Example sentences of "[not/n't] being [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a new SPR which is not being based on an existing SPR , LIFESPAN will provide four fields in which you may make an entry if required , as described below ; it is recommended that they are completed as they provide some useful basic information . |
| 2 | ‘ It must also be thoroughly researched locally to ensure that it is not being called after an undesirable part of town . |
| 3 | We have farms with dioxin-contaminated milk which must be transferred to the west midlands , where it is not being destroyed at the proper temperature , so dioxin is being spread in the west midlands . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | Several adsorbents are available including silica gel , alumina , specially developed resins and activated carbon , the latter being the most important for odour removal , not being affected to the same extent by the presence of water vapour as are the other adsorbents . |
| 6 | President Mobutu of Zaire has publicly objected to not being acknowledged as the seventh richest man in the world . |
| 7 | ‘ You are not being led into a drunken orgy . |
| 8 | They were afraid that if the Russian workers proved by demonstration that they were quite capable of managing their own affairs the workers of other countries would ask why their countries were not being governed in the same way … |
| 9 | If plants have anything wrong with them it may have already been there when they were obtained , or it is a sign that they are not being grown in the right conditions . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He had perfected the technique of not being noticed to a fine art . |
| 14 | If you find that more than one radiator is cold and they are all upstairs , the heating system may be starved of water due to losses not being replaced via the feed-and-expansion tank . |
| 15 | If more than one radiator is cold and they are all upstairs , the heating system may be starved of water , caused by losses not being replaced via the feed-and-expansion tank . |
| 16 | Although we may suffer several colds each winter we are not being re-infected with the same virus . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | Similarly , an overemphasis upon bringing doctors into the management process can lead to frustration if good reliable sources of information delivery are not being developed at the same time . |
| 19 | I became a story-teller : painting my face , filching a gaudily embroidered robe and , not being versed in the French tongue , pretending I was a traveller lately returned from seeing the fables of India and Persia . |
| 20 | The two are not being played in the First XV at the moment because they will not be available for the league matches , as they will be in Australia and Fiji with the national squad . |
| 21 | In practice , therefore , it appears that the care programme approach , contrary to the guidelines , was being implemented selectively in the study areas and was not being applied to every new patient accepted by mental health services in these districts . |
| 22 | Different attitudes are required , capable of rising above and not being muddled by the pressing detail of daily affairs , bringing broad experience and greater discrimination to bear on planning and development issues . |
| 23 | To answer this question we need to know what is and is not being done in the primary visual cortex and here ow understanding has been greatly advanced by the computational approach to vision . |
| 24 | Or at least , not being bothered about a few whiskers when there were animals to be saved . |
| 25 | This new dating agency allows HER to check she 's not being paired with the Incredible Hulk and he can make sure that he is n't getting a real-life Grotbags . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's a question of some of the wiring not being routed in the correct way and in some cases this has caused a chafing or a short circuit , ’ said a Vauxhall spokesman yesterday . |
| 27 | The novel is published by Methuen , a mainstream publisher , and judging by the jacket , is not being marketed as a feminist title . |
| 28 | Mr Geddes added that his group was of the view that the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , had failed to consult the Scottish people about water privatisation and was pursuing the matter in spite of it not being included in the Conservative election manifesto . |
| 29 | This in effect constitutes a plea bargain because the court is tacitly prepared to impose a modest sentence in return for its time , energy , and resources not being devoted to the expensive business of proving corporate guilt . |
| 30 | There was also concern that the interests of poorer nations were not being considered in the current General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) Uruguay Round [ for which see pp. 37227-28 ] . |