Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would have effectively made Toraja religion illegal had it not been for a young Toraja " slave " who had studied law while attending to the needs of his lord at university . |
| 2 | Had it not been for a diving goal-line clearance from Laws , who replaced Charles after 23 minutes , McClair might have had a second . |
| 3 | This in itself would hardly have been significant had it not been for a wider transformation of the adult male working class . |
| 4 | New York was swathed in sunlight and the heat would have been stifling had it not been for a gentle easterly breeze blowing in from the Atlantic . |
| 5 | Cantona tried hard to get involved , and within five minutes might have stolen the show , had it not been for a fine interception by Keith Curle following a fine run and cross down the left by Lee Sharpe . |
| 6 | The acting was almost a by-product of that and had it not been for a fortuitous advertisement in Cardiff 's Western Mail , it might have remained just that . |
| 7 | The increase has not been at a constant rate . |
| 8 | Saunders , who has scored 11 goals in 35 international appearances , has not been on a losing side since August 23 . |
| 9 | The intense moments of pain and fear that gripped me were too remote to be understood by anyone who has not been through a similar experience . |
| 10 | The extreme range seems to be from 5 to 6.4 or so , but generally it remains between 4.6 and 5.2 ; it has not been through a major minimum since 1949 . |
| 11 | Anyway , I 've not been in a black cab in years . |
| 12 | They 've not been in a flat |
| 13 | The Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology is the only centre in the United Kingdom able to provide such a pioneering operation which is only available through the N.H.S. If Mr. Thorpe had not been in a fortunate position of being able to register with a G.P. in a different Health Authority , he would not have had his operation . |
| 14 | In 1979 , the Cabinet of twentytwo contained only seven ministers ( Edwards , St John-Stevas , Younger , Nott , Biffen , Carlisle , and Maude ) who had not been in a previous Cabinet . |
| 15 | Only one symptom , a persistent cough , was reported more often for those who had not been in a residential home — 24 per cent compared with 10 per cent of those who had spent some time in such a home . |
| 16 | Taking all types of respondents together their ratings were similar for people who had not been in a residential home at all and those who had been in one for a year or more , while those who had only spent part of the last year of their lives in a residential home were generally felt to have had a worse quality of life : for 39 per cent of them it was rated as poor compared with 27 per cent of the other two groups . |
| 17 | Wall 's ( 1986 ) evidence suggests that there have been fluctuations over time in patterns of who actually shares households , but that these have not been in a single direction . |
| 18 | Market reports suggest that the sale will not be to a local business . |
| 19 | As with the railroading story , I could find no confirmation , but the story of privatized prisons floundering without control or direction across San Francisco Bay , landing close to where Sir Francis Drake 's memorial plaque was later found , may not be without a criminological moral . |
| 20 | This country had better not be under a Labour Government . |
| 21 | As the polymer sample should not be under a tensile stress , the suspension wire supporting the disc is passed over a pulley and the weight of the disc and sample are counterbalanced by loading the end . |
| 22 | But the memory of Bregawn should not be of a recalcitrant mule goaded into action as the rest of the field leaves him way behind , but of a good Cheltenham Gold Cup winner storming up the hill to head the procession of Dickinson horses which was the most remarkable training feat of modern times . |
| 23 | The length of service is on record at Walworth Road and it would not be of a great cost if you look at retaining membership who are real stalwarts of the Party . |
| 24 | A real rate of interest , which would be calculated as an annual rate per cent , takes into account the following facts : — the period of the loan may not be for a full year : interest is only charged on the actual amount borrowed ( eg not including any deposit paid ) ; — if regular repayments are being made , the full amount of the loan is not outstanding over the full year . |
| 25 | It is worth noting that an offer need not be for a listed company for the Panel to be interested in it . |
| 26 | But , in terms of sport , might they not be on a healthier track than is New Zealand at the moment ? |
| 27 | Literature should not be on a self-service display . |
| 28 | The site must not be within a conservation area ( that is , a national park , area of outstanding natural beauty , etc. … ) ; and |
| 29 | Although that may not be against a literal interpretation of the wording of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty , would not such a move be a gross affront to the potential proliferators who are reconsidering the need to indulge in the acquisition of nuclear weapons ? |
| 30 | The analogy between earth and planets also raised delicate questions about their habitability , creating discomfiture on such doctrinal matters as whether extraterrestrial beings might not be in a similar spiritual state to humankind , and whether God 's Incarnation in Christ was truly unique . |