Example sentences of "and [be] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So-called ‘ tins ’ are made in this way , and are not composed of tin itself . |
| 2 | But this argument is weakened when democratic arrangements break down and are not replaced by socialism , as has frequently occurred in industrializing countries . |
| 3 | Organically farmed crops are not sprayed with any chemical pesticides and are not treated with nitrogen , potassium or phosphate fertilisers . |
| 4 | Since they are scavengers by nature , in addition to their hunting instincts , many dogs will steal food even when they are being fed properly and are not suffering from illness . |
| 5 | Such Byzantine domes are visible externally and are not obscured by timber roofing . |
| 6 | The benefits of massage are endless and are n't confined to body alone . |
| 7 | After a review both the trade and Customs accept that the current legal framework continues to provide a broadly satisfactory distinction between categories that are and are n't excluded from zero-rating for food , Customs said — even though originally there was concern over confusion about the correct interpretation of food products ‘ obtained by the swelling of cereals ’ . |
| 8 | They can thank whatever devils they happen to worship that I have much gentleness in my soul and am not given to vituperation or excessive polemic . |
| 9 | The 1977 Porchester report published figures provided by MAFF to indicate the potential loss of agricultural production if 16,000 hectares of Exmoor stayed as rough sheep grazing and were not converted to grassland . |
| 10 | Accordingly it became a relatively more important cause of death than scarlet fever , which declined fast from the 1860s ( the two diseases have some symptoms in common and were not separated in death certification until 1858 ) . |
| 11 | Checking their activities to see that they were confining themselves to local products , and were not turning to smuggling was very difficult until improvements in transport and in the structure of government meant that the vast majority of imports paid duty . |
| 12 | Articles 85 and 86 were designed to attack anti-competitive agreements and abusive monopolisation and were not drafted with merger control in mind . |
| 13 | Pools of water , presumably derived from this source , were observed on the upper parts of the beach and were not saturated with calcium carbonate . |
| 14 | Our present findings are consistent with the generally accepted view that peak acid output reflects the parietal cell mass and is not altered by eradication of H pylori . |
| 15 | Moreover , the test applies to all unusual or unreasonable terms , and is not limited to exclusion and limitation clauses . |
| 16 | If the selling shareholder is a corporation , the Revenue takes the view that , because the distribution element is franked investment income and is not charged to corporation tax in the company 's hands , the full amount of the sale price should be brought into account in the company 's computation of chargeable gains . |
| 17 | Indeed , the refurbishment of the 220 building results from AEA 's commercial considerations and is not necessitated by Ministry of Defence contracts . |
| 18 | In practice , information gained by interception is only used for the purpose of assisting police or Security Service investigations , and is not tendered as evidence in court . |
| 19 | By an originating summons dated 18 December 1991 the plaintiffs , the Halifax Building Society , the Woolwich Equitable Building Society , the Leeds Permanent Building Society , and the Alliance and Leicester Building Society , sought ( 1 ) a declaration that , upon the true construction of the ombudsman scheme recognised under Part IX of the Building Societies Act 1986 , the first defendant Stephen Bristow Edell , the ombudsman appointed under the scheme , was not entitled to investigate or determine ( a ) the complaint against the first plaintiff received by him from Michael Robert Allen and Christine Allen , the second and third defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation for mortgage assessment prepared for the first plaintiff had been negligently prepared , ( b ) the complaint against the second plaintiff received by him from Jeffrey Leonard Brommage and Heather Maureen Brommage , the fourth and fifth defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for the second plaintiff had been negligently prepared , ( c ) the complaint against the third plaintiff received by him from Lawrence Frederick West and Christa West , the sixth and seventh defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for the third plaintiff had been negligently prepared , and ( d ) the complaint against the fourth plaintiff received by him from Joseph Paul Hardcastle and Astrid Marie Hardcastle , the eighth and ninth defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for them had been negligently prepared ; and ( 2 ) a determination , upon the true construction of the scheme , whether and if so in what circumstances the first defendant was entitled to investigate and determine a complaint relating to an allegation of failure to exercise the requisite degree of professional skill and care on the part of a valuer or surveyor employed by the building society against which the complaint was made in relation to a report by him on the condition or value of any property where the report in question consisted of : ( a ) a written report prepared pursuant to section 13 of the Building Societies Act 1986 for a building society on the value of the land which was proposed as security for an advance to be made by the society and on any factors likely materially to affect its value made by a person who is competent to value and is not disqualified under section 13 from making a report on the land in question , ( b ) a written valuers ' report and valuation for mortgage prepared for the first plaintiff , ( c ) such a report prepared for the second plaintiff , ( d ) such a report prepared for the third plaintiff , ( e ) such a report prepared for the fourth plaintiff , ( f ) a house buyer 's report and valuation prepared by a chartered surveyor subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors , ( g ) a flat buyer 's report and valuation prepared by a chartered surveyor , ( h ) a home buyer 's standard valuation and survey report prepared by an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard terms of engagement of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers , ( i ) a written report known as a ‘ home purchase report ’ prepared by a chartered surveyor or an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the second plaintiff , ( j ) a written report known as a ‘ house buyer 's report ’ prepared by a chartered surveyor or an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the third plaintiff , or ( k ) a structural survey report . |
| 20 | Inactive Supplement text has its status marked so that it makes no further demands upon lexicographic time and effort , and is not selected for composition or transfer to the Working-Set . |
| 21 | If you look at any good policeman , you will notice that he always walks facing the traffic , so that he can see what is coming towards him and is not taken by surprise . |
| 22 | I shall return to this point later , but must first record how matters went in the Divisional Court , omitting for present purposes any reference to an alternative ground of relief concerning the Director 's refusal to wait whilst the applicant pursued his application for legal aid , which failed in the Divisional Court and was not renewed on appeal . |
| 23 | For experimental subjects tested after retention intervals ranging from 2 hours to 1 month memory was surprisingly accurate and was not affected by retention interval unless other parking episodes were iterpolated . |
| 24 | Jazz gave little away , and was not given to complaint . |
| 25 | As Mr Leslie had explained earlier he was completely sober and was not given to imagination , he screwed his eyes up looking for the reason for the footsteps ; he could n't see the feet but heard them quite distinctly passing him in the ballast below . |
| 26 | As with arsenical copper , there were difficulties in the manufacture of brass , because zinc metal is also highly reactive and volatile and was not isolated in quantity until the fifteenth century AD in India . |
| 27 | This difference was significant ( p<0.001 ) and was not explained by age , parity , marital status , or social class , which were similar in both groups . |
| 28 | The Divisional Court said that this did not matter and was not caught by section 78 , which the judges stressed was concerned with no more than the narrow question of the effect of the police practice on the fairness of the proceedings in court . |
| 29 | In Genentech Inc. " s Patent [ 1989 ] , it was held , inter alia , in the Court of Appeal that a patent which claimed the practical application of a discovery did not relate to the discovery as such and was not excluded by section 1(2) of the Patents Act 1977 even if the practical application might be obvious once the discovery had been made . |
| 30 | Poland disappeared for over a hundred and thirty years in a series of partitions erm er between it 's ne er er by , by its neighbours and was n't restored in fact to political existence until the end of the first world war . |