Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [verb] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not lost in the story , it is like reading a comic on the bus . |
| 2 | Smith suggests that ‘ the concept of policy denotes … deliberate choice of action or inaction , rather than the effects of interrelating forces ’ : he emphasizes ‘ inaction ’ and reminds us that ‘ attention should not focus exclusively on decisions which produce change , but must also be sensitive to those which resist change and are difficult to observe because they are not represented in the policy-making process by legislative enactment ’ . |
| 3 | I fully support it , and I believe it is an option for those schools who have Local Education Authorities that are not progressing in the way in which the parents think they should . |
| 4 | The actual women themselves — or rather girls , for they seem mainly to have been under 18-who worked in these experimental offices , are not heard in the debate , silenced not so much by their sex perhaps , as by their mostly humble circumstances and extreme youth and inexperience . |
| 5 | Although Catholics are not cited in the Smolensk Archive with reference to the taking of church valuables , their activity can be traced from other sources . |
| 6 | Some characin fish there are seed predators as they crush seeds , which are not destroyed in the gut itself . |
| 7 | Firstly , alternative pronunciations of the same word are not distinguished in the lexicon from pronunciations of different words . |
| 8 | Parsers frequently fail to parse a sentence , either because the words in the sentence are not stored in the lexicon or because the grammar available to the program is unable to handle a particular grammatical construction . |
| 9 | Those which do not exist are effectively discarded because they are not stored in the list , however they could be regenerated from the graph should that become necessary at some future stage . |
| 10 | ‘ where a police constable ( or a traffic warden ) was for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic ’ This offence can not be committed where the constable or traffic warden are not engaged in the regulation of traffic . |
| 11 | New staff recruited locally who are not trained in the company 's methods can not make a full and effective contribution to the running of the business straight away . |
| 12 | Since data for some of the smaller countries are not incorporated in the World Data Matrix the value — 1 ( minus one ) is used to indicate ‘ no data available ’ . |
| 13 | That way the donor 's cards are not muddled in the confusion of the day , and presents are kept safely and not left in hotels or halls where they might go astray . |
| 14 | The familial links are not wanting in the poetry either . |
| 15 | It will be interesting to see where the matches against Auckland involving Scottish Exiles and a District Select ( venues are not listed in the draft fixture list ) will be staged . |
| 16 | There are four main sources of the Shari'a : the Koran , which is compiled from thousands of religious verses revealed by God through his Prophet , Muhammad ; the Sunna , which are the traditions the Prophet addressed that are not recorded in the Koran ; the Ijma , which are the perceptions of the Ulema , or religious scholars ; and the Quiyas , which is a method whereby known jurists agree upon new legal principles . |
| 17 | Mr. Warshaw points out that most of today 's historic buildings are simply old houses which have survived , but believes that many modest houses of no great age have every chance of becoming cherished heritage of the 21st century if they are not spoilt in the meantime . |
| 18 | I assure the hon. Member for Normanton — with whom it is a pleasure to be debating again ; it has been our daily dose for the past three weeks , and he is a worthy opponent — that my party and I are not living in the past . |
| 19 | If you are not living in the property ( or a part of it which you have let out for rent ) , then the house — or that section of it — is no longer considered to be your main home . |
| 20 | At the same time , the reasonableness provision under ss14 and 15 of SGSA 1982 , extends to time of performance and price where these are not stipulated in the contract . |
| 21 | Private customers are typically individuals and small companies who are not acting in the course of carrying on investment business ; non-private customers are , typically , " ordinary business investors " but also include expert private customers who agree to be treated as non-private customers . |
| 22 | Unless they agree to be treated as experts ( see page 37 below ) , individuals will always be private customers if they are not acting in the course of carrying on investment business . |
| 23 | The typical individual who is not a private customer because he is carrying on investment business is a " local " on a futures exchange ; ( 2 ) Small business investors , if they are not acting in the course of carrying on investment business . |
| 24 | These words are not defined in the Act . |
| 25 | These expressions are not defined in the Act . |
| 26 | Therefore , the empirical evidence suggesting that reliable signals of each actor 's state are not seen in the course of animal conflicts may have been misinterpreted . |
| 27 | If such matters are not covered in the partnership agreement or the partners are unable to reach agreement between themselves on an ad hoc basis , dissolution will proceed in all respects strictly in accordance with the Partnership Act . |
| 28 | It is the nature of the workforce participation which varies , with women 's work being largely unskilled because they are not employed in the core enterprises and internal labour market , where continuous training and re-skilling are provided to permanent employees ( Koike , 1981 ) . |
| 29 | In a reference to Iceland , Norway and Turkey , which belonged to NATO but neither to the EC nor to the WEU [ see p. 38216 ] , ministers said that " Allies that are not participating in the development of a European defence identity … should be adequately involved in decisions that affect their security " . |
| 30 | If you are in a Grade between 7–10 but are not participating in the Association , ask yourself why ? |