Example sentences of "not being " in BNC.

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1 The authorities were not granting full access to detainees by independent bodies , such as the International committee of the Red Cross , and relatives were not being informed of detainees ' whereabouts .
2 This stance is partly a reaction against what Krauss saw as a dominant position in American criticism , by which ‘ the art of the last hundred and thirty years , the art of modernism , is not being well served by writing that promotes the myths through which it can be consistently misread ’ .
3 The critic is also likely to spot the gaps in a group show , when the best works are not being shown , say perhaps because they are in private collections .
4 It observes one of Wilde 's principles of literature in responding to the importance of not being ‘ serious ’ .
5 Theirs was the charm of not being bourgeois , and the foreigners among them could be , or could come across as , princes , pretenders to a throne , descendants of a khan .
6 Added upset came in the same year from a speech by Dr W. Starkie , the commissioner of National Education in Ireland , who attacked school managers for not being up to their job .
7 No point in not being ambitious .
8 Always the danger of the cold spreading too fast , of my not being able to live with it .
9 When we are not being accused of ignoring the vernacular pub tradition with the abomination of café-bars and so on we stand accused of creating ‘ pastiches ’ when we get involved with restorations — no matter how conscientiously researched a project .
10 Pabulum Consultants ' Jennifer Rust comments : ‘ Many companies will only invest in the minimum training required to get the system up and running ; it is not surprising in these cases that the systems are not being used to their full potential .
11 He had known his mother would be on stage and her dresser Jessie in the wings waiting to help her with her quick change , and Bunty alone ; but he had not bargained for her not being dressed .
12 I 'm not being unkind , I 'm sure they can also see the funny side of it . ’
13 Look at all the things I 've done — I 'm not being choosy .
14 ‘ On the subject of life not being fair , I met someone else who was homeless the other day .
15 The instructor should encourage the pilot to talk through his thoughts aloud to find out whether not using the airbrakes is caused by failing to realise the glider is too high or by not being quick enough to decide and act .
16 Being healthy is more than a question of not being ill .
17 Quite a common problem is not being able to get in and out of the bath .
18 ‘ What 's killed me , ’ she breathed , ‘ is not being able to touch you . ’
19 Thanks to his hobby some splendid pictures of his son and daughter 's early life were preserved — on their tricycles , walking through the local park , playing with their cousins , skating and skiing , and some more imposing ones of them with the grown-ups — getting into the car while Kerry the chauffeur holds the door open ; looking very serious with the uncles and aunts , their mother appearing to be taken up with the idea of not being photographed with them !
20 So often the parties to disputes make the mistake of not being crystal-clear about the bottom line .
21 I was sure I was not being followed .
22 Yes , I was not being followed .
23 With limited space , it is unavoidable that I can provide only a summary of the work of a very active Association , but I thought your readers would be interested to know that schools are not being neglected .
24 Talk to your local councillor as well , if you feel there is a need which is not being met .
25 Suppliers are not being paid by Brent Walker head office and as a consequence are threatening to withhold their services .
26 being at a loose end is not the condition of us spiritual and working animals , it is not being a man among men .
27 If Raskolnikov was to have mounted an assault of something like Grand Inquisitor proportions , if he was to have expatiated on the whole God business not being worth the pain of one misused child , then the time was n't ripe ; we must wait for Ivan Karamazov .
28 So there 's no inconsistency when Dostoevsky says that what is ‘ most important ’ is the ‘ special tone of the narrative ’ whereby ‘ everything will be saved' , and that the tone of the narrative rests in Stavrogin ‘ not being elucidated ’ .
29 When we come to whip and dipole antennas , Gameson criticises the whip for not being directional and the dipole for being directional !
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 .
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