Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [adv prt] by the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , it is no use trying to escape by saying that ancient trade was not carried out by the nationals of ancient states but by non-citizens , so the Megarian decree can not have injured Megarian trade : the generalization about ancient trade should be corrected to read ‘ ancient Athenian trade ’ , which is what nearly all our information is about . |
| 2 | In group F were to be found young children ( average age about 10 ) who sat , when they were not moved off by the police , on the wall in the front of the terrace , overlooking the dry moat . |
| 3 | Even if the loan is not called in by the investors , there are likely to be other implications . |
| 4 | After the revolution , Andrei 's starlet wife loyally tried to defend her husband by portraying him as an opponent of the Comrade and the victim of persecution , but this unoriginal line of defence is not borne out by the facts , except insofar as all the members of the ruling group lived precariously . |
| 5 | This , as we have seen , is simply not borne out by the facts . |
| 6 | Unfortunately the predictions of this very simple hypothesis were not borne out by the facts of subsequent experience . |
| 7 | The grass was lucky if it grew , was shone upon and rained upon , and was not burned , and was not pulled up by the roots , or poisoned , or buried when the ground was turned over , and some bits just happened to be on a line that humans wanted to walk on , and so got trampled , broken , pressed flat , with no malice ; just effect . |
| 8 | Somewhat surprising is the fact that the longest hours are not put in by the women with the largest number of children . |
| 9 | What if the employers ' job offers are not taken up by the students ? |
| 10 | The two-fold test was not backed up by the authorities . |
| 11 | Before , vital food supplies were n't allowed through by the rebels and the people were left to die . |