Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [conj] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then probably you have not heard that he was sent for last night just before Compline , to go to Donata , at her express wish . |
| 2 | The effects of the acquisition are not given since it is treated as always having been a member of the group . |
| 3 | It is not given when it is demanded . |
| 4 | The applicants were not consulted but they were told the minimum period of imprisonment they would have to serve before their cases would be reviewed . |
| 5 | The sounds of shouting and gunshots might have alarmed Ianthe had she not realised that they were coming from the television programme in the basement . |
| 6 | But Lokata had not realised that it was treading on a defence secret . |
| 7 | Her husband had not realised that she was dying , and the subsequent shock was so great that he became unable to care for his six-year-old daughter who also began to lose weight and perform badly at school . |
| 8 | Tense is not included as it was found too difficult to test within this framework . |
| 9 | Yet it was this very stability which made them so potentially harmful , for their effects upon a whole ecosystem , as opposed to an individual species , were not considered before they were adopted and so , as farmers enthusiastically seized the opportunities which these new insecticides offered , little thought was given to any possible chain reaction which might follow . |
| 10 | Storing the worms is not recommended unless it is done under running water . |
| 11 | This was not pursued when it was realised that quite small countries like Ireland could become significant contributors . |
| 12 | Holmes had told Stapleton that he would return to London , but he had not said that I was going too . |
| 13 | ‘ Then you showed us that the cuts were not made when she was stabbed . |
| 14 | This was because these changes required the approval of Congress , which was not granted because it was controlled by opposition parties . |
| 15 | The introduction of the guidelines appears to have led to around 1615 patients not being x rayed ( we are not told whether there were confounding variables such as fundholding ) . |
| 16 | We are not told that anything was done about it . ’ |
| 17 | Parental consent is not needed if you are aged between 16–18 . |
| 18 | for the construction or extension of a building or other erection on land ( Nevertheless contracts for repairs and improvements are not excepted unless they are secured by a land mortgage ) , |
| 19 | Clarification of this distinction would enable the correct questions to be asked about those interventions that are provided although a need does not exist ( reducing inappropriate care ) and those interventions that are not provided although they are demanded and can be shown to be needed ( rationing ) . |
| 20 | Where he was educated is not known but he was apprenticed to John Marshall , a surgeon from Kilsyth , who was in charge of Glasgow University 's Physick garden in 1704 ( a physick garden was a source of herbs and other plants used for medical purposes ) . |
| 21 | The origin of platelet activating factor released by the pancreas stimulated with caerulein is not known but it was shown earlier that caerulein and cholecystokinin are capable of increasing the incorporation of labelled acetate into platelet activating factor in the isolated pancreatic lobules and to increase the synthesis of this phospholipid . |
| 22 | The inventor of the German action is not known but it was used in a square piano signed ‘ Gottfried Silbermann , fevr. 1749 ’ This piano is more likely to have been made by Johann Gottfried Silbermann ( 1722–63 ) rather than by his more famous uncle , Gottfried ( 1683–1753 ) . |
| 23 | It is not known if they are acquired through upbringing or inheritance or acquired later through experience . |
| 24 | The number of therapeutic abortions carried out in Northern Ireland is not known because they are contained in figures for gynaecological operations . |
| 25 | Material presented to people during sleep is not remembered unless they are woken up by it , and remain awake for some time . |
| 26 | Answer guide : The land is normally not depreciated as it is assumed not to wear out . |
| 27 | This is because the skilled individual is normally working well within his capacities , he does not have to search desperately for information because he knows exactly what to look for , his movements are not hurried because they are integrated into smooth chains and he does not react suddenly because he anticipates what is going to happen . |
| 28 | It is regrettable that the friend will be hurt if his advice is not followed after it was given due consideration , or at least it is regrettable that he will be hurt to a degree which justifies this reaction . |
| 29 | ‘ or disorderly behaviour ’ This point is not defined but it is felt that any conduct which is not orderly and is not covered by ‘ threatening , abusive , or insulting words or behaviour ’ would suffice . |
| 30 | Double discrimination is experienced by older disabled people whose needs are not acknowledged and who are denied access to benefits available to younger people . |