Example sentences of "not being [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — The Colombian government said it had rejected an offer last year from drug traffickers to give up the drug trade in exchange for not being extradited to the US , and firmly ruled out any dialogue with the traffickers . |
| 2 | Several adsorbents are available including silica gel , alumina , specially developed resins and activated carbon , the latter being the most important for odour removal , not being affected to the same extent by the presence of water vapour as are the other adsorbents . |
| 3 | If Zuwaya disliked policemen as a category , and took pride in not being related to any , that was in part because in the past ordinary people got their main experience of corruption and venality in the first instance from the police , and that reputation stuck ; and partly also because they recognized that policemen had divided loyalties and could not be trusted to be loyal exclusively to their kinsmen . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't get over your not being related to C. G. W. Peacock , ’ Rogers said . |
| 5 | " Since we 're not being led to any buffalo , take one of those muntjac does . |
| 6 | Mr Thomson also felt undermined because ‘ untoward occurrences ’ , including allegations of staff threatening residents , were not being relayed to him for up to three weeks , even though he was legally responsible for reporting them to the county council . |
| 7 | SFA or SIB membership has the advantage of not being limited to " arranging deals " , but of covering all potential investment business activities . |
| 8 | Nonetheless , the National Radiological Protection Board recommends that when radiation levels approach its ‘ generalised derived limits ’ , the authorities should investigate both the sources of radiation and the way of life of people in the locality to check that they are not being exposed to excessive amounts . |
| 9 | This study was carried out to determine the number of haemophilic patients seropositive for HIV antibodies and the mortality from HIV infection and to confirm that young children were not being exposed to the virus . |
| 10 | He had perfected the technique of not being noticed to a fine art . |
| 11 | A perception can arise , particularly in those organizations not accustomed to regular meetings , of personal status being reduced by not being invited to certain meetings . |
| 12 | Children are not being taught to be Christians . |
| 13 | Last October , Swiss bondholders agreed that interest on the bonds should be deferred with the bonds not being declared to be in default until 1 March . |
| 14 | Chairman Howard Wilkinson said : ‘ There is a strong feeling among managers and players that rules applying to them are not being applied to other people , namely supporters around the dug-outs . |
| 15 | In practice , therefore , it appears that the care programme approach , contrary to the guidelines , was being implemented selectively in the study areas and was not being applied to every new patient accepted by mental health services in these districts . |
| 16 | I think a lot of the current concern about schools being accountable is partly because things that in fact are being done are not being seen to be done , and I think if many of the things that we already done were more obviously being seen to be done , and perhaps also thought through rather more carefully as to how they were being done , the public would feel generally erm happier about what was going on in their schools than perhaps they are at the moment . |
| 17 | ‘ If there are any cancer cells in my inside not being attended to , will they please stand up . ’ |
| 18 | Disgruntled at not being attended to immediately , especially as he wanted to buy a large country mansion , he stormed out and decided to buy an estate in France instead . |
| 19 | As Mr Bradfield says in his note , SSAP 6 's requirements ‘ are not being adhered to by companies , nor are they being enforced by auditors . |
| 20 | The usual cues , for instance , to indicate puzzlement or uncertainty are not being responded to ; the child 's feedback is not being acknowledged . |
| 21 | Er and that did underline er we feel at the moment that we 're not being listened to by the , how important it would be , it is , erm if there 's to be any kind of inter village , |
| 22 | He continued as if she had n't spoken , his voice dropping to a level of intimacy that suddenly made it feel as though they were alone , not being listened to by thousands of people . |
| 23 | But should , to say nothing at all , the matter not being drawn to the attention at all was , was not right . |
| 24 | I 'm concerned that er people are not being brought to justice . |
| 25 | Conversely , whilst there may in a few cases be valid reasons for a high quality paper not being submitted to such journals , it could be argued that in some cases publication outside the core represents a negative value judgement on the quality of that research . |
| 26 | Conversely , whilst there may in a few cases be valid reasons for a high quality paper not being submitted to such journals , it could be argued that in some cases publication outside the core represents a negative value judgement on the quality of that research . |
| 27 | We understand that the funds are not being subscribed to as freely as is desired and one can hardly blame the executive for holding back until they feel sure it will be safe to venture on the definite undertaking . |
| 28 | The spending may have been great but it was not being devoted to thousands upon thousands of undeserving and feckless claimants . |
| 29 | This in effect constitutes a plea bargain because the court is tacitly prepared to impose a modest sentence in return for its time , energy , and resources not being devoted to the expensive business of proving corporate guilt . |
| 30 | The extra energy not being allowed to be expressed as an increase in c appears as a commensurate increase in f , that is : ( formula included ) where m is the photon equivalent mass ( yes I know it is related to E but I am trying not to confuse myself ) , E is the energy , and h is Mr Plank 's claim to fame . |