Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this might seem to be stating the obvious , the fact is that this issue has not received a great deal of systematic ( as opposed to post hoc ) discussion in the literature . |
| 2 | The UFD , claiming that the government had not received a popular mandate , warned President Taya that its supporters would not accept the result . |
| 3 | Ecalpemos , after all , was not Greek and did not even sound so to Rufus who , unlike Adam , had not received a classical education . |
| 4 | A Downing Street spokeswoman said later they had not received a formal request from Mr Rushdie for a meeting . |
| 5 | As for making up and imposition , the tasks most often cited as barred to women , they could certainly not be carried out by anyone who had not received a proper training , and were rightly regarded as skilled work . |
| 6 | He described himself as a victim of a US plot to turn his country into a colony , and alleged that he had not received a fair trial . |
| 7 | Councillor Malachi Curran , the chairman of the Down Economic Development Agency , claimed the area had not received a fair share in the past and there was an onus on the government to ensure Down was not neglected . |
| 8 | Diplomats asked Buckingham Palace to warn her against any trip to the island , which has not received a royal visitor for many years . |
| 9 | Provided there 's access to the plane and the fuselage is not crushed a few minutes should tell us all we want to know . |
| 10 | It has been restored but not altered a great deal in modern times . |
| 11 | I have not heard a single argument — there was not a sentence in the Secretary of State 's speech — to suggest that the upper limit will be reached in the coming year . |
| 12 | We have not heard a single word . |
| 13 | Not heard an American or Canadian say that . |
| 14 | Although the Koons ' work is also being shown in Strange Developments , Sherman 's work was not given a similar position of prominence , nor even hung in the same location as Koons ' , as if the exhibition organisers were emphatically hoping to avoid any challenging comparisons . |
| 15 | All fixed date actions to which the rule does apply are now subject to automatic directions ( see Chapter 11 ) and are not given a return day at the outset . |
| 16 | This is why graphology was not given a separate heading in our checklist of stylistic features in 3.1 ; it was understood that such features , where of stylistic interest , would be noted under the heading of foregrounding . |
| 17 | Even when an oxytocic agent is not given a small proportion of patients show an increase in plasma oxytocin concentration during the late second or early third stage of labour . |
| 18 | KATAHDIN : Unplaced behind Triomphe Modest over 6 furlongs at Nottingham on Tuesday , but this colt was not given a punishing race when running on very well to finish only a few lengths off the winner . |
| 19 | The apostles were not given a priestly role by Jesus and he left no instructions about how the Church was to be organized . |
| 20 | He claimed he was not given a fair hearing . |
| 21 | But when hospitals are struggling to stay within budgets such initiatives are not given a high priority . |
| 22 | This eminent folklorist , however , has not given a full consideration to the Celtic background . |
| 23 | ‘ It was to protect this operation that the press were not given a full briefing when the recent doping allegations were made . |
| 24 | DURING the 1992 general election the people of the United Kingdom were not given a proper chance to make a decision about the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 25 | He was not given a medical examination after he lodged his complaint ; however , he still bore scars from the torture one year after his arrest . |
| 26 | and they 're not given a large amount of money |
| 27 | The Bank has not given a formal ruling on this method of presentation from a capital adequacy perspective . |
| 28 | Mrs Piggott 's BUSTED ROCK was not given a hard race when 14½l sixth to Satin Lover at Ascot and is open to plenty of improvement . |
| 29 | Patients with little or no residual intraluminal tumour and a good lumen ( implying minimal risk of obstruction ) were not given a further follow up appointment . |
| 30 | But whatever the reason , whether it was that everyone had been so busy reassuring everyone that no one had bothered to talk to the crematorium , whether they had got the time wrong , or whether the vicar had simply had a brainstorm , he now , you could tell , was dimly aware that he had not given an exemplary performance . |