Example sentences of "[be] not be [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is growing concern within the Youth Work Service that the changing needs of young people in Northern Ireland are not being met by the variety of statutory and voluntary bodies involved in youth work provision . |
| 2 | Sit downwind , of course , but be aware that wind often swirls in woodland clearings , so look at the leaves on the tops of the trees to make sure you are not being misled by the wind direction at ground level . |
| 3 | Similarly , an overemphasis upon bringing doctors into the management process can lead to frustration if good reliable sources of information delivery are not being developed at the same time . |
| 4 | The two are not being played in the First XV at the moment because they will not be available for the league matches , as they will be in Australia and Fiji with the national squad . |
| 5 | Rather the criticism is that the basic and structural problems are not being tackled with the vigour that is required . |
| 6 | If plants have anything wrong with them it may have already been there when they were obtained , or it is a sign that they are not being grown in the right conditions . |
| 7 | Of course , it is always possible to say that people are suffering from false consciousness ( women , for example , are continually suffering from the illusion that they are not being exploited in the home ) but that is surely too patronising a view to be taken at all seriously . |
| 8 | Although we may suffer several colds each winter we are not being re-infected with the same virus . |
| 9 | Position clearly has an influence but it is probably most significant when the individual 's goals are not being satisfied by the opportunities within a job . |
| 10 | Of course our cost reductions are not being achieved at the expense of quality in our building standards . |
| 11 | The Distributor may specify the standard and format of these copy masters and will return the copy masters to the Publisher 's appointed representative at all times when they are not being used for the reproduction of licenced copies . |
| 12 | The Distributor may specify the standard and format of these copy masters and will return the copy masters to the Publisher 's appointed representative at all times when they are not being used for the reproduction of licenced copies . |
| 13 | Obviously , those calories which are being flushed away are not being used by the body … which means that the body is having to use more of its own surplus fat to make up for them . |
| 14 | Most of the illegal guns are not being bought over the counter , or stolen . |
| 15 | the passengers are not being carried in the course of a business of carrying passengers |
| 16 | the passengers are not being carried in the course of a business of carrying passengers |
| 17 | the passengers are not being carried in the course of a business of carrying passengers |
| 18 | the passengers are not being carried in the course of a business of carrying passengers |
| 19 | If new symptoms previously not seen before appear , then the remedy is not the best choice , because the symptoms are not being cured by the remedy , so dosing is stopped . |
| 20 | Eggs are not being sold from the monastery at present . |
| 21 | For the same reasons sex is better at weekends or on holidays because your sexual desires are not being swamped by the trivia of everyday life . |
| 22 | There is also the argument that the fathers of children may kill whilst overwhelmed by the stress consequent upon the arrival of a new child , and they should be not be left outside the law of infanticide . |
| 23 | But most of them can take solace in that their performances are n't being reflected in the results of late . |
| 24 | Any tappings that are n't being used on the cylinder can be fitted with screwed blanks . |
| 25 | We did not want to be the cause of friction ; but as we were unable to ascertain what the Club had in mind by way of arrangements , we proposed tea or dinner , or , if he were not being entertained in the evening , both . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | They were afraid that if the Russian workers proved by demonstration that they were quite capable of managing their own affairs the workers of other countries would ask why their countries were not being governed in the same way … |
| 28 | There was also concern that the interests of poorer nations were not being considered in the current General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) Uruguay Round [ for which see pp. 37227-28 ] . |
| 29 | He goes on to say of course federal laws were not being obeyed in the confederacy because they 'd rejected the entire panoply of federal laws and Lincoln goes on to point out must they these laws and the confederacy be allowed to state the question more directly , are all the laws but one to go unexecuted and the government itself to go to pieces less that one be violated . |
| 30 | ‘ was not clean and in good working order ’ The defect must be described in detail to prove this point , e.g. ‘ Both bulbs were blown in the front obligatory lights and two white lights were not being shown to the front ’ or ‘ The rear nearside reflector was broken and part of it was missing , leaving only about a square centimetre of reflective material ’ etc . |