Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Mr Llambias is a member of the Disciplinary Committee , he had not been selected as a member of the disciplinary panel and so was prevented by the committee 's byelaws from attending . |
| 2 | LIFESPAN can be set to automatically offline modules which have not been accessed for a configurable latency period . |
| 3 | This section describes those facilities available within LIFESPAN to transfer modules to offline storage automatically when they have not been accessed for a configurable period of time . |
| 4 | Alternatively , an automatic offline requestor ( STOREMAN ) is available to select modules which have not been accessed for a configurable period of time . |
| 5 | For Offline ‘ stores ’ , two methods can be used to generate an offline workload : either by specifying packages to be offlined using option 9.1.0 , or by using the Storeman facility , whereby a range of modules which have not been accessed in a given time period can be offlined . |
| 6 | Gabriel said nothing ; she had not been looking for a life-story . |
| 7 | You can then go through the filing cabinets to locate the files that have not been stamped within a given period . |
| 8 | The Court of Appeal held that the buyer dealt as a consumer , so that the clause was inapplicable ; however , Dillon LJ , obiter , suggested that had the buyer not been dealing as a consumer , the clause would have been reasonable because the buyer ( 1 ) was " ex hypothesi dealing in the course of business and [ the managing director ] was not devoid of commercial experience " and ( 2 ) the supplier was a hire purchase company , not a dealer , and had never had possession of or inspected the car . |
| 9 | Nicolo shifted unhappily in the little gilt chair that had certainly not been made for a man 's body . |
| 10 | Of the second wave of Irish films gearing up for release , only one has not been made by a British director . |
| 11 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 12 | Colour coded charts for instance , would not be available as an option if your garment shape has not been integrated with a colour stitch pattern . |
| 13 | There is no inherent power to take an action , or exercise a power , which has not been created by a rule or other contract provision . |
| 14 | Some references have been added for those who wish to check on detail or proceed further although this work has not been written as a formal review of cold fusion . |
| 15 | That means programs have still not been written for a whole range of complex new tasks that GPs will be asked to do . |
| 16 | It was fairly clear to anyone who knew English and Burmese that this had not been written by a Burman . |
| 17 | The question of the Selby coalfield has not been seen as a constraint on other forms of development erm peripheral expansion , expansion of villages and so on within the coalfield area . |
| 18 | Certainly this method of drawing has not been seen at a later date , and it would have been difficult to produce this quality and style of work in quantity . |
| 19 | During a shift when the men considered that very little was happening , they responded to calls concerning a house fire and an attempted break-in , calls to check on the whereabouts of a pensioner who had not been seen by a neighbour for a few days , a request to pick up and transport a prisoner , and a call to move on some youths . |
| 20 | I 've never not been seen by a kid . |
| 21 | Interviews at Southend School revealed a similar tendency — that the self-appraisal had not been perceived as a significant part of the process and it is questionable to what extent it was in fact an appraisal . |
| 22 | It tended to arrange debates late at night , and much too close to the critical Council meeting , when it realized it would otherwise have to maintain a parliamentary reserve in the Council if scrutiny had not been completed by a debate . |
| 23 | Koirala announced a new Cabinet on May 29 which included one woman ( Sailja Acharya ) and only one person who not been elected as a member of the House of Representatives ( Basu Dev Risal ) . |
| 24 | The value of the trait ( which might be some such quantitative variable as size ) is measured in the offspring and their parents : if the values are correlated then ( provided that the offspring have not been reared in a similar environment to their parents ) the trait is heritable. ( b ) by artificial selection . |
| 25 | John Wesley was a reluctant convert to open-air preaching — " I would have thought the saving of souls almost a sin , if it had not been done in a church " — but at Bristol in 1739 he followed the example of George Whitefield and " submitted to be more vile , and proclaimed in the highways the glad tidings of salvation " . |
| 26 | if requests to store/restore files have not been serviced for a period |
| 27 | if requests to store/restore files have not been serviced for a period |
| 28 | Initially the king was unsympathetic to Hopton 's petition , claiming that at the material time he had not been acting as a justice owing to a bureaucratic muddle over his appointment , but by December 1290 he had agreed that the money Hopton had already paid towards his fine should count instead towards a fine he had made to secure the wardship of the lands of his late wife . |
| 29 | This continuity had not been maintained without a struggle , and once again when the GLC was abolished there were moves to distribute the responsibilities of the ILEA between the constituent boroughs . |
| 30 | Often , however , the facilities provided for them have been lamentable , not merely basic but squalid — safety and comfort has not been regarded as a priority — a prevailing stench of stewed onions — in stark contrast to the different world , only yards away , in the board room and the lucrative executive boxes . ’ |