Example sentences of "is not [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an asylum claim that is not justified under the United Nations convention is to be the means of obtaining settlement in the United Kingdom , we need at the very least to explain , particularly to the minority communities legitimately settled here , why their friends and relatives who would like to come and join them are not allowed to do so because they told the truth when they made their applications , whereas others who are prepared to make an unfounded asylum claim can remain indefinitely . |
| 2 | The statement that ‘ radiotherapy and radical prostatectomy are effective in treating locally confined prostate cancer ’ ( cited with a reference to an American consensus conference ) is not justified by the available evidence . |
| 3 | In Mark and Luke , the betrayer is not named at the Last Supper itself . |
| 4 | However , the reasonable person , while imbued with the knowledge the accused acquired throughout the crime , is not imbued with the mistaken beliefs he had . |
| 5 | But even if one is not antagonised by the appalling monotony of Mr. Lawrence 's theme , under all its splendid variations , one still turns away with the judgement : ‘ this is not my world , either as it is or as I should wish it to be . ’ |
| 6 | Israel is not to resort to the Canaanite practice of boiling a kid in its mother 's milk to increase fertility . |
| 7 | ‘ I swear , ’ Corbett said emphatically , ‘ that my intention is not to spy for the English King . |
| 8 | The requirements upon issue are : ( 1 ) filing by the applicant of the originating application ( N312 ) , a copy of each named respondent and two further copies ; ( 2 ) an affidavit in support with the same number of copies for service ; the affidavit should state : ( a ) the applicant 's interest in the land ; ( b ) the circumstances in which the land has been occupied without licence or consent and in which his claim to possession arises ; and ( c ) if it be that the name of any person occupying the land is not stated in the originating application , that the applicant does not know the name of such person . |
| 9 | The fact that meaning is not constructed from the formal language of the message alone is crucial in explaining what it is that makes people perceive some stretches of language as coherent discourse and others as disconnected jumbles . |
| 10 | The precise mechanism of enalapril 's antialbuminuric effects is not elucidated by the present study . |
| 11 | But if the first speaker is not seated at the top table there may be a pause while he walks to the microphone . |
| 12 | To what degree , however , such a view of time was developed in Mesopotamian thought is not revealed by the cuneiform records , although according to Seneca the late Babylonian astronomer-priest Berossus ( c.300 BC ) believed in the periodic destruction and re-creation of the universe . |
| 13 | The lecturer 's task is not to act in the medieval sense and be a reader of scarce books , but to explain the difficult parts of an abstruse subject . |
| 14 | Since Ferguson is not ranked among the top contenders by the IBF , that organisation would declare the title vacant should he win . |
| 15 | This shift in emphasis is not limited to the developing countries . |
| 16 | This proposition is not limited to the oft-cited example of the use of increased doses of morphine , a practice which specialists argue is no longer necessary or appropriate , but extends to any treatment decision . |
| 17 | The trend is not limited to the individual consumer . |
| 18 | In so doing , it is not limited to the English local government system . |
| 19 | Such seductive selling is not limited to the glossy . |
| 20 | The use of effective co-operation between industry and education is not limited to the secondary sector , and many primary schools are introducing existing curriculum activity for their pupils by working closely with industry . |
| 21 | Illuminative evaluation is not limited by the initial formulation of aims , but allows for the expression of unexpected results . |
| 22 | We have a God who longs to answer prayer ; a God who listens to our words and answers them ; a God who knows our thoughts and answers the prayers that we can not express in words ; a God whose ability to answer prayer is not limited by the finite , but who can do infinitely more abundantly above all that we can ask for or think of asking . |
| 23 | This accounts for the high turnover in membership … the recruit having seen emphasis laid on military activity is not prepared for the political activity which must come before it . |
| 24 | Heads of different divisions may informally set their own plan which is not moving in the same direction as the handed down plan to which they pay lip service . |
| 25 | Abnormal development may occur if a protein is not made at the right time or place , or the protein is defective or if too little or too much is made . |
| 26 | If another launch attempt is not made in the next ten days , then it could face cancellation . |
| 27 | If payment is not made by the due date then 10% is added to the bill no excuses are accepted … |
| 28 | If the offer or approach is not made by the ultimate offeror or potential offeror , then Rule 1(b) requires that his identity be disclosed at the outset . |
| 29 | It is not made by the local authority . |
| 30 | One way of approaching s.5(4) is to hold that ownership of goods is not transferred to the alleged thief in situations where under civil law it would not have passed . |