Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right hon. Gentleman has not been listening to his hon. Friends . |
| 2 | The Science Citation Index also indicates that the outside world has not been developing ideas form German scientists : 2 per cent of citations in 1975 were for German papers compared with 4 per cent for the UK and 3 per cent from Japan . |
| 3 | In times past , Shiptonthorpe has not been lacking in interesting characters . |
| 4 | Certainly , this has not been yielding the same profits as four years ago , but the Japanese are not entirely absent from the sale rooms nonetheless , even though more often in order to sell than to buy . |
| 5 | Morgan Grenfell seems happy and has not been looking over Mr Massey 's shoulder . |
| 6 | Jones has a lovely service but he has not been looking good behind a struggling pack . |
| 7 | Weary of Israel 's ceaseless importuning , it recently produced a long and scholarly ‘ confidential report ’ which concludes that , since Arafat told the UN General Assembly last December that he recognised Israel 's right to exist and ‘ renounced ’ terrorism , the PLO has not been speaking with ‘ forked tongues ’ and its declarations have ‘ for the most part been consistent , regardless of the media in which they appear . ’ |
| 8 | Lucker has not been taking corners well . |
| 9 | Also , the pilot will be in very good flying form and his instructor will have made sure that he has not been getting into bad habits . |
| 10 | Despite the decline in its popularity , homoeopathy has not been standing still for the entire twentieth century . |
| 11 | The law has not been standing still since Jorden v. Money . |
| 12 | ‘ My own department has not been standing still . |
| 13 | In many parts of the world there are big restrictions on the way we trade , but the industry here has not been preventing from growing and we have a good environment in which to do business . |
| 14 | For the widow of a younger man or of one who has not been paying into a personal pension scheme for very long , this could be a very small amount — perhaps only a few hundred pounds a year . |
| 15 | Bouguereau has not been selling well at auction in recent years , and it is possible that the recent exhibition at Borghi & Co. in New York has stimulated a revival of interest in his work . |
| 16 | I do hope my son has not been making a nuisance of himself . ’ |
| 17 | Obviously , Mr Gustafson has not been doing his homework , otherwise he would know that there are 48 UN resolutions calling for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cyprus , and the restoration of its territorial integrity and sovereignty . |
| 18 | SCO 's development partner DEC will have to soldier on alone , if it has not been doing just that for some time ( UX No 364 ) , if it intends to put OSF/1-for-ACE on its MIPS R4000 machines . |
| 19 | " Many property groups have recently been in difficulties , and it is generally known in the City that the Ingard group has not been doing well . |
| 20 | Is the Lord President aware that the Prime Minister has not been doing very cleverly lately in Question Time ? |
| 21 | Mr Wyatt said action would have to be taken at the Total Power Tools offshoot , which has not been performing well . |
| 22 | MODEST hero Ian Olney was the first to admit he has not been playing well . |
| 23 | Juventus manager Giovanni Trapattoni confirmed last night : ‘ David has not been playing at the top level recently because of a knee condition . ’ |
| 24 | Forrester has not been playing much in the reserves but came straight on to the bench after his injury . |
| 25 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 26 | Despite the abundance of reserves , coal production in the USSR has not been increasing at any significant rate . |
| 27 | Our juror programme has not been working . |
| 28 | The whisper is that Faldo has not been saying too much about how well he is playing for fear of tempting fate . |
| 29 | The whisper is that Faldo has not been saying too much about how well he is playing for fear of tempting fate . |
| 30 | But the Fiasco has not been running . |