverskin contracted , warping the meat which therefore cooked unevenly . |
| 7 | All the alternatives have not been properly considered , and must be before the Institute is committed to an enterprise of this magnitude . |
| 8 | But the main reason why interviews prove ineffective is that the interviewer has not been properly trained and has not prepared thoroughly for the task . |
| 9 | Instruments needed had not been properly sterilised . |
| 10 | The castle had not been properly maintained for many years and after the auction it was allowed to crumble . |
| 11 | I suppose that some trace of a previously used chemical was still in the tube which had not been properly cleaned . |
| 12 | He told me some hair-raising stories of the casual , careless way in which bodies can be handled at the undertaker 's and in transit , the most common being losing the coffin on the way to the funeral because the doors have not been properly secured or the wrong name-plates having been attached , resulting in great distress to the relations of the deceased and confusion for the minister concerned , all of which made our dealings with Nigel seem positively reverential ! |
| 13 | However , as a political issue , it has so far not been properly thrashed out . |
| 14 | They said they had not been properly consulted about the venue and formed a rival organisation , the Professional Chess Association , to manage the championship . |
| 15 | Claims that the English tests had not been properly prepared were dismissed as being ‘ without any validity at all , ’ and he stressed the importance of the tests in identifying pupils with reading difficulties at an early age so they could be given extra help . |
| 16 | Again , I feel that this argument has not been properly thought through . |
| 17 | Again , however , it is important to try to establish the cause of the condition , which is most common in the case of dogs which have not been properly socialized early in life . |
| 18 | Others are concerned that the two-tier grades are biased towards technical and safe mixed routes , and the seriousness of ice routes has not been properly addressed . |
| 19 | Most of the Bank 's economists say that Africa 's performance has been disappointing not because the gospel is wrong , but because it has not been properly implemented ( Marxists , mind you , say the same thing about communism ) . |
| 20 | I vividly remember the occasion when a box had not been properly secured — when poor Katy opened the bathroom door she was greeted by a scene which must have been reminiscent of the Hitchcock film The Birds with thrushes and feathers flying everywhere ! |
| 21 | If , as was palpably obvious , those terms had not been properly executed , liege homage was to be postponed until such time as satisfaction had been obtained . |
| 22 | I am speaking now of its Belgrade side , of the old men in the Academy who wished to complete Serb history because it seemed to them that it had not been properly completed back in 1918 . |
| 23 | Are there periods in his career or aspects of his art which have not been properly appreciated in the past and which will be reassessed by your exhibition ? |
| 24 | The steaks fitted both descriptions : terrible because despite their pampered lives , they were as tasteless as any meat which had not been properly hung ; typically English because even on small plates they looked mean and thin and had been further abused by overcooking . |
| 25 | Furthermore , many key settlement policies have not been properly implemented because there has been a lack of co-ordination among the relevant planning agencies ( Cloke 1980b ) . |
| 26 | It is consistent with Lord Alverstone C.J. 's remarks at p. 395 , cited above , that if she had not done so , i.e. , if the transaction had not been properly explained to her , the security would not have been enforceable . |
| 27 | The Piraeus kouros appears to have an iron armature inside , so was cast in one piece ( one of the advantages of sectional casting is that the core can be removed ) ; but it has not been properly studied or published and we can not say what methods were used ; nor do we know what was the nature of Rhoikos ' and Theodoros 's innovation . |
| 28 | The use of interferon alfa in patients with decompensated cirrhosis , organ transplant recipients , children , and patients with extrahepatic manifestations of infection has not been properly assessed . |
| 29 | As studies have focused on the immediate pregnancy related complications of gestational diabetes it is not surprising that the value of such screening has not been properly investigated as far as long term complications are concerned . |
| 30 | ( 5 ) Where a licence is granted by a board which has not been properly constituted or is otherwise not in accordance with the Act , the licence is void . |