Example sentences of "is not [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marx found the answer to this problem in his belief that , in the Asiatic system , the community is not broken up by the growth of private property and internal differentiation , as happens in classical city states or in feudalism , because the integrity of the community is maintained centrally by the State itself . |
| 2 | After the revolution , Andrei 's starlet wife loyally tried to defend her husband by portraying him as an opponent of the Comrade and the victim of persecution , but this unoriginal line of defence is not borne out by the facts , except insofar as all the members of the ruling group lived precariously . |
| 3 | The larger pieces show a surprising link with her drawing which is not borne out by the smaller more elaborate pieces cast in bronze . |
| 4 | This power can be exercised only in cases where the application is not called in by the secretary of state himself . |
| 5 | Even if the loan is not called in by the investors , there are likely to be other implications . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , the level of interest is not backed up by the right level of knowledge either from prospective users or from many of the suppliers . |
| 7 | Day-to-day decision making should be assigned to a particular person if this is not carried out by the board member(s) who have overall responsibility for the policy . |
| 8 | He is not put off by the prospect of a change in government . |