Example sentences of "[not/n't] [prep] a state " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Justice Hutchison said the 1936 Act primarily envisages a system where the local authority has a power and a duty to try to secure that premises are not in a state which constitutes a statutory nuisance . |
| 2 | Turkey was not in a state of war and would not open a second front against Iraq unless its own territory was attacked . |
| 3 | It is a report and valuation for mortgage and insurance assessment which is usually done in half an hour and consists of a general look at the property to see that it actually exists as described , and is not in a state of collapse or major disrepair . |
| 4 | Even when our conscious feelings are not in a state of conflict , it is difficult to portray them relatively accurately in words , but it is much more so when they are . |
| 5 | Often they are not in a state to talk . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) As Benjamin ( 1973 ) noted , cinematic reception , unlike reception of the painting or the novel , takes place , not in a state of ‘ contemplation ’ , but of ‘ distraction ’ . |
| 7 | Why is it not in a state of complete disorder at all times ? |
| 8 | Bewildered and cast down as she was , Nicandra managed a few skipping steps — this jolly movement her evidence that she was not in a state of unattractive sulks . |
| 9 | The position of the UK forces in Saudi Arabia and in the Gulf area generally was that together with the armed forces of Kuwait and other coalition partners they were engaged in hostilities against Iraq under the authority of the UN Security Council ; Major specifically explained in Parliament on Jan. 28 that the UK was not in a state of war with Iraq . |
| 10 | I knew what I was doing ; I was thoroughly prepared ; but that did n't mean that when the day came I was n't in a state of nervous collapse . |