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

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31 The English actions were not combined in a single trial but subject to an order of Steyn J. which provided for the selection of lead cases to ensure determination of the major points of law and to avoid multiplicity of litigation .
32 Sir Kenneth Newman — then commandant — suggests that the book 's claim to attention is that its contents are contributed by insiders ; while in their introduction , the authors claim it goes some way to challenging Holdaway 's claim ( 1979 ) that ‘ research from the Police Staff College has not resulted in a major project on the police ’ .
33 The choice of Mr Bernerd ( who recently hit the headlines in connection with the case of ex-Heritage Minister David Mellor and Ms Antonia de Sancha ) as the company 's financial backer , seems to have been an uneasy choice and has not resulted in a long-term commitment to the gallery at a difficult time for the art market .
34 Nevertheless the subordination of science to theology had not resulted in a sterile fusion .
35 The matter has not resulted in a bitter enmity between us , you know .
36 There was widespread relief that the wave of accusations of corruption against the government had not resulted in a military takeover .
37 The enormous success of the Matisse show currently at the Museum of Modern Art , New York , has coincided if not resulted in a large number of works appearing this season .
38 Presently all make a valuable contribution but generally events are not planned in a co-ordinated way taking into account the work of other agencies .
39 He would not , for example , work for the Cuban government because Fidel Castro was not elected in a democratic election .
40 The topographical environment is of great significance for the story but it is not ordered in a straightforward way according to the canons of empirical geography and empirical zoology .
41 Over ninety percent of the world 's data is indeed not held in a relational database , and it may not be appropriate for all forms of information .
42 Officers in the major craft — the LCTs and LCIs ( see Appendix 4 ) — had a little more training but not very much : navigation is a science not learnt in a four-week course .
43 Foreign currency is not traded in a physical market-place .
44 Now that 's an English expression I have n't heard in a long time .
45 And I know so many songs that it would be fun to go out there and say , ‘ Hey , man , do you remember this one ? ’ or , ‘ Here 's one you have n't heard in a long time . ' ’
46 ‘ I have hit shots this week I have n't seen in a long time .
47 There was an expression on her face I had n't seen in a long time .
48 But one of the great problems with the new media is that , because the brain finds it difficult to do anything but process imagery and sound , it is n't left in a reflective state .
49 She read the first page of a review copy of the new novel by a Royal Shakespeare Company actor and put it down again when she realized she had n't taken in a single word .
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