Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be improved by including all the results of excavations since 1961 , but this has not been possible for various reasons , the most important of which is that it is no longer the intention to study the results of 367 , but to turn to another event recorded by Ammianus which can be illuminated by this old study and by more recent work . |
| 2 | As we have seen , repeal feminists had not been opposed to moral disciplining but they had promoted it through the more ‘ feminine ’ domain of voluntary agencies , attacking the statist solutions of male professionals . |
| 3 | While awaiting the views of the European Court , will my right hon. Friend bear in mind the fact that Presbyterians in Scotland enjoy shopping on Sundays and that has not been detrimental to those who wish to attend church ? |
| 4 | The contract included limits for external financing which had not been subject to overall control previously , and set RENFE a variety of financial objectives including a reduction in its call on state funds . |
| 5 | These three fungicides are already on a UK Ministry of Agriculture ( MAFF ) list of 100 pesticides up for review , that have not been subject to modern tests . |
| 6 | He described it as " regrettable " that positions taken in the UN Security Council by the EC 's two permanent Security Council members — the UK and France — had not been subject to prior agreement among the 12 EC members . |
| 7 | The domestic banking system has ( since the early 1980s ) been completely free of formal restrictions on the supply of credit and has not been subject to reserve requirements . |
| 8 | The market for top quality works by Matisse has not been subject to speculative buying , according to David Nash , head of Sotheby 's New York Impressionist Department . |
| 9 | Mr Dewar called for the setting up of a Select Committee on Scottish Affairs — it was , he said ‘ a disgrace that the Scottish Office uniquely has not been subject to proper Parliamentary scrutiny ’ . |
| 10 | Thus we can normally expect a mature mind in a person at work and although developmental processes of growth and senescence are of some interest , studies of the person working usually assume that we are dealing with a mind which is equipped with the basic skills derived from play and education but one which has not been subject to any serious diminution of capacity . |
| 11 | So far , the bridging fund has not been applicable to many of the circumstances farmers have been needing to apply for . ’ |
| 12 | A prisoner had been taken who reported a possibility that the Emperor was with those forces , but the prisoner had not been certain of that fact . |
| 13 | The obvious highlight was Couples 's first major victory in the U.S Masters and the 33-year-old conceded : ‘ I 've not been close to that form since . ’ |
| 14 | The development officer said she felt the project had been unable to help much , because of the attitude of the relatives ; the principal carer had not been relieved in any way , and therefore her preference for institutional care ( without the ability to make it happen ) remained . |
| 15 | It was frustrating to be cut off from such a view but of course the original builders of the house had not been impressed by such aesthetic considerations . |
| 16 | Education has not been immune from this process , and some would argue that it has helped to create new social divisions . |
| 17 | The project has not been immune from some of the criticism levelled at the 400 museum rebuilding or building projects underway since the State launched its new museum policy in 1981 , and the mayor of Nîmes defends himself against accusations of megalomania by saying , ‘ We were lagging culturally . |
| 18 | Despite the blaze of publicity which accompanied the launch of the White Paper , the Government has not been successful in generating support for its proposals . |
| 19 | Although plastic pipe has been widely used for wastes and drains , until recently it has not been suitable for hot water . |
| 20 | The government however continued with just one vice-president and within a few months this post was held by Daniel Arap Moi , a non-Kikuyu who , despite being a member of the Legislative Council , had not been prominent in nationalist politics . |
| 21 | Additionally the political atmosphere has not been conducive to encouraging oil companies to engage in active exploration and development though this still continues despite the pull-out of Exxon and Mobil . |
| 22 | It had not been easy without existing contacts in the region , and their reports would have to be treated with caution for a while , but on the whole he felt he had achieved as much as could have been expected . |
| 23 | It has not been easy on three hours sleep a night . |
| 24 | The war had not been necessary at all , and could have been prevented . |
| 25 | Such oblations to the darkness of the early evenings had not been necessary in previous years when , whatever the season , bright hour and night hour had been dedicated to the service of his flock there were Masses to be said , sick to be visited , meetings to be chaired , burial services to be conducted , bereaved to be comforted . |
| 26 | With respect , I shall not give way because my hon. Friend has not been present for much of the debate . |
| 27 | Although Valerie had not been present for any of the discussion among governors and teachers on the appointing committee ? her remarks were not all that far removed from what had transpired . |
| 28 | And women have not been present in those circles with the result that they have been deprived of the means to participate in the construction of forms of thought which are relevant or adequate to express their own experience , ( Spender , 1981 , p. 3 ) . |
| 29 | Of course he 's not been well for some time and he did n't take care of himself . ’ |
| 30 | Advertisers themselves frequently complain that decisions in apparently similar cases have not been consistent with each other . |