Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The notes are not backed by any collateral ; rather , they rely on the high credit rating of the issuing corporation .
2 Because those debts are not shown in any balance sheet of central government ( there is not one ) and also because the balance sheets have a history of restructuring and debt write-off , maintaining capital in accounting terms has become progressively less realistic .
3 Furthermore many serious injury and disease states are not accompanied by inevitable pain .
4 ‘ You ca n't get away from the fact that women vets are n't looked on kindly by farmers .
5 Of course this does not mean that the technologies are not embedded in specific economic , institutional and cultural systems , or that they do not constitute specific signifying systems , with their own internal forms .
6 Second , the cash flows are not presented in present value terms ( that is , future cash flows re-expressed in today 's value ) .
7 The occurrence of these cells in TCR -β transgenic RAG-1 mutant mice suggests that at least some of the surface TCR- β chains are not associated with any of the other known complete TCR polypeptide chains .
8 I did n't exactly try to sneak out of the Court ; funnily enough , most Courts are n't designed with that in mind .
9 The responsibilities of local authorities are not limited to those conveyed in general legislation .
10 If you walk up and down a pebbly beach , you will notice that the pebbles are not arranged at random .
11 Give Way signs are not placed at all roundabouts , but the point of entry is marked by a single broken white line across the road to indicate the give way rule .
12 By surveying the whole subject literature at once , it ensures that the ‘ best ’ and most appropriate titles are purchased in large numbers ( and that undeserving titles are not purchased at all ) .
13 Whereas PCs are often sold at 25 per cent to 30 per cent discount , the accessories are not discounted at such high levels .
14 This Government will ensure that discriminatory taxes are not imposed on that industry by our friends in Europe , because it is a vital British interest .
15 If political goals and values are not determined by social and economic relationships , where do they come from ?
16 γ Os values are not affected by this change , and the ‘ mantle ’ 187 Os/ 188 Os value adopted here ( 0.12776 ) is consistent with 187 Os/ 186 Os=1.060 at the present day .
17 Keywords are not included in square brackets and must be upper case .
18 Keywords are not included in square brackets and must be upper case .
19 Ninetythree out of the total of 123 keywords are not allowed in upper case at the start of a variable name ( anything may be used in lower case ) .
20 In theory , you can convert a road shoe to cross-country shoe or vice versa , but as midsoles and uppers are not designed for such changes , it would not always to wise to try to .
21 The question then is whether it can apply to countries where the procedural rules are not contained in any constitutional document or higher form of law .
22 Reception under conditions of distraction is taken to its extreme in television , which is half watched in the course of pursuing other activities and in which very often , especially among children , entire programmes are not viewed at all ; instead , fingers rarely leave the remote control device as there is a constant change of channels ( Ellis 1982 , p. 137 ) .
23 Visas are not required by British passport holders for Hungary or Czechoslovakia .
24 Doctors rarely agree on the " best " form of treatment but their opinions are not based on good clinical evaluative research since 70 per cent of treatments are still unvalidated .
25 Basically there is everything to say , for most roads are not understood at all , at least in their wider context .
26 Dr Kavanagh 's views are not shared by many villagers of Inniskeen , whose placid good manners have been affronted by the churchyard barnies and people trundling grave-stones from one side of the parish to the other .
27 Needless to say , his views are not shared by all observers of the policy-making process and , given the strong tradition of secrecy in Britain , obtaining evidence one way or the other is difficult .
28 Waves are not confined to single cells but can travel from cell to cell through two separate mechanisms .
29 Unlike a sport like skiing , the considerable risks are not matched with sufficient exhilaration to kindle my interest , although I would n't say no if a boyfriend were to slip naked into one of those clanking climbing harnesses after a hot bath and a glass of wine .
30 Such diverse construction methods are not confined to particular types of building but rather reflect questions of cost and regional traditions which appear to have been relatively pronounced in Roman Britain .
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