Example sentences of "[noun sg] not [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such cases the unlucky individual has taken the precaution of wearing a contraceptive sheath , but a sore on the vulva , say , of his sexual partner has come into contact with part of the penis not covered by the condom . |
| 2 | Along with hope in a future not bound by the rough blankets rubbing at her chin , the cobwebbed ceiling above her head , the tiny window , the table in the corner , the hard wooden chair , the threadbare rug , the wax-choked candlestick , the bucket , the crucifix , the chain trailing from the bed-post to her wrist beneath the covers . |
| 3 | The speaker who uses it feels himself or herself to be stating , with an explicitness not found in the merely qualifying adjective , even when it is ascriptive , that the property expressed does hold of the entity identified by the whole noun phrase ; an inevitable concomitant is that the postnominal adjective must be to a certain extent salient in the situation where it is used . |
| 4 | There then followed a long period of muddle and confusion not helped by the fact that no one had a recent photograph of Blake and that it was a Saturday evening . |
| 5 | BIRDS Eye meat products bought from supermarkets contained textured soya protein not mentioned in the food description , magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 6 | Gidon Saks brought an uncharacteristic menace ( for the character , that is , rather than the singer , whom we have seen wonderfully menacing before ) to the role of the wise priest Sarastro , and his decidedly unplatonic attraction to Susannah Waters 's bright , pert , splendidly sung Pamina added an element of tension not envisaged in the original . |
| 7 | Conversely , there may be matters relevant to a particular engagement not covered by the specimen . |
| 8 | The morning rehearsals each day were a Tiller rule not demanded by the management and so were not paid for . |
| 9 | Only in Prussia and the eastern border districts was the emancipation not revoked for the simple reason that the Junkers needed the Jews to operate between the Prussian nobles and the German peasants , and as go-betweens for the Prussian Poles . |
| 10 | Additionally , the defendants had of their own accord not relied on the clause in other customer disputes , which showed that they themselves tended to regard its limitation as unreasonable . |
| 11 | There was a wider teleology not touched by the doctrine of evolution . |
| 12 | Secondly , it may underestimate the capacity of lower-level managers to transmit upwards inaccurate or self-serving information , particularly where they have the advantage of technical expertise not possessed by the head office . |
| 13 | Sites D thirty nine and D forty are in any case not located within the built-up area of the settlement in terms of Greenbelt Plan Policy Four . |
| 14 | Section 7 provides : 7 – ( 1 ) Where the possession or ownership of goods passes under or in pursuance of a contract not governed by the law of sale of goods or hire-purchase , subsections ( 2 ) to ( 4 ) below apply as regards the effect ( if any ) to be given to contract terms excluding or restricting liability for breach of obligation arising by implication of law from the nature of the contract . |
| 15 | Even apart from such exceptions , however , a contract not made in the required form , but completely performed on one side , might be enforced . |
| 16 | Within hours of the closure of the polls , news of Aristide 's victory led to scenes of national euphoria not witnessed since the overthrow in 1986 of the notorious Duvalier family dictatorship . |
| 17 | Things are less comfortable measured against corporate investment : the ratio is well down from its 1988 peak , and heading for a level not seen since the 1974 recession . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , the gap between ( non-financial ) companies ' reported profits and capital spending is rising : at ¥20.9 trillion , in calendar 1990 it reached 4.9% of GNP , a level not seen since the mid-1970s . |
| 19 | The extra bit not captured in the previous case is the area between the two curves up |
| 20 | This in turn was possible when abolitionists were provided with the occasional opportunity , by factors exterior to the small British antislavery world , to break through the torpor and indifference of opinion and mobilise popular enthusiasm of a kind not seen since the 1830s . |
| 21 | The first was The south-east study ( 1964 ) which put forward broad-based regional proposals covering the period to 1981 of a kind not seen since the end of the war . |
| 22 | Where the demised property is part only of a building the right should extend to entering the demised property for the purpose of repairing other parts of the building not included in the demise . |
| 23 | Under current law , there is no KPMG responsibility to a potential buyer not envisaged at the date of the audit report with respect to any financial statements with which KPMG is already publicly associated . |
| 24 | ( 4 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer the goods he contracted to sell mixed with goods of a different description not included in the contract , the buyer may accept the goods which are in accordance with the contract and reject the rest or he may reject the whole . |
| 25 | ( With field coding , the interviewer asks an open question but codes the response immediately from a checklist not shown to the respondent . ) |
| 26 | WARNING — Aspects of play not covered by the rules will have to be fought out between the parties . |
| 27 | That part of the Standard and Poor 500 market index not explained by the first 4 factors . |
| 28 | It is obviously capable of overlapping other sections of the Act ; equally , it is obviously intended to catch exclusions of liability not covered by the other sections of the Act . |
| 29 | Christ , as God , was omniscient , his outlook not limited by the time in which he lived . |
| 30 | Whilst an estimate of our fees has been given , additional costs may be required as a result of any material change in the assignment or difficulties in obtaining information which could not reasonably be foreseen and which caused additional work not included in the original estimate . |