Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provided that the population is not trapped at a local optimum , and provided there is at least some genetic variation in the appropriate direction , the optimal life history will eventually be reached . |
| 2 | ‘ Not called at a bad moment , have I ? ’ |
| 3 | Also , the needles on the needlebed ( plus their latches ) must be in good condition with the sinker posts in an upright position and not bent at a drunken angle ! |
| 4 | They have not arrived at a favourable view of the monarchy because the balance sheet falls in the black . |
| 5 | As always in such an undertaking , the art of organization lay in the avoidance of offending those who were not asked at a particular moment and in the ability to remember enmities and jealousies which could cause friction and poison the atmosphere if the wrong people found themselves together . |
| 6 | those which are not directed at a specific military objective ; |
| 7 | It was not created at a good time for ballet music and these scores are relentlessly trivial . |
| 8 | In 1959 Dore Ashton was dismissed by the New York Times , the charges being that her articles were not aimed at a wide newspaper audience , and her articles on work by artist friends gave evidence of bias ( her husband , whose work she was forbidden to review , was a painter and print-maker called Adja Yunkers ) . |
| 9 | So Harriet had n't worked at a regular job . |