Example sentences of "are [not/n't] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As I have said , we are not dealing with a demon but something worse , a soul steeped in mortal sin .
2 Among others , these prevent double counting of non-trade exchange differences which could otherwise be included under deductions for cases III , IV or V Schedule D , of exchange differences on currency acquired under a forward contract and indefinite deferral of unrealised gains ; ensure carry-forward of losses are not prevented by a drafting technicality ; enable regulations to apply arm's-length test exclusions to debts that vary in amount ; and extend the rules on translating forward currency contracts to those not reflected in accounts prepared under normal accounting practice .
3 All I can say is , it is a good job players are not breathalysed before a match , because all of us were completely smashed !
4 Usually a husband and wife are regarded as living together if they are not separated under a court order or a deed of separation or separated in such circumstances as are likely to prove permanent ( Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 , s282 ) .
5 Now if these maxims of co-operation are not honoured by a speaker on a particular occasion and the hearer has reason to suppose that this is intentional , the hearer will look for meanings other than those which are explicitly expressed .
6 ‘ The problem is the marginalisation of elderly people from mainstream society , a lack of rights , and the fact that they are not politicised as a group .
7 Attitudes towards employment , retirement , and early retirement are not formed in a vacuum .
8 If this population is representative of the situation nationally , substantial numbers of patients with end stage liver disease might benefit from liver transplantation , but are not referred to a centre .
9 In this case the seller will probably require some statement of the efforts that the acquirer will take to collect the debts , provision for unallocated payments received from debtors to be attributed first to pre-completion obligations , and a right to take over the enforcement of debts which are not collected within a period of , say , six months .
10 It may be that time limits , even when employees help set them , are not viewed as a standard of excellence by most employees in these job settings .
11 They are not examined with a view to appraisal which might require adjustments to concepts of syllabus design to accommodate them .
12 The various values and beliefs that coalesce to maintain , reinforce , or sometimes modify the political culture are not generated in a vacuum ; they are acquired through a process of socialization .
13 The charges are not intended as a pollution tax per se , although the NRA acknowledges that they may cause some businesses to review polluting activities .
14 They are presented in order to illustrate some similarities and differences in the way the Cockcroft recommendations are being interpreted in relation to assessment and are not intended as a review of all the initiatives currently being undertaken .
15 The surprises of God are not intended as a substitute for strategy .
16 of its shares and the other shareholders have not served notice requesting the preparation of group accounts and the company 's securities are not listed on a stock exchange in any member State .
17 After all , the exporters are not living in a vacuum : they rely on domestic producers for many of their materials , power , transport , and other services .
18 In this context we may well ask whether we are not living in an age when God is judging our Western civilisation — whether the inflation of the Western world is a judgment on materialism , or the rising unemployment a judgment on militant trade unionism or the crisis of capitalism a judgment on the secular humanism of our age .
19 There are only debates on ministerial statements and these are not followed by a vote : in any case such statements are rare .
20 Broadly speaking eligible trainees are individuals who pay for their own training or assessment out of their own resources , who do not receive assistance from an employer or are not funded under a Government Scheme towards the cost of such training .
21 The obligations , particularly where they are not funded by a scheme financially independent of the company , carry very significant deferred tax implications .
22 As has been normal for most organized communities that are not based on a money economy , African society was based on slavery ( in the sense of the life-long ownership of human beings who could be traded ) , which sometimes involved plantation work or even being used as a human sacrifice : there is no calculus to compare the disadvantages of local slavery with those of being taken across the Atlantic and used as plantation or mining labour .
23 And for the moment you are not watching on a colleague , because you are not working for M16 but directly for Winston .
24 Numbers of Americans and Britons have doubled in the past decade but , at 40,000 and 11,000 respectively , they are not seen as a threat to the social fabric in the same way as the Iranians and other Asians .
25 They arouse protectiveness in women and are not seen as a threat by other men .
26 The large numbers who are unable to find regular work are not seen as a phenomenon characteristic of underdevelopment , but part of the capitalist division of labour and , therefore , a similar feature to the industrialisation process of European countries , differing in terms of quantity rather than quality .
27 If the alternatives are to work , we must take care that they are not seen as a reward for those who become involved in such activities .
28 Great emphasis is put on writing and drawing skills and typewriters are not seen as a substitute for writing .
29 And still others have had the good fortune to find a role in those sectors of the joint venture free market which are not stuttering as a result of the policy paralysis .
30 The larvae are not born with a paddle , which appears 2–3 weeks after hatching .
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