Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A SENIOR Anglican clergyman who declared that sex outside marriage should not necessarily be considered a sin has come under fire . |
| 2 | ‘ Obviously they will not just be handed a job which is why a strategy is already mapped out for training and so on . ’ |
| 3 | Boots which have been factory-treated and given a waterproof finish should not normally be given a wax treatment when new , but should be treated with ordinary shoe polish . |
| 4 | [ 3 ] Without that careful study , scratching would not normally be considered a sign associated with arthritis . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the rewritten version conforms so closely to the original , with just isolated words changed , that it can not reasonably be called a paraphrase . |
| 6 | While he can not really be called a poet , he has strong and sensitive feelings which show themselves in poetic music in the opera . |
| 7 | He anticipated that some might say that not all such information is a trade secret in ordinary parlance but if that were correct then " the class of information which can justify the restriction is wider and extends to some confidential information which would not ordinarily be called a trade secret " . |
| 8 | What she had now with Adam could n't even be called a relationship , she acknowledged ruefully . |