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

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1 These arguments apply just as much where there is a non-cumulative several liability , not annexed to a joint liability , as they do where it is so annexed .
2 ABOVE Ventilation is vital for dogs travelling in cars , but do make sure that they are not exposed to a powerful draught which could affect their eyes .
3 The design and development of many of these products was undertaken by large groups of workers and not limited to a small technocratic elite .
4 The plaintiff was in any case prevented from bringing an action by the statutory provision , which is not limited to a bare right of passage and is not lost by the taking of a photograph .
5 Unlike the Magistrates ' Court , the Crown Court 's jurisdiction is not limited to a given area .
6 It is not limited to a particular place .
7 These are not strictly part of our ‘ urban ’ concerns , but they do show how Harré 's and Goffman 's ideas , as well as Giddens 's concept of ‘ locale ’ are not limited to a particular scale .
8 Although the garden is not arranged to a precise colour scheme , Connie has strong views on colour , ‘ I ca n't be doing with strong , deep reds so I use them only in moderation . ’
9 However , talk within the argument and not addressed to a specified individual may be in Creole or in British English , with a single turn often containing elements of both .
10 All activity is generated by the Mind in its normal waking or sleeping state which moves from one sensation to the next , and unlike the external senses which provide knowledge , Mind is not confined to a specific field of operation .
11 We recommend that future project initiatives of this kind should give much more thought to the structures and procedures , both within project schools and at the level of overall planning and coordination which are required to ensure that initiatives are not confined to a particular time period or grant , and that the inservice implications of good practice resulting from the project are capitalised upon .
12 Perhaps its most important aspect is that it is not confined to a particular region .
13 In modern times [ h ] -dropping — like -in' for ( ing ) — is extremely widespread and well established : as we have noted above , it is not confined to a particular region ( as voicing of initial fricatives is , for example ) .
14 v. Henn and Darby , where the Court of Appeal held that the term ‘ quantitative restrictions ’ in Article 30 of the EEC Treaty did not cover a total prohibition on imports on the grounds that such a restriction was not related to a quantitative measure , whereas the case law of the European Court had clearly established that the term in question covered both outright bans and quotas on imports .
15 The 1966 official report into his subsequent escape has some incredibly tedious and unconvincing arguments as to why Blake was not moved to a high , or at least a higher , security prison such as Birmingham .
16 Old stopcocks were not made to a standard size and it may take some searching in plumbers ’ merchants to find something that will enable you to connect new copper pipe .
17 Drawings were not done to a standard scale ; the metric system was just being introduced in France and its conquered territories , where it replaced a range of different miles , fathoms , feet and inches ; and there were no standard interchangeable parts , even nuts and bolts and screws being individual .
18 As the transmitter itself is not connected to a real earth or ‘ ground ’ it is essential that the instrument used is adequately screened and all wiring connections are in good condition .
19 audit methodology not geared to a systems-based approach ;
20 Unlike many young painters , Roxy Walsh has established her reputation through work which is not bound to a particular style , technique or concern .
21 During the 1930s a strong pacifist movement came into being which was not tied to a major party although most of its supporters were Labour or Liberal voters .
22 Ideally , the product should also run on a range of platforms so that the user is not tied to a single source of hardware .
23 By antecedent , in terms of the example , I of course mean only R and C. In virtue of this fact of generality with respect to independent conditionals they are not tied to a particular situation , as are dependent conditionals .
24 Examples in Northern Tyneside include ship-building and -repair as part of the maritime industrial structure , and those local plants which are independent and not tied to a particular customer .
25 They 're not tied to a nine-to-five , that 's for sure .
26 Literature is not reduced to a spectral series of disembodied texts , but is seen to be a point of mediation in a developing dialectical process .
27 Such behaviour is not suited to a democratic socialist party of the 1990s .
28 They are not linked to a particular course or to a particular method of study .
29 On the back , quite without superficial decoration , the artist has concentrated on revealing the forms of the body , not adapted to a linear pattern but swelling in majestic simplicity under the smooth cloak which originally veiled the hair and falls almost to the ankles , held in the right hand and brought round under the left elbow to be tucked into the belt in front .
30 when we do use our staff , we have the advantage that they are not restricted to a fixed location , but are mobile within districts and organise themselves with minimum supervision and are already capable of using high productivity equipment .
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