Example sentences of "not [be] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.

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1 Since there is such a difference between the two documents , and since the Dunrossness District Plan was designed for immediate public consumption ( the Structurn Plan had not been disseminated widely at the time of our research , June , 1978 — January , 1979 ) one could suggest that the tenor of the document reflects the desire to underplay any potential conflicts between Shetlanders and incomers .
2 The suicide note was mentioned , but not quoted ; Loretta wondered if it had not been read out at the inquest .
3 And pensions have not been going up at the same rate as the cost of living .
4 Clearly , one of the invincible conventions of the ‘ Romance ’ label is that desire should not be consummated before at the very least a proposal of marriage has been secured by the heroine — ‘ the only pain permitted is the sweet pain of unfulfilled desire ’ …
5 The two countries finally agreed that the matter was an internal problem for the Papua New Guinea government and that it should not be raised officially at the Forum meeting .
6 This demand must not be built up at the expense of the core scientific activity of the Garden , however .
7 But the blame for its weakness can not be laid directly at the feet either of the takeover or of debt .
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