Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] [adj] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Henry , who had not been present at the death-bed , arrived for the funeral , he at first refused to take the oath but eventually , confronted by his father 's decomposing body , he agreed to do so . |
| 2 | Nor would Morse be forgetting the only man who had not been present at the meeting — the man who still lay with a wicked headache and a barely touched breakfast-tray beside him in Room 201 , to which room Shirley Brown had shepherdessed him when , after his unexplained absence , he had reeled into The Randolph the previous night . |
| 3 | The witness said that he had not been present at the meeting and had agreed that what was said then would not be recorded . |
| 4 | The pope acknowledges Oswiu 's conversion to orthodoxy and the Roman Easter , thanks him for the gifts he has sent but grieves that the bearer of these gifts had died in Rome , and regrets that he has not been able at the time of writing to find someone suitable to send as Wigheard 's replacement . |
| 5 | Basil had not been happy at the news of Dorian 's marriage plans . |
| 6 | Those few students who require a highly specialized training in computer-aided research skills , can and should be taught by historians though the provision need not be available at every single university . |
| 7 | I must add that we will not be producing daily summaries , er I think it 's a task which is a fairly daunting on and quite frankly , er they will not be produced in the sense At the end That they would not be available at the end of each day . |
| 8 | If we can give tax concessions for unleaded petrol to improve the environment , surely we should not be aghast at the prospect of tax concessions to secure that alarms are fitted in our cars and that some protection is provided to stop a lot of this senseless crime . |
| 9 | The manager of the recruiting bureau may or may not be present at the interview , but may be present when discussion takes place afterwards , or may have submitted a written report on the recruit 's attitudes and progress so far in the bureau . |
| 10 | Braine ) , who represents the Police Superintendents Association , can not be present at the debate and wishes to be associated with what I have to say . |
| 11 | I should point out in all fairness that quite a few Northern Ireland Members are engaged in talks with the Secretary of State on the future government of Northern Ireland and therefore can not be present at the moment . |
| 12 | ( d ) Dishonesty need not be present at the start of the transaction . |
| 13 | I had to send her a greetings telegram , so that she would not be alarmed at the sight of the envelope , saying : DARLING MUM I AM MARRIED TO MY MUSE AND HAVE NO INTENTION OF SEEKING A DIVORCE SO DO N'T WORRY I 'LL BE A BACHELOR GAY FOR ME REST OF MY LIFE LOVE JIM . |
| 14 | They agreed last night that while she remained head of a ‘ foreign and oppressive state which had an aggressive , irredentist claim ’ to Northern Ireland , she would not be welcome at the City Hall or any other civic property . |
| 15 | And whether he were not in this dilemma ; that either his estate might enure for life , at his option ; and then according to Lord Coke such an estate would , in legal contemplation , be an estate for life ; which could not be created by parol : or if not for life , being for no assignable period , it must operate as a tenancy from year to year ; in which case it would be inconsistent with , and repugnant to the nature of such an estate , that it should not be determinable at the pleasure of either party giving the regular notice . |
| 16 | Dear friends , do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering , as though something strange were happening to you . |
| 17 | One should not be surprised at the offsetting movements of currencies , since if some currencies are appreciating then as a matter of arithmetic other currencies must be depreciating . |
| 18 | ( 3 ) This section applies to a contract if — ( a ) the rent does not exceed the figure applicable in accordance with subsection ( 4 ) , and ( b ) the letting is not on such terms as to the tenant 's responsibility as are mentioned in subsection ( 5 ) … ( 5 ) This section does not apply where a house is let for a term of three years or more ( the lease not being determinable at the option of either party before the expiration of three years ) upon terms that the tenant puts the premises into a condition reasonably fit for human habitation . |
| 19 | it would n't of been put in if it had n't been accurate at the time |
| 20 | Charlie had stopped by to speak to Josie as he 'd said he would , but Lucy had n't been present at the time . |
| 21 | I think , because maybe you have n't been flexible at the outset , and all you 've ended up doing is scoring points off each other , |
| 22 | And you see Paul wo n't be present at the , I do n't think Paul 'll be present at the meeting on the nineteenth , I think Alan will chair that . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't be specific at the moment , sir . |
| 24 | I knew I would n't be welcome at the funeral so I sent some flowers , and I got Father Ryan to say a mass for him instead . ’ |
| 25 | So is that being as you were n't being assertive at the time |