Example sentences of "[not/n't] being [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do we not have to include there having been no general power failure in South-east England , and the absence of an earth tremor that would have shifted whatever it was that first ignited , and the earth 's not being destroyed by a nuclear explosion ? |
| 2 | ‘ You are not being led into a drunken orgy . |
| 3 | In the case of such a property not being regarded as a private dwellinghouse , a bank/organisation should notify its interest to an insurer irrespective of the sum insured . |
| 4 | Mr Waldegrave told doctors what they wanted to hear : they were doing a wonderful job and the NHS was not being turned into a tawdry commercial business . |
| 5 | The fate of those who are still living and of the hostages who are now being held by the regime in Iraq is not being decided by a beneficent Government . |
| 6 | He had perfected the technique of not being noticed to a fine art . |
| 7 | Five Democratic Party ( DP ) members of parliament ( MPs ) joined the African National Congress ( ANC ) and announced on April 21 that they would in future sit in the whites-only House of Assembly as independents ( the ANC not being registered as a political party ) . |
| 8 | Or at least , not being bothered about a few whiskers when there were animals to be saved . |
| 9 | The novel is published by Methuen , a mainstream publisher , and judging by the jacket , is not being marketed as a feminist title . |
| 10 | If directives are not being enforced at a local level , the EC market will remain unfair . |
| 11 | if offlined files are not being verified on a regular basis . |
| 12 | if offlined files are not being verified on a regular basis . |
| 13 | Gorbachev on Jan. 5 decreed that " in order to activate the implementation of land reform " republican and local authorities should make an inventory of " lands which are not being used in a rational manner by collective and state farms " , and of the land holdings of USSR ministries , with a view to making these available leasehold to private farmers and as allotments for town dwellers . |
| 14 | The letter to the Philippians was n't being written by a warm fireside , nor was Paul basking in the Mediterranean sunshine when he dictated it . |