Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [coord] [be] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These suggestions illustrate the flexibility of the provision and are not intended to be prescriptive in any way . |
| 2 | They are attached to the shirt and are not starched , so are not stiff enough . |
| 3 | But half the sugar in the drink came from the milk and was not thought to cause tooth decay . |
| 4 | Sir Denys , a 58-year-old Scot and a lawyer by training , took over from Sir John Harvey-Jones in 1987 ( who is now chairman of The Economist but was not consulted for this article ) . |
| 5 | The lessons of the Public Health era often seem forgotten in the West and are not integrated into the medico-technical intervention model which has been ‘ exported ’ to other countries . |
| 6 | ‘ It shall be the duty of every director of a building society to satisfy himself that the arrangements made for assessing the adequacy of the security for any advance to be fully secured on land which is to be made by the society are such as may reasonably be expected to ensure that — ( a ) an assessment will be made on the occasion of each advance whether or not any previous assessment was made with a view to further advances or re-advances ; ( b ) each assessment will be made by a person holding office in or employed by the society who is competent to make the assessment and is not disqualified under this section from making it ; ( c ) each person making the assessment will have furnished to him a written report on the value of the land and any factors likely materially to affect its value made by a person who is competent to value , and is not disqualified under this section from making a report on , the land in question ; but the arrangements need not require each report to be made with a view to a particular assessment so long as it is adequate for the purpose of making the assessment . |
| 7 | It was particularly galling for the greens to see themselves overtaken by the extreme right National Front , which was being credited last night with 12.5 per cent of the vote but was not expected to win more than a couple of seats . |
| 8 | Cleveland Police have said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the murder and are not reopening the case . |
| 9 | He travelled to the Continent but was not attracted to stay and study there . |
| 10 | If there was recognition that older people have the capacity but are not given the opportunity for participation and decision-making in , for example , the way residential care and nursing homes are run , then a lot of things would have to change . |
| 11 | A spokeswoman said Courtney had suffered ‘ generalised bruising ’ in the crash but was not thought to be in any danger . |
| 12 | Like Wilkie , 50% is the magic proportion that Richet hopes see going to non-IBM sources in the medium term , but he frankly acknowledges that ‘ we have a credibility gap as a supplier to other companies , ’ that will only close once potential customers realise that IBM is serious about the business and is not entering the market as a temporary expedient to use over-capacity . |
| 13 | If you need to send the remedy through the post and are not using dropper type stock bottles I have personally found it safest to add the granule to 10mls of alcohol in say a 10ml screw cap vial . |
| 14 | He had seemed to sniff at the opened envelope as though it carried some scent , but the letter inside only peeped from the teat and was not taken out . |
| 15 | Farmers had purchased land at quite unrealistic prices at the time of the reform and were not burdened with long-term borrowing . |
| 16 | And yet , they could never become as truly professional as their colleagues in other disciplines , since ‘ literature ’ did not belong in the academy and was not generated there , though criticism and scholarship might be . |
| 17 | The perfusate passed in a single cycle through the organ and was not recirculated . |
| 18 | Nonoxinol-9 may be an irritant to the lining of the rectum and is not recommended for anal sex . |
| 19 | If the key elements of ‘ owlness ’ were absent , or only a few were present , the birds showed some curiosity about the dummy but were not stimulated to perform the full mobbing response . |
| 20 | She has built a reputation for herself as a specialist in the area and is not involved as photographic director for Al-Wasat , a magazine based in London , which is launched this month for distribution throughout the Arab world . |
| 21 | Pools of water , presumably derived from this source , were observed on the upper parts of the beach and were not saturated with calcium carbonate . |
| 22 | This latter was situated beside the road and was not bisected by it , as was the larger fortified site at nearby Liberchies ( Les Bons Villers ) . |
| 23 | However , the firm will have to make the prescribed disclosure that all or most of the FSA protections do not apply if ( even though it does not have to do so ) it tells a private customer that it is a member of SFA or is otherwise FSA-authorised ; or ( 2 ) It is carried on with or for customers in the UK , but the FSA 's overseas person exemption would have applied if that non-UK office had been a separate person from the UK office ( see page 40 above and also below ) or , presumably , is outside the territorial scope of the FSA in any event ; or ( 3 ) The business is that of an appointed representative of the firm and is not carried on in the UK . |
| 24 | Such costs and benefits ( termed social costs and social benefits ) are external to the firm and are not measured in a firm 's costs or revenue accounts . |
| 25 | During summer , the soil moisture deficit usually prevents rainfall from reaching the aquifer , and the water table falls as water flows from the aquifer and is not replaced . |
| 26 | Normally after offering their silent prayers all three children were dismissed to play in the garden and were not recalled until the offertory food was removed from the altar at the end of the ceremony and eaten along with other dishes at a festive family supper . |
| 27 | Apple Computer Inc yesterday introduced its first CD-ROM-based multimedia product , PowerCD , a three-in-one player for CD-ROM , photo CD and audio compact disks : it will be out in the summer but was not priced . |
| 28 | BANGKOK — Cambodian guerrillas are staging raids from Thailand on government positions in the northwest of the country but are not trying to hold territory , a guerrilla spokesman said yesterday , Reuter reports . |
| 29 | This type of care is very unpleasant for the patient and is not undertaken in the United Kingdom unless the outlook is likely to be a return to healthy life . |
| 30 | They also affect those — such as special-needs teachers or welfare assistants — who hold posts at the school but are not funded through the delegated school budget . |