Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some countries where religion is not acknowledged to be in any way a necessary part of life , and also to a lesser degree in some where it is , the very important regular holidays , i.e. the single days or short periods of relief from work , which are spaced throughout the year , and which are additional to the long summer vacations , are fixed by arbitrary law and not by reference to religious feast days . |
| 2 | It is a rule-articulated association which leaves its citizens free to pursue their own interests ; civil association is not constituted for any common purpose . |
| 3 | If the entry is n't changed to the consumer 's satisfaction , the bureau has to add to the file ( and pass on to future inquirers ) the consumer 's own version of the story . |
| 4 | Although the presence of worms in the small intestine is not associated with any specific lesions , occasionally , heavy infections have been reported as a cause of impaction and perforation leading peritonitis . |
| 5 | They can concentrate on fast-moving products ( ie goods that sell well ) , so that stock is not held for too long and money is released to buy more goods |
| 6 | The Tyneside experience seems to be that in ‘ gentrified ’ areas this will happen , but in areas which retain their original working-class population as owners rather than tenants , then grant aid is necessary if the stock is not to deteriorate beyond redemption . |
| 7 | A loan stock holder is not hampered by such restrictions if his loan stock is not paid on the due date . |
| 8 | Non-collection is not confined to Strathclyde and Glasgow but applies also to the shires , which collected only 82 per cent . |
| 9 | It should however be noted that while profit maximization is not regarded as a goal , it is accepted in managerial theories that there is a profits constraint , either because a minimum level of profitability is a condition of survival of the enterprise , or to necessary to protect management from loss of office through take-over . |
| 10 | The deal is not affected by this week 's decision to slow down part of the emergency aid agreed upon by the Twelve in December because of the repression in the Baltic republics . |
| 11 | Perception is not conceived as a direct grasping of an occurrence here but rather as the means by which the perceiver obtains a resulting impression which may or may not correspond to what actually happened . |
| 12 | Now American producers are tactfully claiming the script is not based on Liz 's life and marriage to builder Larry Fortensky , even though there are striking similarities between her past and the film 's plot . |
| 13 | And divorce is or sorry , remarriage is not allowed for members of the Anglican Church . |
| 14 | However , this reasoning is not accepted in English law for non-homicide offences , and provocation is not generally allowed to reduce a more serious offence to a less serious offence — probably for reasons associated with the policy of efficient administration ( see Chapter 3.3(m) ) , which the significance of death is thought to outweigh in homicide cases . |
| 15 | The reasoning is not aimed at supporting a positive argument : it is negative and adversarial , and aimed at rejecting the arguments of other scholars and at excluding evidence that can not easily be accommodated into a unilinear historical canon . |
| 16 | Consciousness is not tied to neural structures and events . |
| 17 | This is a context where , as we shall see , affiliation and dependence are major social and psychological goals and where violence is not perceived as a legitimate behavioural , option . |
| 18 | In a world so construed , and a motivational context so defined , it is clear why violence is not perceived as an acceptable behavioural option in interpersonal relations . |
| 19 | A defendant 's costs order may also be made in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) by a magistrates ' court where an information has been laid before magistrates but not proceeded with ; or where the magistrates ' court inquiring into an indictable offence as examining justices determines not to commit the accused for trial ; ( 2 ) by the Crown Court where the defendant is not tried for an offence for which he or she had been indicted or committed for trial ; or the defendant who has been convicted of an offence before a magistrates ' court appeals against conviction or sentence and , in consequence of that appeal , the conviction is set aside or a less severe punishment is awarded ; ( 3 ) by the Divisional Court where it deals with any criminal appeal ; ( 4 ) by the Court of Appeal where it allows an appeal against conviction or sentence or on such an appeal finds the defendant guilty of a different offence or imposes a different sentence ; ( 5 ) by the House of Lords where it determines a criminal appeal , or application for leave to appeal . |
| 20 | If theft is not proved beyond reasonable doubt , they should consider handling . |
| 21 | Loss is not defined in the FSA , but it probably refers to a pecuniary loss . |
| 22 | ( d ) Damage Pure financial loss is not covered under the CPA 1987 where " damage " is defined under s5(1) to mean " death or personal injury or any loss of or damage to any property ( including land ) " . |
| 23 | Commenting on the report , David Trippier , a junior environment minister , said that " the evidence is much clearer now that ozone loss is not confined to the Antarctic but is prevalent also in the northern hemisphere " . |
| 24 | However , the working side is not neglected by any means . |
| 25 | ( 4 ) Where a sale by auction is not notified to be subject to a right to bid on behalf of the seller , it is not lawful for the seller to bid himself or to employ any person to bid at such a sale , or for the auctioneer knowingly to take any bid from the seller or any such person . |
| 26 | However in this situation the auctioneer may not accept a bid on behalf of the seller ; s57(4) and ( 5 ) provide : ( 4 ) Where a sale by auction is not notified to be subject to a right to bid by or on behalf of the seller , it is not lawful for the seller to bid himself or to employ any person to bid at the sale , or for the auctioneer knowingly to take any bid from the seller or any such person . |
| 27 | If the command is not recognised by the Z88 's operating system , a " Bad command " error will be reported . |
| 28 | However , the first result is not recorded in the Standard until six months later in May 1909 although in the meantime the first bi-monthly bogey competition was played , in October 1908 , and won by C. Hubbard ( handicap 10 ) . |
| 29 | It may be scholarly to give many references to work done in the 18th century and to plumb the depths of graph theory , but the result is not going to be of very much help to a working chemist . |
| 30 | In reply , Freud considers the rationalist argument that murder is not engaged in because it makes social life impossible if anyone is allowed to murder anyone else . |