Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Even when an oxytocic agent is not given a small proportion of patients show an increase in plasma oxytocin concentration during the late second or early third stage of labour .
2 If this is not done a disillusioned employee may well leave after a short time and you will have to repeat the expensive and disruptive process of interviewing all over again .
3 Stitches may be necessary to close a gaping cut , and if this is not done a permanent scar may result .
4 Provided there 's access to the plane and the fuselage is not crushed a few minutes should tell us all we want to know .
5 In 1990 Baron Thyssen bought an outstanding work , ‘ The Lock ’ at Sotheby 's for £10,780,000 a world record for a British painting but he is not considered a likely purchaser of further works by the artist .
6 Marriage is not considered a sufficient commitment .
7 Efforts are initially made to persuade the parents to bring up the child at home , but where this does not prove successful or is not considered a wise step , some form of full-time residential care is required .
8 Thomas Biggs , in his address to the Social Science Association in 1870 , complained that such a ‘ painful … topic is not considered a proper theme for discussion … by the great majority of the House of Commons ’ .
9 In that community it is not considered a grave fault to ‘ invent ’ , whenever ‘ a lie is necessary ’ .
10 I said to Sandra , well this job business Bev , he 's not said a bloody word to me this morning he 's , in actual fact he 's been
11 He says in 20 years he 's not known a similar accident .
12 She 's not allowed a white one for tap .
13 So you know quarter to a third and er it 's not got a lot of land with it and of course it 's not mentioned a great deal in directories .
14 he 's not doing so well now is he ? , he used to , he 's not won a high ranking tournament since nineteen eighty nine
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