Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All fixed date actions to which the rule does apply are now subject to automatic directions ( see Chapter 11 ) and are not given a return day at the outset . |
| 2 | But when hospitals are struggling to stay within budgets such initiatives are not given a high priority . |
| 3 | Local states are not accorded a leading role in decisions about welfare . |
| 4 | and they 're not given a large amount of money |
| 5 | The apostles were not given a priestly role by Jesus and he left no instructions about how the Church was to be organized . |
| 6 | DURING the 1992 general election the people of the United Kingdom were not given a proper chance to make a decision about the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 7 | ‘ It was to protect this operation that the press were not given a full briefing when the recent doping allegations were made . |
| 8 | Patients with little or no residual intraluminal tumour and a good lumen ( implying minimal risk of obstruction ) were not given a further follow up appointment . |
| 9 | There are proposals to link Valmorel 's skiing area to the Three Valleys , although we were n't given a definite timescale . |
| 10 | Even when an oxytocic agent is not given a small proportion of patients show an increase in plasma oxytocin concentration during the late second or early third stage of labour . |
| 11 | If this is not done a disillusioned employee may well leave after a short time and you will have to repeat the expensive and disruptive process of interviewing all over again . |
| 12 | Stitches may be necessary to close a gaping cut , and if this is not done a permanent scar may result . |
| 13 | Provided there 's access to the plane and the fuselage is not crushed a few minutes should tell us all we want to know . |
| 14 | In 1990 Baron Thyssen bought an outstanding work , ‘ The Lock ’ at Sotheby 's for £10,780,000 a world record for a British painting but he is not considered a likely purchaser of further works by the artist . |
| 15 | Marriage is not considered a sufficient commitment . |
| 16 | Efforts are initially made to persuade the parents to bring up the child at home , but where this does not prove successful or is not considered a wise step , some form of full-time residential care is required . |
| 17 | Thomas Biggs , in his address to the Social Science Association in 1870 , complained that such a ‘ painful … topic is not considered a proper theme for discussion … by the great majority of the House of Commons ’ . |
| 18 | In that community it is not considered a grave fault to ‘ invent ’ , whenever ‘ a lie is necessary ’ . |
| 19 | I said to Sandra , well this job business Bev , he 's not said a bloody word to me this morning he 's , in actual fact he 's been |
| 20 | He says in 20 years he 's not known a similar accident . |
| 21 | She 's not allowed a white one for tap . |
| 22 | So you know quarter to a third and er it 's not got a lot of land with it and of course it 's not mentioned a great deal in directories . |
| 23 | he 's not doing so well now is he ? , he used to , he 's not won a high ranking tournament since nineteen eighty nine |
| 24 | There was no W , since it was not reckoned a proper letter in its own right , but only a double U , which is how we pronounce it . |
| 25 | This is why graphology was not given a separate heading in our checklist of stylistic features in 3.1 ; it was understood that such features , where of stylistic interest , would be noted under the heading of foregrounding . |
| 26 | Although the Koons ' work is also being shown in Strange Developments , Sherman 's work was not given a similar position of prominence , nor even hung in the same location as Koons ' , as if the exhibition organisers were emphatically hoping to avoid any challenging comparisons . |
| 27 | KATAHDIN : Unplaced behind Triomphe Modest over 6 furlongs at Nottingham on Tuesday , but this colt was not given a punishing race when running on very well to finish only a few lengths off the winner . |
| 28 | Mrs Piggott 's BUSTED ROCK was not given a hard race when 14½l sixth to Satin Lover at Ascot and is open to plenty of improvement . |
| 29 | He was not given a medical examination after he lodged his complaint ; however , he still bore scars from the torture one year after his arrest . |
| 30 | He claimed he was not given a fair hearing . |