Example sentences of "[to-vb] [coord] [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The light seemed to dim and was not reassuring . |
| 2 | A statement from the new pressure group says clubs throughout the Foyle area feel that even with the continuing decline both in Irish stocks and water quality , the Commission has allowed over-fishing by netting to continue and is not adequately funded to deter or prevent poaching and the continued degradation of water quality throughout the system . |
| 3 | Our observations about possible problems with using the contralateral ear as a control were made as a contribution to debate and were not used as a basis for excluding any studies from consideration or inclusion . |
| 4 | So measures of poor welfare include finding that , because of the way an animal is kept or treated , it is not able to live as long or finding that it is not able to grow or is not able to breed . |
| 5 | The respondents avoid this difficulty by submitting that requiring and delivering the wrappers was merely a condition which gave a qualification to buy and was not part of the consideration for sale . |
| 6 | ‘ If one of our boys was good enough to play and was not getting a chance with Yorkshire , then surely another county would have taken him . |
| 7 | We always have to have things that you know are easier to do or are not s such a hassle with the environment . |
| 8 | Ensure that the oven is simple to use and is not a pilot 's cockpit |
| 9 | Radical and conservative values continue to co-exist and are not so much the properties of different populations but are to be found within the thinking of the same people ( Billig , 1982 ; Billig et al . , |
| 10 | That , Attlee insisted , was a matter for Parliament to decide and was not suitable for a Royal Commission . |
| 11 | Unlike novation , assignment involves the transfer of property namely the rights in relation to a contract which continues to exist and is not extinguished . |
| 12 | Trust takes time to develop and is not always possible in the short time available for pre-operative preparation . |
| 13 | As usual , though , the route has been carefully planned by the organisers , who can always predict how a race is likely to develop and are not inclined to let anyone have an easy ride . |
| 14 | The machine was easy to damage and was not a huge success . |
| 15 | For the first time in his life , William was having enough food to eat and was not being beaten into submission by his bully of a father . |
| 16 | Perhaps because of its futuristic design or perhaps through slow fund-raising , the bridge took many years to complete and was not opened until 1823 which must , to say the least , have been highly inconvenient . |
| 17 | As the Opposition believe that taxes , particularly local taxes , should be based on ability to pay , is it not absolutely scandalous that they suggest that the elderly and the single , whatever house they live in , should have to pay more than those with the ability to pay and are not willing to grant a discount ? |
| 18 | Extension of the grounds for divorce took even longer to enact and was not achieved until 1937 . |
| 19 | And no solution is possible as long as men are proud of their will to govern and are not themselves governed by the God Who cares for all races and all men . |
| 20 | Apart from this risk to human health , aluminium foil takes a huge amount of energy to produce and is not an environmentally acceptable packaging . |