Example sentences of "[not/n't] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If for example women were turned down more often than men because their employment history was shorter , they were not in a skilled job , and they did not have a bank account , this would not constitute discrimination against women — as the conditions , only part of an overall scoring system , would not be absolute . |
| 2 | The importance of shared values , not in a narrow sense , has been a constant theme of generations of educationists and politicians . |
| 3 | It quoted a hospital official at the Jackson Memorial Hospital as saying that the former first lady was not in a life-threatening condition . |
| 4 | The court heard that Timothy Hardwick , a severely disabled 11-year-old Allitt is alleged to have murdered , was not in a life-threatening condition an hour before he suffered a fatal heart attack . |
| 5 | ‘ He was not in a life-threatening condition and I was happy with him . ’ |
| 6 | But last night Taylor said : ‘ Our case was that the video showed evidence of contact between the players and that the referee was not in a good position to judge . ’ |
| 7 | The objections to assessing whether the hearing would have made a difference are not confined to those expressed by Megarry J. A superior court in the context of review is not in a good position to calculate whether a hearing would have made a difference , and to do so could well leave the individual with the feeling that he has not been afforded any opportunity of controverting the public body 's view . |
| 8 | To a certain extent you are not in a good position to know what you want until you have some experience . |
| 9 | Herr Hess , it seemed to Edward , was not in a good state . |
| 10 | Where the sum insured is inadequate i.e. is lower than the actual value of the total property at risk and the lost or damaged items were not in a new condition . |
| 11 | ‘ They have been treated , therefore , as persons in a different situation from mere contractors for then they would have been exempt , but in truth they are purchasers who have acquired an interest not in a mere chattel , but in a subject of a permanent nature … ’ |
| 12 | I 'm not in a foul mood , I 'm talking to myself . |
| 13 | In a desperate hurry to get the ball and the er ball boy 's not in a desperate hurry to give it them back . |
| 14 | Well tired , we 're not in a desperate hurry to be done tonight , you 're not gon na have them now . |
| 15 | Desperate hurry we are not in a desperate hurry . |
| 16 | Counsel for all the appellants and for the Secretary of State were unanimous in their view that the appeals are not in a criminal cause or matter , and on a brief consideration of the relevant authorities I agree . |
| 17 | Well of course they 're not , they 're not in a businesslike business are they ? |
| 18 | Ye of little faith should know that it could be earned but not in a normal working week . |
| 19 | But not in a tired way . |
| 20 | So that that Association can actually employ erm the Yorkshire and Humberside area in an intelligent way and not in a divided way . |
| 21 | Not in a great cathedral nor in a doll 's house , not in the tumult of a strange new city nor in the once sanctified words of a tough peasant stalking the sour hills of Judah . |
| 22 | Laura was not in a great hurry to find a new designer if only because it was dawning on her that the company needed more of a skilled copier than an original artist . |
| 23 | Yeah I mean if you get erm , I 'll tell you what actually , because it 's a two hour slot I can in one slot get them to y'know and th we 're not in a great hurry cos there 's usually a few spaces left over at the end of the term . |
| 24 | Exploitation of the press , radio and television would be more than ever indispensable , as would awareness that image matters not in a figurative sense only : votes can be won and lost by hair-styles , complexions , teeth and apparel . |
| 25 | Along the way Brian talked to us the whole time , not in a loud voice or a whisper , but in a low confident tone , the kind every good falconer adopts when he 's in the presence of birds of prey . |
| 26 | Mrs Beeson was not normally given to strong language ; most certainly not in a loud voice — and most certainly not in an Australian accent ! |
| 27 | No I do n't think , no I 'm not in a fearful hurry . |
| 28 | Some critics of the operation have remarked that many of the evacuues , though wounded , were not in a critical condition . |
| 29 | ‘ Not in a greedy kind of way , ’ she said at last . |
| 30 | But not in a boastful sort of way , only because I asked her . ’ |