Example sentences of "[adj] is [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But even so this is not perceived as a particular lack in other countries .
2 This is not to disparage in any way the commitment of health workers to physical rehabilitation which will sustain or restore people 's physical independence , especially following illness or accident .
3 Although Mrs Thatcher insists that accountability should exclusively be through national governments to national parliaments , this is not favoured by others .
4 This is not done in anyway to downgrade anyone else .
5 This is not done in man because it leads to Charcot joints and a deafferentation phantom , two signs the horse may not be able to display .
6 Frederica explained that in France the 7 is crossed but that this is not done in Thomas Cook 's in Calverley , N. Yorkshire .
7 This is not done by the owners challenging them , or punishing them physically , but simply by making them earn all their privileges .
8 This is not catering for the indigenous population of Ayrshire and Arran .
9 This is not to press for a reversal of the present position , but to understand that if the work of research students is to be understood in educational terms , then the first step is to accept that the role is a hybrid of research and of higher education .
10 This is not to say of course , that Christians might not have supported certain of these ideas : by choosing a particular profession of considerable sacrifice to themselves in economic terms , by supporting rent legislation because of the plight of deprived families , by welcoming the welfare state because of the inability of poor families to obtain appropriate medical treatment or by applauding deficit spending as a way of reducing unemployment .
11 I say again — this is not based on party acrimony — that we have severe reservations about two clauses , which must be given serious consideration today or in another place .
12 Racism like this is not faced by whites , and is only too everyday for black people in a highly xenophobic society , and this has terrible effects on their everyday lives .
13 MILLIONS are staked every week but officially this is not gambling at all .
14 Indeed , as already mentioned ( see Chapter 2 ) , the SGA 1979 has special provisions with regard to the determination of price where this is not fixed in the contract of sale ( s8 ) .
15 This is not to argue in terms of structuralism but in terms of a combination of institutional form and individual behaviour — elements which are bundled together as either part of ceteris paribus or part of the residual in factor productivity analyses .
16 Hence although the language is related to purpose this is not realized in the process of learning ( for further discussion see Widdowson 1983 : Chapter 3 ) .
17 Cork , we outline hereunder an Eight Point Programme to ensure that this is not imposed on the community .
18 Although there is a marked decrease with age in the percentage rating their health as good this is not matched by an increase in the percentage classed as poor .
19 Unfortunately this is not matched by her academic ability .
20 Blame can not be laid at the doorstep of any single photographer , designer , journalist or editor — this is not intended as a smug pop at our predecessors , nor a dig at individuals .
21 It appears from the context that this is not intended as a limitation on the use of ‘ judicial channels ’ but rather as a preliminary observation before a specific provision that in such border cases legalization is not required .
22 This is not intended as an exhaustive list .
23 This is not intended to be nomination in the traditional sense and once the subcontractor has been named ( subject to reasonable objection by the contractor if the naming is during the course of the contract ) , that subcontractor becomes almost entirely the responsibility of the contractor .
24 You do n't have to be a historian to know a pretty flower when you see one , and although this is not intended to be a text book — there is more than enough literature available to fulfil that function — I do suggest that your enjoyment of roses can be enhanced by knowing just a little about the many different kinds , and such matters as why they are cultivated in certain ways , why they are pruned , and so on — and to see a strange word , and know what it means !
25 This is not intended to be an exhaustive list and throughout the observations the main questions in the HMI 's mind are : Is the range of work suitable for the children ?
26 I will not add any further details , since this is not intended to be a technical article , and in any case loco fans will know the details very well already .
27 This is not intended to be an exhaustive checklist of the regulatory requirements of either the Yellow Book or Blue Book .
28 So this is not intended for five years old , it actually refers to new vehicles .
29 This is not affected by the average body size of species within the family ; the interaction between body size and size dimorphism was not significant ( ) .
30 This is not affected by the withdrawal of police support but would be badly compromised by weak or inadequate stewarding of a sponsored event .
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