Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dog that gains a third prize is a dog that lacks quality and is not perfect in construction , but one that still can not be called a poor specimen . |
| 2 | This lexicon should not be seen a static repository of data . |
| 3 | Yesterday , the Soviet Union blamed Britain for the cancellation of a visit by a human rights delegation , saying British officials insisted on sending Mr Michael Bourdeaux of Keston College — someone they knew would not be given a Soviet visa . |
| 4 | In other words , his argument might be seen as an attempt to confront the common sense with the disconcerting fact that references to what are assumed to be numerically identical spatio-temporal particulars inhabiting an objective world " out there " can not be given a satisfactory justification , and consequently that one can not claim with certainty that such particulars represent the basic material of which the world is made up . |
| 5 | Such is the fluid nature of the Hindu syncretism that the unifying power behind the gods can not be given a single name . |
| 6 | They may define positions that have often been repeated , but they can not be given a timeless quality . |
| 7 | There could not be devised a sophisticated society in which there was no competition for ‘ jobs at the top ’ . |
| 8 | This present position should not be accorded a psychological fixity , which is somehow removed from the fluidity of historical development . |
| 9 | GRAHAM Taylor will not be offered a new contract by the FA — unless he leads England to a successful World Cup . |
| 10 | Her second visit could not be accounted a complete success , though we were much more intimate than before , and wept a lot together about the baby . |
| 11 | The Severn could not be considered a complete failure , however , for from it was developed the very successful Saro A.27 London flying-boat . |
| 12 | The HGT-1 cell line was isolated from a human gastric adenocarcinoma , and can not be considered a complete model for the parietal cell as it does not secrete hydrochloric acid . |
| 13 | It would not be considered a serious loss by the company and the financial gain to the robbers was not necessarily substantial . |
| 14 | However , an environment in which people can not sleep adequately because of excessive noise can not be considered a safe environment . |
| 15 | Police have warned that despite last nights events , car thieves will not be allowed a free ride in the Oxford area . |
| 16 | You wo n't be given a great deal of feedback in that session , just enough to get you going . |