Example sentences of "n't being " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd be delighted if governments could prove all our reports wrong , if that means that human rights are n't being violated , ’ Smart said . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's them who are n't being polite , ’ Paul muttered , sotto voce . |
| 3 | There is one thing in favour of total non-hypocrisy : at least you know where you stand , for as long as you are allowed to stand , and , of course , as long as you can be sure they are n't being a tiny bit hypocritical too . |
| 4 | All this talk of peace and detente in the Med is n't being allowed to interfere with war games at Greenham Common . |
| 5 | Pursuing legal action would have cost them money they did n't have ( unless it meant selling their house which was not an option ) but doing nothing left them with the feeling that justice was n't being done . |
| 6 | Once you 've seen the production , in many ways an unexpected one , you 'll understand that Mr Hall is n't being pretentious and that Mr Hoffman has n't suddenly been struck by false modesty . |
| 7 | Nate would never have taken him off the presentation if he was n't being moved sideways or demoted . |
| 8 | ‘ You were n't being kind . |
| 9 | Mild advice to stop shouting and come back to bed because he was n't being very effective did little to deter Charles from a sense of deep injustice . |
| 10 | He glanced around , ensuring they were n't being overheard . |
| 11 | Producing ‘ knocking copy ’ is n't being suggested but emphasising your school 's uniqueness and particular strengths in your prospectus is important . |
| 12 | If however it is felt that some of our members are n't being catered for at the present time please let the group organisers know so that , if possible , adjustments may be made . |
| 13 | ‘ To check that you were n't being followed ? ’ |
| 14 | And we can safely bet that it is n't being so generous . |
| 15 | What is interesting is whether the women were there ready to work because they were marginal to the existing structure and were n't being allowed into the existing structure or , and I think there is evidence to show this , because they are actually more interested in being flexible , innovative and creative than in a tidy career track — that they are prepared to go nut and take chances . |
| 16 | Experience has shown that many real situations are lacking in mechanisms for monitoring what is going on , and taking the necessary control action when the required standards are n't being met . |
| 17 | When his or her car was n't being illegally clamped , stolen , broken into , photographed by a Gatso camera or failing the MoT emissions test , it was costing an arm and a leg to insure . |
| 18 | But then they , unlike me , were n't being paid to listen . |
| 19 | She was n't being humiliated , she was just doing her job . |
| 20 | And she was n't being ironic : she truly meant it . |
| 21 | I ai n't being gossipy . |
| 22 | It 's never going to rumble through the floor in the way that a similarly priced 4x10 would , but they 're obviously catering for a gap in the market which is n't being filled very successfully . |
| 23 | I 'm sure those people are n't being themselves at all really . |
| 24 | Then about four days later it was pointed out to me that a real earthquake actually hit Germany last week , and she was n't being poetic at all , and I actually felt cheated of the wave of emotion I had felt towards her . |
| 25 | ‘ Hookers owe it to themselves and their loved ones to refuse to play if crouch-touch pause-engage is n't being enforced ’ , he said . |
| 26 | Are you struggling to find a particular product or feel you have a need which is n't being catered for ? |
| 27 | He enclosed a sample of cloth with his letter to prove his words and demonstrate that he was n't being unduly extravagant . |
| 28 | I was obsessed with the way they looked , but I knew I was n't being told the whole story about them . ’ |
| 29 | One woman described how she experienced an aggressive pattern : ‘ I found it very difficult to cope with women over me , especially if I thought that they were n't being fair — although I had no problems when dealing with men . |
| 30 | I 'm a keen gardener , and someone told me that Pat Weaver 's patch was n't being used . |