Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark sheets not received by these dates may mean that issue of certificates , diplomas and records of achievement to students is delayed . |
| 2 | Strategic decisions emerge from those on-going processes and are not formulated by corporate masterplans or mastermatrices . |
| 3 | More important still , it was the only large town in Russia not ravaged by barbarian invasion in the thirteenth century , due to its marshy situation on the shores of Lake Ilmen , so it was able to expand and become wealthy . |
| 4 | My fear was further sharpened when Tooth , the only practising Muslim aboard , stiffly emerged from below wearing his black peci hat , and proceeded to prostrate himself towards Mecca at hours not prescribed by Islamic doctrine . |
| 5 | Efforts continued to establish a harmonization of European accounting practices , in accordance with the Fourth and Seventh Company Law Directives ( 1978 and 1983 respectively ) , the first of which had created the Contact Committee of officials , the standards body which had originated most of the current proposals ( but which was still not recognized by many EC members ) , while the second had included measures to standardize the presentation of consolidated accounts within the EC ( see p. 36154 for earlier developments ) . |
| 6 | We tested for a mating preference for large crests by comparing the attractiveness of models with short crests to the same models with crest feathers lengthened ( Fig. 1 ) , using three models of each sex to ensure that responses were not biased by unique characteristics of any one specimen . |
| 7 | Scarlet knew that Constance 's family had firmly structured views on vengeance and a quick and subtle ear for a slight : sometimes they saw offence where none was intended , being — Scarlet allowed — not distinguished by great intelligence . |
| 8 | ‘ The men are not deviating by one hair 's breadth from the ordinary system of training , ’ he told the Daily News . |
| 9 | The residual , that part of the earnings gap not explained by personal attributes , is conventionally taken as an indicator of discrimination . |
| 10 | He noticed that when viewed with a camera obscura the image of the sun was too large but this enlargement was not explained by existing theory . |
| 11 | Increasing age , however , appeared protective in AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis ( r=0.6 ; p<0.05 ) : this is not explained by disproportionate degrees of immunosuppression , nor by opportunistic infections . |
| 12 | Bear in mind that a fish 's immune system ceases to function below about 50°F … any wounds or bacterial lesions that have not healed by that time will worsen during winter , for unfortunately the bacteria have a lower temperature tolerance than the fish . |
| 13 | The use of a choke chain for training purposes is not favoured by all trainers , but provided that it is fitted correctly then it should not injure the puppy , and can prove useful in ensuring that it learns to walk properly on the leash . |
| 14 | Barrier methods such as condoms are not favoured by Turkish men , and campaigns to encourage men to have vasectomies have proved a dismal failure . |
| 15 | The second was sadness at the wasted years of cricket greatness for the likes of Mike Procter , Barry Richards , Graeme Pollock and others , although the sadness was not tinged by any regret at having jointed the campaign to exclude South African sport form international participation . |
| 16 | Morgan , who alleged that her ex-husband Eric Foretich had sexually abused the child — an allegation not sustained by any court — had been imprisoned in 1987 for contempt of court after refusing to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter [ see also p. 37407 ] . |
| 17 | What we can see , though , is that critical enterprises or cultural reproductions are not undertaken by disinterested participants removed from the concerns of their own historic moment . |
| 18 | Nicholas Atkinson QC , for Gallagher said the cases of the two men had to be considered quite separately , not contaminated by each other . |
| 19 | One of his first undertakings was to transfer the Tropical African Services Course from the Imperial Institute in South Kensington , ‘ which is not frequented by other students of a kind to make good Administrative officers ’ , to Oxford and Cambridge , where ‘ it would , I am sure , spread interest in our services among other undergraduates of the type we want ’ ; and the great triumph of his career as a bureaucrat was to persuade the Warren Fisher committee , set up in 1927 to examine methods of recruitment into the Colonial Service , that it was unnecessary to look further afield for men ‘ who possess the qualities of mind , character and personality which make for success in the leadership of native … races ’ . |
| 20 | Finally , Memphis is not frequented by most members of the American museum community . |
| 21 | This duty to disclose is not limited by medical practice , it is set by law . |
| 22 | This is based on a closely studied population of deer on the Scottish island of which is not inhabited by human beings , but is by deer , and the easiest way to see it is , is at the bottom here . |
| 23 | The pressure is not alleviated by further statements which are over-dogmatic without consideration of their effects : ‘ We are convinced , and our experience supports us , that the auditory mode can be the mode of information transmission for hearing-impaired children ’ ( 1981 : 147 ) . |
| 24 | Computers with dual disk drives and twin tape cassette machines are not caught by these provisions because they are not " specifically designed or adapted to circumvent copy-protection " . |
| 25 | As regards the presence of outposts of overseas companies in this country , it has been observed that though ‘ the British economy is not dominated by foreign investment , the foreign presence in Britain is highly visible and statistically important . |
| 26 | Increased productivity — you 're not surrounded by seductive frills and furbelows . |
| 27 | I say " a book in which this unequivocally does not happen " because the happy ending which the reader insists on does not need by any means to be a simple , pure , unalloyed happy ending . |
| 28 | It encourages pupils to approach them from angles not considered by other subjects or forms of study in the curriculum . |
| 29 | ‘ Vulnerable people should be aware that there are some laboratories and practitioners who rely on controversial and unproven procedures … which are not considered by independent observers either to be reliable or to have a scientific basis . ’ |
| 30 | The acquisition of a car for the private and business use of a director was not considered by both members of the Court of Appeal ( Neill and Dillon LJJ ) to be an integral part of the company 's business . |