Example sentences of "not in [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 If he acted in this way , it was not in order to conform to the customs of his time , for his attitude towards women was quite different from that of his milieu , and he deliberately and courageously broke with it . ’
2 Within moments , he is talking about Brecht 's THREEPENNY OPERA pointing out how Brecht invented an abstract London , not in order to escape from the reality of the city , but to create a generalized framework which could be relevant to audiences in many different places .
3 He finds the necessary justification for coercion in the justice or efficiency or some other contemporary virtue of the coercive decision itself , as and when it is made by judges , and he adds that consistency with any past legislative or judicial decision does not in principle contribute to the justice or virtue of any present one .
4 Such dramatic examples of commercial self-interest were not in reality offset by the more representative efforts of companies such as Unilever , Mitchell Cotts and Booker McConnell in English-speaking Africa , or CFAO in French-speaking Africa who had invested on a long term basis for relatively modest returns .
5 Since , however , the House in Reg. v. Morris considered that there had plainly been an appropriation in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 , this must ( I think ) have been because the Italian student , although he had permitted or allowed his money to be taken , had not in truth consented to the taxi driver taking anything in excess of the correct fare .
6 On the facts of the present case , however , it can be said , by analogy with Reg. v. Lawrence , that although the plaintiff permitted and allowed his property to be taken by the third party , he had not in truth consented to the third party becoming owner without giving a valid draft drawn by the building society for the price .
7 Since , however , the House in Reg. v. Morris considered that there had plainly been an appropriation in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 , this must ( I think ) have been because the Italian student , although he had permitted or allowed his money to be taken , had not in truth consented to the taxi driver taking anything in excess of the correct fare .
8 On the facts of the present case , however , it can be said , by analogy with Reg. v. Lawrence , that although the plaintiff permitted and allowed his property to be taken by the third party , he had not in truth consented to the third party becoming owner without giving a valid draft drawn by the building society for the price .
9 He did not find Lawrence and Morris easy to reconcile but since " the House in R v Morris considered that there had plainly been an appropriation in Lawrence 's case , there must have been because [ the victim ] , although he had permitted or allowed his money to be taken , had not in truth consented to the [ accused ] taking anything in excess of [ what was agreed ] .
10 As chairman of the ASB , he is not in fact involved in the Review Panel 's work .
11 As the award is conventional in its nature and can not in fact compensate for the injury suffered there is no logical reason to take one figure rather than another .
12 It seems that this passage led Barnett J. ( and indeed the Court of Appeal ) to conclude that the district judge should have approached the inquiry on the footing that ( i ) the burden of showing that the continuance of the prosecution would be a misuse of the process of the court rested upon the applicant , but ( ii ) this burden could prima facie be discharged by demonstrating an inexcusably long delay , unless the prosecution could in turn discharge the burden of showing that prejudice did not in fact follow from the delay .
13 Yet even the new system brought criticism that the budgeted grants were not in fact paid by the government ( El País , 6 November 1985 ) .
14 Liability is anticipated except where the seller is not in fact selling in the course of a business and prior to contracting the transferee knows this fact , or reasonable steps have been taken to bring it to his notice .
15 The more a theory claims , the more potential opportunities there will be for showing that the world does not in fact behave in the way laid down by the theory .
16 Even less is known about the usefulness of books which are located and borrowed , and it is quite likely that many of the titles thought to have answered a subject enquiry are not in fact found by the reader to be very useful at all .
17 It was not in place to deal with the community charge .
18 She 's not in pain sitting in the foyer so what I 've said is you 'll look at her at break time .
19 Drop-leaf tables which could be placed against the wall when not in use developed during the pre-Commonwealth period , but the method of framed ‘ joined ’ construction necessitated the use of a securing pivot at the top and the bottom of the swing-out supporting leg .
20 ‘ I thought he did n't in fact live in the Palace ? ’ objects Francis Fairlie .
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