Example sentences of "and [be] not [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are probably shocked by the news , and are not in a position to make a rational decision . |
| 2 | Teachers in schools being tested are thus powerless , since they have no control over the measures used and are not in a position to dispute the findings ( although this depends on how the results are used , and if , for example , they are published ) . |
| 3 | They have a dispute and are not in a hurry to resolve it and lose a perfectly good excuse for not paying . |
| 4 | I have n't yet married and am not in a rush to do so , so I suppose that in this regard I am a disappointment to my father , though I 'm sure he understands that it would be unfair for me to marry with my present commitment to athletics . |
| 5 | The bridge in question is shown in figure 7.8(b) and is not of the Wheatstone form . |
| 6 | Where solicitors want a " consent order " , provided it does not relate to a possession order of residential premises , and is not for an order in matrimonial proceedings , the Court staff can now sign it , which should provide for a quicker return ; it must be clear from the face of the order that it is " by consent " . |
| 7 | the dog has been worrying livestock , has not left the vicinity and is not under the control of any person and there are no practicable means of ascertaining to whom it belongs . |
| 8 | It is a report and valuation for mortgage and insurance assessment which is usually done in half an hour and consists of a general look at the property to see that it actually exists as described , and is not in a state of collapse or major disrepair . |
| 9 | Australia 's world record try-scorer backed up Carling when he said : ‘ If all referees agreed on what is and is not within the laws , then we would not need to keep tinkering with them . |
| 10 | The fact that he could get such good results by orthodox bowling also left one wondering why he occasionally indulged in a bouncer war , for it obviously did his reputation no good and was not as a rule very productive . |
| 11 | He 's claimed that the drug he took was only for his asthma , and was NOT on the list of banned substances . |
| 12 | He subsequently abandoned the forgery allegation and amended his counterclaim to plead ( i ) non est factum on the grounds that Mrs. Steed did not know that she had been appointed attorney and was not aware that she was signing a transfer of the property ; and ( ii ) that the transaction effected by the transfer was not a sale and was not within the power conferred by the power of attorney . |
| 13 | The new pleading , so far as relevant to the claim against the building society , constituted ( i ) a plea of non est factum based on the proposition that Mrs. Steed did not know she had been appointed attorney and did not know she was signing a transfer of the property ; ( ii ) a plea that the transaction effected by the transfer was not a sale and was not within the power conferred by the power of attorney . |
| 14 | The House of Lords held that the surveyor was discharging the duties of both expert and quasi-arbitrator , and was not in the position of an independent arbitrator who had no other duty which involved acting in the interests of one of the parties , and that accordingly in so acting he was not guilty of collusion or bad faith . |
| 15 | It took a little time to find the girl who had been moved and was not in the room that the Sub-lieutenant had told him how to find . |
| 16 | He was detained in Newgate prison in Dublin in 1797 , but he appears to have taken little part in the 1798 rebellion and was not among the state prisoners incarcerated after its suppression . |