Example sentences of "not [be] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I had not been raised to be merely decorative . |
| 2 | One area of neglect which has not been touched upon is expenditure on research and development . |
| 3 | The United Kingdom , in particular , had an interest in protesting the closure of New Zealand 's ports to ships which had not been confirmed to be neither nuclear armed nor propelled . |
| 4 | However , this has not been seen to be a very effective set of policies . |
| 5 | Helen Wrangham was put on a hospital waiting list last April and has not been treated despite being in constant pain , claims her father Peter , of Hart Station . |
| 6 | The boldness of this interpretation lies in allowing the validity of the trust even though it had not been addressed to the daughter and had not been intended to be paid by her . |
| 7 | It had , however , not been intended to be just an economic body . |
| 8 | This had not been intended to be legalistic , but in practice the claimant had been put in the position of an ordinary plaintiff in a civil case arguing a case against a powerful insurance company or mutual insurance society ( Potter and Stansfield , 1950 ) . |
| 9 | Except that it 's significant that she has not been charged with being an accessory to the murder of Stompie Moeketsi er some months ago . |
| 10 | Where the degree course and the HNC/HND course have not been designed to be integral with each other , students seeking entry to the degree course on the basis of the HNC/HND will normally need to take two further academic years of full-time study for a Degree and three further academic years of full-time study for an Honours Degree ( or the part-time equivalents ) . |
| 11 | The limits of critical periods have not been found to be as immutable as was formerly thought , for by manipulating the animals ' experience they can be extended considerably . |
| 12 | This means that many mergers for which there have been no demonstrable advantages , but which have not been found to be overtly anti-competitive , have been allowed through , and thus contributed to the general increase in industrial concentration . |
| 13 | Sheriff Brian Lockhart , who is presiding over the fatal accident inquiry , asked whether the Newton plans , referred to throughout five weeks of the inquiry so far as ‘ single lead ’ had not been considered to be so at the time . |
| 14 | If the test has not been shown to be reliable in empirical studies , then there is no guarantee that any information obtained by using the test will provide an accurate reflection of any child 's ability . |
| 15 | However , some fluids such as saliva , sweat , tears and urine have not been shown to be infectious . |
| 16 | As the plaintiff had not been shown to be guilty of contributory negligence , he was entitled to recover damages , on the grounds of negligence . |
| 17 | And the buttonhole might never have become his trademark had he not been accused of being ostentatious . |
| 18 | Alternatively , the pursuer 's advisers may appreciate that being unable to produce better vouching , the claim can not be proven to be worth more than the Tender which is , consequently , accepted . |
| 19 | About the withheld novel of mine she wrote nobly : ‘ It must not be spoiled by being adapted to the sensibilities of living persons . |
| 20 | The initial hypothesis suggested above about baptism being more a social than a religious ceremony is so general and broad that it obviously can not be tested without being broken down into its constituent parts . |
| 21 | ‘ I must not be understood to be laying down a rule that in no case where a wife acts on her husband 's instructions and under his influence is it necessary to show that she has received independent advice . |
| 22 | These meetings could not be said to be unimportant because world Christianity ought to be seen to meet . |
| 23 | The Libyan quarrel was referred to Bishop Dionysius of Alexandria , a very well-educated man , who sided with those theologians who stressed the distinctness of Father and Son ; they should not be said to be of one being but to be as distinct as the husbandman and the vine . |
| 24 | The Salvationists associated together ‘ for a purpose which can not be said to be otherwise than lawful and laudable , or at all events can not be called unlawful ’ . |
| 25 | Skill in letter-writing is by no means evenly distributed among the population and letter-writers can not be said to be representative of the general population . |
| 26 | That is , what must be done in certain circumstances can not be said to be good without qualification and might involve evil and suffering . |
| 27 | That may be so , but while a quarter of the public does not have complete confidence in the police that code can not be said to be working . |
| 28 | The students could not be said to be responsible for their own actions and thoughts . |
| 29 | Someone who calls out ‘ Cooee ’ can not be said to be saying something that is true or false . |
| 30 | This will account for the fact that although it is the obvious lesson of Darwinism that species mutate , they can not be said to be aware of this nor in any sense to change themselves . |