Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] [adv prt] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marx found the answer to this problem in his belief that , in the Asiatic system , the community is not broken up by the growth of private property and internal differentiation , as happens in classical city states or in feudalism , because the integrity of the community is maintained centrally by the State itself . |
| 2 | Fings are changin' now though , an ? it 's not come about by the kindness o' the employers . |
| 3 | This can result in errors which can be costly if not picked up by the tenant 's solicitor . |
| 4 | Day-to-day decision making should be assigned to a particular person if this is not carried out by the board member(s) who have overall responsibility for the policy . |
| 5 | Barbara Lohman of the Points of Light Foundation ( a non-profit organisation set up at the instigation of the White House ) says that today 's volunteers are ‘ not turned on by the martyrdom thing . ’ |
| 6 | All violations are only reported ( not acted on by the system ) , but they must be resolved before the design can be " sealed " . |
| 7 | This power can be exercised only in cases where the application is not called in by the secretary of state himself . |
| 8 | It was assumed by most American policy-makers that the Soviet Union possessed the forces to fulfil a rapid occupation of Manchuria and Korea but this was not borne out by the course of events . |
| 9 | Mr Lamont claimed , in an optimistic message to the nation , that the ‘ self-denigrating myths ’ of Britain 's decline as an industrial nation were not borne out by the truth . |
| 10 | ( 3 ) In this Act references to the rules of a self-regulating organisation are references to the rules ( whether or not laid down by the organisation itself ) which the organisation has power to enforce in relation to the carrying on of the business in question or which relate to the admission and expulsion of members of the organisation or otherwise to its constitution . |
| 11 | The trouble with this way of dealing with the myth is that the myth is so attractive that people are not put off by the objection that it opens the door to scepticism about common meanings . |
| 12 | He is not put off by the prospect of a change in government . |
| 13 | The minister was not put out by the note of impatience in Bertha Cohen 's voice . |
| 14 | To his surprise , Eleanor was not bowled over by the dinner invitation . |
| 15 | If James has n't come down by the time you get back , I promise to go and get you a drink , my darling , dearest , demanding wife . ’ |
| 16 | I was n't put off by the fact that Jo had told me not to call or see her . |