Example sentences of "not [vb pp] out [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wartime hunt for German spies was not carried out with greater enthusiasm than the campaign to eliminate diamond crossings ! |
| 2 | All our efforts to restore unity among Christians will be in vain if they are not carried out in total fidelity to the faith in Christ … handed on by the Apostles . ’ |
| 3 | The idea that ‘ the youth of today ’ are exceptionally ill-mannered is not borne out by political canvassing . |
| 4 | This is a purely theoretical stance used by economists not borne out by practical experience of how systems will work . |
| 5 | This assumption is not borne out by any evidence — after all , the dolphins have no perceivable technology — but it is fair to guess that at least some intelligent species will develop an advanced technology . |
| 6 | According to Eric Midwinter , former director of the Centre for Policy on Ageing , ‘ Discrimination by age is as vicious as discrimination by race or sex and not borne out by medical evidence . ’ |
| 7 | Socialism , on the other hand , is not born out of armed conquest and aggrandisement , but economic development and the class consciousness it creates . |
| 8 | All electric fencing requires regular attention to ensure the system is ‘ alive ’ and not earthed out by wet grass touching the wires . |
| 9 | ‘ Ministers have not only not spoken out against this irresponsibility but now can not speak persuasively against these boardroom excesses because so many ex-Cabinet Ministers are themselves among the beneficiaries of these excesses , ’ he said . |
| 10 | In other words , basic steward training was not financed out of additional funding , which was devoted instead to a union-controlled programme which tackled more advanced issues . |
| 11 | These exhibits were mostly just single figures , not set out in any kind of tableau , but isolated in their stage clothes with just a name plate for company . |
| 12 | Columbus was not cut out for this sort of work . |
| 13 | I want to pick up and put down , he wrote , not spread out in gooey mass . |
| 14 | Has she not improved out of all recognition ? ’ |
| 15 | The money is frozen in the hands of a third party and not paid out to either side . |
| 16 | Overall , the view that blacks ' success in certain sports is not chiselled out of hard work , determination and perseverance , but out of a somewhat intangible capacity called ‘ natural ability ’ holds sway amongst coaches , managers and even amongst athletes themselves . |
| 17 | Keegan said : ‘ Obviously there may be some truth in it , but it has n't come out from this end . |
| 18 | Apart from the fact that I 've never known her dig up a weed or pick a single daffodil , she simply is n't cut out for that kind of work . ’ |
| 19 | He realized that he ‘ was n't cut out for academic work ’ . |
| 20 | She just was n't cut out for this sort of thing ! |