Example sentences of "not [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps sometime I 'll be able to devise a way round my official non-existence and apply for a gun myself , though even then , all things considered , I might not be granted a licence . |
| 2 | On proximal joints the dorsal arm spines from one side of the arm form a continuous series with those from the other , but this can not be called a fan in the sense used in other genera of the Ophiacanthidae . |
| 3 | This argument can be criticized on the grounds that a state bureaucracy can not be called a class . |
| 4 | Similarly , an excess of payments over receipts can not be called a loss because apart from anything else the payments might include the acquisition of assets . |
| 5 | The mummified corpses , which Sadat decreed should not be made a spectacle of , include those of Seti I , Segnere III and Ramses II . |
| 6 | She could not bind herself personally , with the result that she could not be made a bankrupt , unless she was carrying on a trade . |
| 7 | The one can not be made a substitute for the other ; indeed , any failure in right conduct inevitably brings about a downfall in right beliefs . |
| 8 | That the archbishop of the prestigious see of Milan , graced by St Ambrose and St Charles Borromeo , should not be made a cardinal looked like a deliberate snub . |
| 9 | There are cases not in any way in doubt on this appeal which establish the general proposition that a foetus enjoys , while still a foetus , no independent legal personality — a foetus can not , while a foetus , sue and can not be made a ward of court : see Paton v. British Pregnancy Advisory Service Trustees [ 1979 ] Q.B . |
| 10 | Since that Act came into force , a child who is the subject of a care order , as W. was and is , can not be made a ward of court : see section 100(2) ( c ) of that Act . |
| 11 | W. , being in the care of the local authority , can not be made a ward of court : see section 100(2) of , and paragraph 15 of Schedule 14 to , the Children Act 1989 . |
| 12 | If the body is a small one , the younger hunters may not be given a share . |
| 13 | Illiterate people can not be given a questionnaire , though they may , of course , be interviewed . |
| 14 | emphasized that persons should not be given a right to attend eg. the Press , who could state that they were very interested in embalming . |
| 15 | At present the statement must be given no later than 13 weeks after employment commences , but part-time workers who work less than 16 hours a week need not be given a statement until they have been employed for five years and worked eight hours or more a week . |
| 16 | But as I say , he unselfishly insisted that he should not be given a place on any scheme in which he had n't taken a personal part . |
| 17 | I should make it clear that my construction did not depend upon the children of the staff taking up surplus places in the sense that if there were sufficient fee paying pupils , the staff 's children would not be given a place . |
| 18 | ‘ No , ’ he smiled apologetically , ‘ I 'm afraid you would not be given a hearing . ’ |
| 19 | 1969 , 243 ) , can not be assigned a date of before c. 325 . |
| 20 | The Centre for Policy on Ageing campaigned heartily about this , arguing that this ancient , centuries-old right , steeped in Anglo-Saxon tradition , should not be denied a quarter of the nation 's adult citizenry . |
| 21 | They will not be allocated a seat on the aircraft and must sit on a parent 's lap unless there is an unoccupied seat available . |
| 22 | The postal services in those days must have been extremely efficient , for the Minutes of the Committee Meeting held in London four days later ( on 26 June , at No 12 Austin Friars ) recorded the receipt of Sir William 's plan , commenting that he had indicated there ‘ would not be found a want of active and intelligent Committees , and hardy boats ’ crews ’ ! |
| 23 | One answer sometimes given is that they are not , because a driver who overtakes on a bend , knowingly taking the risk that there is a car travelling in the opposite direction , should not be labelled a murderer if a collision and death happen to ensue . |
| 24 | The providers , be they directly NHS managed or self-governing , will not be guaranteed a budget as at present . |
| 25 | news on ronny johnsen is that he probably will not be offered a contract with spurs — he was tried out as a central marking defender ( the style most teams play — each central defender marks one attacker ) and as such he was no succes — norway play what we call a zone defence ; ‘ marking ’ their zones instead of players — journalists from Holland were laughing as Norway 's coach Drillo Olsen was asked ‘ who is to mark van Basten ? ’ before our home game against Holland and he answered ‘ No one is ’ — they did not laugh afterwards ( we won 2–1 ) . |
| 26 | Similarly , if a cancer is found at a screening colonoscopy in a patient presenting to a unit years after the programme entry date for example , colitis of 17 years duration or when referred from another centre it can not be counted a success becaue these cancers represent a selected group detected outside the regular surveillance protocol . |
| 27 | These observations usefully demonstrate the hazards of working with fewer than 10 tokens ; the ideal appears to be around 30 , but if this can not be attained a figure as much as possible in excess of 10 is a sensible goal . |
| 28 | He could not be considered a priority case , but officer Ms Jayne Gardener managed to find the bed and breakfast place in Middlesbrough . |
| 29 | In terms of writing computer software , a program to automate an existing manual process will probably not be considered a trade secret . |
| 30 | However , there has been considerable controversy over the meaning of the link between events and depression — whether in fact the existence of a psychosocial stressor makes a depressive response so understandable that it should not be considered a disease . |