Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Then a wave formed , the like of which had not been seen at Pipeline that winter .
2 Some were gentlemen who felt strongly , like his lordship himself , that fair play had not been done at Versailles and that it was immoral to go on punishing a nation for a war that was now over .
3 Gust becos I cud not spel It did not mean I was daft When the boys in school red my riting Some of them laffed But now I am the dictater They have to rite like me Utherwise they can not pas Ther GCSE Some of the girls wer ok But those who laffed a lot Have al bean rownded up And have recintly bean shot The teecher who corrected my speling As not been shot at al But four the last fifteen howers As bean standing up against a wal He has to stand ther until he can spel Figgymisgrugifooniyn the rite way I think he will stand ther forever I just inventid it today
4 In the noble eloquence of his plea for conciliation with the colonists , Burke , who based his case on the proposition that they had not been represented at Westminster , drew a strange and illogical conclusion .
5 The course has not been costed at present but this information will be made available as soon as possible .
6 In Jean et Blonde , the hero 's beloved , although English , is described in terms of perfection , and the fact that ‘ There was just a suspicion in her speech/ That she had not been born at Pontoise ’ is a very minor and venial offence against courloisie .
7 ( Jacques had not been living at home at least from 1707 , the year his Principes was published , which gives his address as rue Christine . )
8 I hope that it is not because the hon. Gentleman has not been called at business questions .
9 State on your tax return income from which tax has not been deducted at source and will therefore be assessed for tax by the Inland Revenue if it forms part of a more substantial income :
10 The Sectional Councils may reach agreements on matters affecting the region , and also , through a system of subcommittees , review a large volume of individual claims that have not been resolved at LDC level .
11 Members of Fimbra could be responsible for claims of more than £32m if its payments had not been capped at £5m , with the remainders ' being paid by other self-regulatory organisations .
12 Only market failure can justify vertical integration , for example where F is one of a limited number of sources of a critical supply , or where the supplier-customer relationship requires trust and secrecy which can not be secured at arm 's length .
13 Bryan Robson , so crucial to United 's championship campaign , will also probably be missing , as he will not be risked at Wembley unless he is 100 per cent fit , which seems unlikely .
14 I 'd rather run against the world champion and finish sixth in a good race in Aberdeen than win by 50 metres and not be pushed at Middlesbrough . ’
15 Marriages can not be ended at will or whim .
16 Focusing on effectiveness and outcomes as a basis for decisions on rationing is a desirable aim that can not be achieved at present when so much of health care is unevaluated .
17 Voice of Israel radio said that Israel wanted US Defence Secretary Richard Cheney to submit a written commitment to Congress that the aircraft would not be placed at air bases close to Israel and would not , under any circumstances , attack Israel .
18 The Basque provinces , though they could not be taxed at will , were persuaded by Philip and his successors to provide the monarchy with considerable sums in the form of free gifts ( servicios ) .
19 Access to such sites is often obscure , possibly only by a footpath which may not be noticed at ground level .
20 Chapters Four to Seven , which present the research findings , examine : whether the project made any difference to those who received it , compared with those who did not , in terms of institutionalisation , mental or emotional well-being , self-care capacity or receipt of other community services ( Chapter Four ) ; the effects of the project upon the principal informal carers of the dementia sufferers ( Chapter Five ) ; the major costs of community care for those receiving or not receiving support from the project ( Chapter Six ) ; and the limits to care , that is , the characteristics or circumstances of those who could not be supported at home for long even with the Home Support Project ( Chapter Seven ) .
21 In respect of registered land , a transferee will not be concerned with the amount of stamp duty imposed on documents prior to the transfer to him ; the registrar is under a duty to check the sufficiency of the stamping on a document affecting registered land ( Stamp Act 1891 , s17 ) , so that an instrument can not be registered at HM Land Registry unless correctly stamped .
22 The true prevalence of the visual finding of endometriosis can not be determined at present because such studies require random operative intervention and are therefore unethical .
23 This is normally set at the purchase price or the upper limit of the price if this can not be determined at completion .
24 Prison Officer , Ron Adams , explains how he has worked at Risley and Strangeways and hopes past trouble there will not be repeated at Bullingdon .
25 Prison Officer , Ron Adams , explains how he has worked at Risley and Strangeways and hopes past trouble there will not be repeated at Bullingdon .
26 A.3.1 The Vendor can only warrant facts as at exchange : they should not be repeated at Completion .
27 The truth of this belief can not be tested at present .
28 Four agents were detected in less than three patients each , however , and could threfore not be tested at 5% significance level .
29 The same can not be said at Ford , which expects to cut 2,000 more white-collar jobs on top of yesterday 's 1,180 .
30 Assessment can not be made at birth because antibodies to HIV from the mother cross the placenta , and though these would be detected in an HIV antibody test , it would not show whether the baby itself was infected .
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