Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both sections 12 and 14 allow the senior police officer to impose conditions only if he ‘ reasonably believes ’ that the stipulated events will occur , and the Government White Paper expressed the view that the new law would ‘ ensure that demonstrators have an effective means of challenging any decision by the police to impose conditions which is not justified by a real risk of serious disorder , disruption or coercion . ’ |
| 2 | Civil association , however , is not sustained by a universal moral reason . |
| 3 | Cramlington , although a New Town , was not developed by a corporatist and appointed development corporation but by a partnership of two elected authorities ( county and district ) and two developers . |
| 4 | The British and Irish teams was unsuccessful in this event , and this is the first international event not won by a British team for a very long time . |
| 5 | The simple harmonic structure has the effect of freeing melody and form ; melodic lines are not constrained by having to fit changing chords and the form is not constrained by a particular harmonic sequence . |
| 6 | Although simultaneous oesophageal pH measurements were not done , the bursts of non-deglutitive contractions were not preceded by a small pressure plateau or other signs of a common cavity phenomenon . |
| 7 | This had not been an issue as long as Edward IV was in good health , and his death was so unexpected that it was not preceded by a political regrouping around the heir . |
| 8 | This had not been an issue as long as Edward IV was in good health , and his death was so unexpected that it was not preceded by a political regrouping around the heir . |
| 9 | Visits are not encouraged and , if permitted , are best not preceded by a heavy lunch . |
| 10 | These bursts of repetitive non-sequential pressure peaks did not show any characteristics that would suggest a common cavity phenomenon ; they were not preceded by a sudden small increase in base line oesophageal pressure occurring simultaneously at different levels of the oesophagus ; and the shape of the individual waves , although occurring simultaneously at different levels of the oesophagus , was often different from one level to the other . |
| 11 | How many pensioners would be floated off means-tested income support if a £5 and £8 increase in the national insurance pension was not matched by a similar change in the income support rates ? |
| 12 | But the increase in incomes was not matched by a similar increase in the cash becoming available to farmers . |
| 13 | The social class bias in university entrance is not matched by a corresponding bias in university performance . |
| 14 | Similarly , in aggregate terms , the UK 's high rate of concentration was not matched by a high rate of growth in manufacturing output . |
| 15 | ‘ Fashion Mad ’ , it was titled , and this one was not written by a celebrated style pundit , but by a previously unrecognised talent called Associated Press . |
| 16 | To maintain this focus , the book does not dwell much on forms of expert determination where the decision is not made by a third party or the decision is interim . |
| 17 | Section 50A states that copyright is not infringed by a lawful user making an additional copy of a computer program for back-up purposes if doing so is necessary to the lawful use . |
| 18 | ‘ Functional ’ is to be preferred to ‘ instrumental ’ because the task of dissolving conflict and dispute is not done by a legal method when it is purely conciliation and compromise of a political sort . |
| 19 | Sometimes , the variables are not connected by a simple linear relationship , the nature of their relationship is non-linear ( curvilinear ) , i.e. , its description requires fitting of a curve ( exponential growth curve , logistic , etc. ) instead of a straight line . |
| 20 | The company is able to dispose freely of assets until a default crystallizes the floating charge , at which time the charge fixes on the assets of the company that are not secured by a fixed charge . |
| 21 | Guaranteed loan stocks are corporate bonds that are not secured by a fixed or a floating charge , but are guaranteed by a third party , typically the parent-company of the issuer . |
| 22 | The pair have reportedly clashed over who runs the commercial side of the club , and their relationship is not helped by a new book by former chairman Irving Scholar . |
| 23 | The improbable plot is not helped by a weak script . |
| 24 | It would be tragic if Agassi 's rare talent was not rewarded by a Grand Slam title in the near future and a World No. 1 ranking later on . |
| 25 | No miller was allowed to buy or sell grain or flour except surplus toll corn until after the reign of Elizabeth I and although the influence of the soke began to wane during the seventeenth century , toll-in-kind was not replaced by a monetary charge until an act of 1796 . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , the 12.35 a.m. tram journey on route 16/18 was not replaced by a corresponding bus journey from Westminster to Purley . |
| 27 | Note that if national currencies are not replaced by a single union currency and the as if assumption is met , then intra-union exchange rates will be fixed even if they are not de jure fixed . |
| 28 | The conclusion of the first section was that a just government can exist even if its subjects are not bound by a general obligation to obey it . |
| 29 | Ltd [ 1944 ] 2 All ER 293 ( CA ) the Court of Appeal decided that it was not bound by a previous decision of that court , if satisfied that the decision in question was reached per incuriam . |
| 30 | It 's not bounded by a solid line but it 's just a normal hatching . |