Example sentences of "[am/are] not [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In making the choice , the selection conference in the case of the Labour Party , and the constituency executive in the case of the Conservative Party , are not easily moved by pressure from outside and even the leaders of the parties have found it hard to get close friends and political associates nominated . |
| 2 | It is important to note that , in any given society , mating patterns are not easily manipulated by policy and edicts , but change in response to education , socio-cultural processes and aspects of development . |
| 3 | ON SUNDAY November 22 , the Bath Area Group of the Swanage Railway Project chartered a ‘ Brakevan Tour ’ on the Severn Valley Railway for a return journey from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth taking in some loops and sidings that are not normally traversed by passenger trains . |
| 4 | Fire extinguishers for home use are not generally recommended by fire prevention experts , except as a safeguard it you live a long way from your nearest fire station . |
| 5 | Although the most commonly used traffic-calming measures , road humps , are governed by statute and are subject to clear regulations , other techniques such as chicanes , road narowing , different road surfaces , shared road surfaces , rumble strips and gateways are not properly covered by legislation . |
| 6 | Paradigm shifts are not usually detected by citation studies , because of the anomalous publication of ‘ delayed-action ’ papers ( Lindsey ) , ( Garfield 's ‘ sleepers ) . |
| 7 | Dependent children are not usually covered by superannuation , although you should notify your employer if you are the sole breadwinner . |
| 8 | Investment business is defined in paragraph 1(2) of FSA as meaning the business of engaging in one or more of the activities which fall within the paragraphs in Part II of Schedule 1 of FSA ( ‘ Investment Business ’ ) and which are not specifically excluded by Part III of Schedule 1 ( ‘ Excluded Activities ’ ) . |
| 9 | In contrast however the mobility of CREB ( lanes 6 and 7 ) and CREM ( lanes 4 and 5 ) are not significantly affected by phosphatase treatment . |
| 10 | Upstate city-dwelling environmentalists are not much welcomed by conservative and strongly Mormon southerners who have mined , logged and ranched the land for decades . |
| 11 | ‘ An American president 's proposals are not always supported by Congress — that does n't mean he has to stamp his foot and leave Capitol Hill , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Soils which are water soluble are so often mixed with water insoluble soils that they are not readily dissolved by water on its own . |
| 13 | It should be added that cultural formations are not only conditioned by class position , central though that is ; age , gender , ethnicity and nationality are also important . |
| 14 | But , as so often happens when dealing with the United States , informal agreements reached with Presidents are not necessarily supported by Congress . |
| 15 | Planning authorities have the positive function of ensuring that mineral deposits are not unnecessarily sterilised by surface development but are kept available for exploitation . |
| 16 | Thus , in social science much research activity is directed at simply describing how things work , how conversations are organised , how slaughtermen do their work , how managers manage , what police-officers do on the beat , and so on ; activities which are not especially motivated by explanation as the point of inquiry . |