Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ( 2 ) The human being does not exist as a legal person until after birth .
2 However , a person is not treated as a seasonal worker if his off-season , or off-seasons in aggregate , do not exceed seven weeks .
3 However , in Re Cadbury Schweppes Ltd 's Agreement [ 1975 ] 2 All ER 307 a parent company and a subsidiary were not treated as a single person where two companies agreed to accept restrictions on the supply of goods to a third which was a subsidiary of one of them .
4 When one recalls that for decades geography was not recognized as a scholarly discipline , one can not perhaps be surprised that some scientists have unsuspectingly spent their whole careers studying geography — rather like the well-known character of Molière who did not know that he had been speaking prose all his life !
5 It is not intended as a mass-market machine , says Dennis Saloky , DEC 's marketing programmes manager for NT .
6 It is not intended as a mass-market machine , says Dennis Saloky , DEC 's marketing programmes manager for NT .
7 Blame can not be laid at the doorstep of any single photographer , designer , journalist or editor — this is not intended as a smug pop at our predecessors , nor a dig at individuals .
8 Thus , it does not apply where the evidence establishes the existence of a collateral contract ; where it can be shown that the document was not intended as a complete record of the contract terms ; where its existence or operation was dependent upon some prior unexpected stipulation ; or where it was procured by some illegality or misrepresentation .
9 ‘ Support ’ in the Act is not intended as a universal service for all , but one selectively applied to ‘ children in need ’ .
10 The ‘ guide ’ is just that and is not intended as a rigid rule .
11 While not intended as a dogmatic definition , it was in fact little less .
12 What I think was true was that the Falklands was not regarded as a front-line issue for some period of time , and indeed the forecast was that it would n't really boil up again until August or thereabouts in 1982 .
13 These applications are not regarded as a mere formality by most courts which may require the originating application to state the grounds in proper detail , for example that the lessor may require to occupy at the expiration of the lease ; that the premises are temporarily surplus to the needs of the lessor ; that the lessee has indicated that he only requires the premises for a limited period ; that there is to be development at the expiration of the term ; that the lessor is only prepared to grant if the section is excluded ; that exclusion of the section has been taken into consideration in negotiations for the rent , or possibly that the premises form part of other premises which brings the provisions of management of the whole into question if the section is not excluded .
14 The only female character is Billy 's mother , who is not regarded as a good mother , neglecting her youngest son and having a succession of boyfriends .
15 The attitude of staff is always conditioned by the lead from the top and if cleaning is not regarded as a serious requirement at this level this attitude is quickly communicated to all levels with inevitable results .
16 was not regarded as a political issue in the sense that it had an important place on the agenda of party politics .
17 A HUNDRED in your first innings of the season is sweet , and especially so if it 's your team 's third one-day match , and you 've been left out of the first two because you are not regarded as a one-day player .
18 It is clear , however , that it was not regarded as a useful adjunct to the civil rights agitation .
19 As Professor Elton has argued , it was not regarded as a constitutional force which deserved notice only when it was opposing or restricting the Crown .
20 Sharing accommodation with relatives on a permanent basis is not regarded as a desirable option in contemporary British culture , where the image of the normal household is based firmly upon the nuclear family : typically a married couple and their immature children , with possibly the addition of an elderly parent .
21 She says that science is still not regarded as a safe subject — it makes her sad .
22 The suggestion at the time that the Labour Party had been behind Profumo 's downfall was a little unfair to many members who repeatedly expressed their misgivings about the scandalous imputations , which several of them could not regard as a proper currency for a political difference .
23 A new vehicle may be available built to special order to this specification but is not listed as a standard vehicle in this country .
24 It sometimes carries the paired ocelli , but is not differentiated as a separate sclerite .
25 An unholy alliance with other minorities to preserve ideological positions otherwise unacceptable to the electorate does not appeal as a noble enterprise .
26 But it would not count as a non-branching hierarchy ; branching can be regarded as a canonical feature of a taxonomic hierarchy .
27 Fatialofa is L'Aquila 's ‘ foreign player ’ but on the other side of the scrum there is a South African of Italian descent , Gerardo Lepera , who does not count as a foreign player and has the right to play as what the Italians call an oriundi .
28 PEACE envoy Lord Owen warned last night that Bosnia-Herzegovina would not survive as a single state if Moslems and Croats continued fighting .
29 So I decided that in order not to appear as a bad-tempered harpy , I would agree with everything Shirl said and then add : ‘ But … ’
30 Turning now to impertinent , we can readily see that although the im -is replaceable by zero , it does not qualify as a semantic constituent :
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