Example sentences of "[pers pn] is not [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 If she is not prevented from chattering she could cause herself much trouble . ’
2 Matching the job to the person will ensure that he or she is not overloaded and makes an effective contribution to the enterprise .
3 Chung gains too from the fact that she is not balanced quite so closely as Perlman .
4 She did not seem to mind ( but then , Lily thought , she is not bedecked in jewels before the act .
5 Although she is not pictured , will be known to many throughout the Group from her previous job at Ipswich working for and subsequent move to the region centre .
6 My own sister , she is not asked either . ’
7 He/she will check that the mare has passed all her afterbirth and she is not damaged as a result of foaling .
8 Muriel is perhaps this author 's most disagreeable character , though she is not seen without pity .
9 She is not given to grieving .
10 A woman who is generally satisfied will organize her days so that she is not overcome by the many demands on her time .
11 She is expected to obey her husband without question and must never appear unveiled to any man to whom she is not related .
12 The inescapable subservience of the female is ratified even when she is not manoeuvred as an object of adoration or spite : But the effect of this fifteenth-century carol in providing a reminder that the Incarnation was realised through a woman , is to put a warning shot across the bows of those who exploit the daughters of Eve .
13 The Board is obliged to publicise the escrow account the balance of which is paid to the person if he or she is not convicted or at the end of the five year period .
14 His mother did encourage him in other of his writings , and certainly there is a good deal of family tradition in the ten books , which might reflect her influence , but she is not mentioned in the preface to the Decem Libri Historiarum .
15 She is not clipped by fine A.
16 Although she is not qualified , Mrs Chaplin , who has a PhD in economics , spent five years as a trainee at a small firm of chartered accountants in Norwich and ran her own business .
17 For kicks , she climbs mountains and skis , so she is not left wanting for adventure .
18 Because the social structure in the villages was one based on patriarchal families , where the daughter is invariably given away in marriage , and where , because a woman 's chief economic role is as a producer of labour power ( her sons ) she is not considered of any real economic value before she is married .
19 It wo n't hurt her a bit if another dog growls at her , as it will make her realise she is not considered top dog by them .
20 Here the homeworkers poorly paid job dovetails neatly into the work for which she is not paid at all .
21 From birth , the baby and infant imbibes moral values and learns to control instinctual wishes so that he or she is not chastised by parents , or other agents of socialization .
22 She is not educated . ’
23 " She is not suited to such a place as this . "
24 Our chief executive , Petre Sefton , is not an accountant but she comes from a commercial organisation , so she is not fettered in any way by preconceived notions about the profession .
25 That she is not taken seriously as a poet seems to be the greater problem .
26 If one suppresses the name , one does not suppress the rest of what is reported , so it is reported that someone , or perhaps more than one person who has been defamed , has done something in the course of the case and it may be that he or she is not known to the public and is of no interest to the public .
27 She is not known to have been involved in any way .
28 She is not permitted to talk to anyone about the marriage now . ’
29 She collects samples , takes measurements and no doubt makes the tea : she is not expected to analyse the data she collects , and certainly not required to think about the questions those data might answer .
30 She is not allowed to make diagnoses , initiate drug treatment , or certify death .
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