Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , it needs to be recognized that a rational , ‘ value-free ’ analysis can not exist in a pluralistic society or that it would please no one if attempted ( Clapham , 1984 ) , unless an action could be shown to benefit all stakeholders . |
| 2 | The possibilities for integration , that do not exist in a segregated , all-age special school , are many — as students begin to mix , sometimes for the first time , in a community setting with other adult learners . |
| 3 | It is typical of options that if a particular contract does not exist in a ready made form for trading directly on an exchange , it can be manufactured from existing tradeable instruments . |
| 4 | Current research assumes that crime and justice do not exist in a social vacuum , that they are at least partially political creations , and that they are inextricably involved in society . |
| 5 | No matter how ethereal they may seem , they do not exist in a timeless limbo but possess determinate antecedents in time and space . |
| 6 | Indeed , as the conventional dominant does not exist in a whole-tone scale ( perfect fifths are not available ) , there can not possibly be effects of resolution such as we find in dominant-tonic harmonic movements . |
| 7 | Do you tell me that my brother is not treated in a like manner ? ’ |
| 8 | I sincerely hope that Mrs. X 's complaint was not treated in a dismissive way because , as she readily admitted , she was drunk at the time of the assault . |
| 9 | Despite introducing some dynamic elements into the discussion , these are not treated in a formal way . |
| 10 | If your aircraft is not painted in a standard colour you will often find details of the exact type and colour in the airframe log book . |
| 11 | Some undertake this role at a working level by assisting and challenging the business units when they submit their plans ; for example , by questioning why the business units are not competing in a certain way or as much as they should . |
| 12 | Even the transition from an artificial to a natural system was not completed in a uniform manner throughout the scientific community . |
| 13 | Thus , an infinite collection of stars can not remain in a motionless state . |
| 14 | The ideal of beauty and normality can not perish in a healthy society ; and for this reason you ought to let art go its own way ad be confident that it will not go astray … |
| 15 | The Court held on the one hand that the protection of the Directive was a matter of public policy and so the worker could not trade away his right under the Directive to the maintenance of the same terms and conditions , even if ‘ the employee obtains new benefits in compensation for the disadvantages resulting from an amendment to his contract of employment so that , taking the matter as a whole , he is not placed in a worse position than before ’ ( point 15 ) . |
| 16 | The jaws are armed with blunt papillae which are not arranged in a regular series . |
| 17 | Hooks not arranged in a complete band , are often arranged in discreet units separated from one another . |
| 18 | Questions 1 to 4 cover considerations necessary for any type of intervention but they are not arranged in a logical , systematic order . |
| 19 | Unfortunately the slips are not arranged in a chronological order and documents relating to the early modern period are scattered throughout the calendar . |
| 20 | The English tradition that it is tor Parliament to do the taxing is so deep-seated that the court would probably assert a legal presumption , as a matter of statute interpretation , that powers of taxation are not included in a statutory delegation of power unless clear words are used , and that a general formula like that in the statute stated in the question is not sufficient . ’ |
| 21 | In fact , it appears to have been due less to a plot than to a calculation that she could not win in a second ballot . |
| 22 | It did not appear to be caused by needle or pusher , because it was not happening in a regular line — just spasmodically . |
| 23 | Every practising barrister knows before which judges he would prefer not to appear in a political case because he believes , and his colleagues at the bar believe , that certain judges are much more likely than others to be biased against certain groups , like demonstrators or students , or certain kinds of action , like occupations of property by trade unionists or the homeless . |
| 24 | In such cases the cost per unit of material will not solely depend upon the activity but also on the amount of goods purchased and therefore the variable costs will not behave in a linear fashion and will tend to reflect a curvilinear function . |
| 25 | Many of the prescriptions for creativity embody means of enabling the worker to break away from established continuous patterns of thought , since such patterns of thought are held to hinder access to new ideas not contained in a logical sequence from the starting point of the problem . |
| 26 | The outrage eagerly orchestrated by the newspaper did not focus in a serious way on the needs and dangers facing rape survivors . |
| 27 | Returning to the argument in The Future of an Illusion an imaginary antagonist argues that civilization depends upon people continuing to believe in God , otherwise they will not act in a moral way . |
| 28 | To mimic this , we should have to speed up our stroboscope so that its flashes came twice as fast as the cycles of mains electricity , which are not noticed in a fluorescent strip light . |
| 29 | The implications for our understanding of the nature of government and law are not presented in a systematic fashion until On Human Conduct . |
| 30 | Why not invest in a few Units — new interchangeable separates in black , white , navy and red and a variety of shapes ? |