Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [vb pp] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He argued that nomination of Dora Maria Téllez for the current DN had not been accepted because a " traditional " directorate was needed " during this period of transition " . |
| 2 | However , the Attorney-General warned your Lordships that , even if reference in this case to Parliamentary materials did not infringe article 9 , the House of Commons might take the view the House enjoyed some wider privilege which we would be infringing and might well regret that its views on the point had not been sought before a decision was reached by your Lordships . |
| 3 | The reasons why cereal based ORS have been so successful has not been examined but a number of possible mechanisms have been proposed including increased substrate availability without increased osmolality , kinetic advantage of oligosaccharides over glucose monomers , and low osmolality . |
| 4 | Police said other stations had not been evacuated because a warning call from the terrorists had been too vague . |
| 5 | man Alan Reid said they had not been disciplined because a member of the Royal Family had been a patient there . |
| 6 | I repeat that , at this stage , Mr. Speaker 's Office has not been informed that a Minister wants to make a statement . |
| 7 | As exhausted members gathered their breath after Brush 's super show the old maxim that an army marches on its stomach had not been forgotten and a superb hot supper was served , washed down with a lively cocktail of pints , shorts and anecdotes of events of old . |
| 8 | ‘ It has not been cancelled and a firm decision will be taken nearer the time , ’ she said . |
| 9 | If agreement to purchase land needed for particular projects can not be secured and a compulsory purchase order is made , persons affected may object . |
| 10 | Such detail will not be volunteered as a general rule . |
| 11 | The original trust deed can not be traced but a more recent trust deed dated 1 October 1984 provides that the trustees are to hold the trust property , comprising the premises of the school and any additional site that may be acquired , for the purposes of a Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided School to be conducted in accordance with the Education Acts . |
| 12 | The question to be asked then is , given that women are unlike Jesus of Nazareth in the form of their humanity , may it not be said that a woman baptized into Christ is not differently related than is a man to Jesus as the Christ ? |
| 13 | In an article written in support of the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church in the United States , Richard Norris , whose scholarship I have just mentioned , argues that the tenets of patristic Christology are such that it can not be said that a baptized woman is differently related than is a man to Jesus as the Christ . |
| 14 | But because the correspondence between graphological and phonological features is far from precise , it can not be said that a writer has actually represented the speech style of a character . |
| 15 | It can not be said that a warm relationship developed between the Minister and the doctors . |
| 16 | It could not be said that a peace had been finally made because old habits in Alexandra would not die a final death and made her still reserved , a little wary . |
| 17 | This realization has led to a great deal of debate and , although it can not be said that a general consensus has been reached on how best to define development , a good deal of light has been shed on the processes involved in different types of development . |
| 18 | that it can not be assumed that a paper print out of an electronic record from these systems is the same as the electronic version , on the grounds that the paper version does not bring with it the context that gives the information provenance and credibility . |
| 19 | It had been learnt that progress could not be made if a member state objected strenuously to a particular part of a programme . |
| 20 | The General Commissioners dismissed the taxpayers ' appeal , accepting the Crown 's arguments that there was one practice and that an election under para 21(2) could not be made where a trade was split into two . |
| 21 | In the type of market situation examined here , it can not be justified if a cost-leadership policy based on a belief in the experience curve is pursued . |
| 22 | Percutaneous aspiration cytology has been reported as confirming malignancy in about two thirds of pancreatic cancers and one half of bile duct tumours but can not be done unless a mass lesion is established on imaging . |
| 23 | There is therefore a risk that good items will not be accepted and a risk that bad quality items will be accepted . |
| 24 | There is therefore a risk that good items will not be accepted and a risk that bad quality items will be accepted . |
| 25 | The unique implication of this view is that associability will not be lost when a stimulus is followed by inconsistent consequences . |
| 26 | A large vertical shaft plunges suddenly and without prior warning at the bottom of a steep-sided and unfenced crater ; a slip could not be checked and a falling body would be swallowed by the black gulf and not come to rest until hitting the boulder floor 340 feet below . |
| 27 | There could be nothing more suspicious than a Secretary of State or one of his administrative officials deciding for political or administrative reasons that a particular accident should not be investigated when a vital matter of air safety was at issue . |
| 28 | An offence will not be committed when a defective lamp or reflector is found on a vehicle in use on a road during daytime hours if such a lamp or reflector became defective during the journey which is in progress or if arrangements have been made to remedy the defect with all reasonable expedition . |
| 29 | Third , a relatively small amount of assistance at the earlier rounds could also occur if the Bank estimates of the shortage were unusually uncertain : for example , it might not be known whether a particular tax payment were to be passed through the money market on that day . |
| 30 | Third , it must not be overlooked that a doctor is a professional whose training predisposes him to ‘ save ’ lives and treat the sick . |