Example sentences of "is [not/n't] [vb pp] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when an oxytocic agent is not given a small proportion of patients show an increase in plasma oxytocin concentration during the late second or early third stage of labour . |
| 2 | If this is not done a disillusioned employee may well leave after a short time and you will have to repeat the expensive and disruptive process of interviewing all over again . |
| 3 | Stitches may be necessary to close a gaping cut , and if this is not done a permanent scar may result . |
| 4 | In 1990 Baron Thyssen bought an outstanding work , ‘ The Lock ’ at Sotheby 's for £10,780,000 a world record for a British painting but he is not considered a likely purchaser of further works by the artist . |
| 5 | Marriage is not considered a sufficient commitment . |
| 6 | Efforts are initially made to persuade the parents to bring up the child at home , but where this does not prove successful or is not considered a wise step , some form of full-time residential care is required . |
| 7 | Thomas Biggs , in his address to the Social Science Association in 1870 , complained that such a ‘ painful … topic is not considered a proper theme for discussion … by the great majority of the House of Commons ’ . |
| 8 | In that community it is not considered a grave fault to ‘ invent ’ , whenever ‘ a lie is necessary ’ . |
| 9 | Because growth is not required the early cleavage divisions typically transform the egg , within a few hours , into a hollow ball with the cells arranged as a spherical sheet . |