Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It did not appear to be caused by needle or pusher , because it was not happening in a regular line — just spasmodically . |
| 3 | We are also very strongly influenced by our expectations ; if we have heard and understood half a sentence , it seems that our brain is already guessing at what the rest of it will be before it is heard , and is certainly not acting in a passive way like a simple machine . |
| 4 | Solid as a bull whale in his confidence and peering through eyes that suggest he is not lacking in a little magic himself , Hugh Smith calmly rebuts every argument that London is in decline . |
| 5 | If you 're simply replacing the old cistern — and not putting in a new system alongside the old you will be without water for some considerable time while the job is done . |
| 6 | As well as not functioning in a submersed situation , dying cells , releasing adverse substances will pollute the water . |
| 7 | She realized that she was n't walking in a straight line and was unsteady on her feet . |