Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this was not relied on by the Court of Appeal who reversed the decision on the facts ( see p60 below ) . |
| 2 | It is possible that previous accounting practices , although not objected to by the vendor 's auditors , may produce a disadvantageous result for the purchaser in completion accounts . |
| 3 | It was significant that the Official Secrets Act — the use of which would have been fatal to the publication — was not resorted to by the government . |
| 4 | break-up of family through death , divorce , separation ( especially when the child was not cared for by the mother ) |
| 5 | If a case like Berry should arise , counsel would be advised to raise the points not disposed of by the Court of Appeal before the House of Lords . |
| 6 | Co-operatives , however , are not dealt with by the Act because co-operatives are considered to be part of the socialist economy and rights of members constitute a peculiar socialist form of property . |
| 7 | Irregular words and those not dealt with by the set of suffices are marked and have their own entries . |
| 8 | The question principally debated was whether the duty had been validly imposed by the Sovereign though not consented to by the British Parliament or the local Assembly , and this question was answered in the negative . |
| 9 | ‘ No , Mum , they 're not allowed to by the Geneva Convention , ’ he said gently . |
| 10 | In Scotland , 1,483 people were arrested and charged , but as many as 33 per cent of these were not proceeded against by the Procurator-fiscal . |
| 11 | Within his framework , pollution , which might be considered a cost imposed on society but not paid for by the company creating the pollution , results from a deficient system of property rights . |
| 12 | Widespread rumours that Llosa had drawn up a withdrawal statement , an eventuality not catered for by the Constitution , were ended on April 16 when he confirmed his candidacy in the second round . |
| 13 | This lower use of hospital inpatient facilities was not accounted for by the older age of the people in residential homes although fewer of all those aged 85 or more had spent time in hospital — 64 per cent against 80 per cent of those under 85 . |
| 14 | However , this study demonstrated that the increased prevalence of macrovascular complications was not accounted for by the increased frequency of cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension . |
| 15 | It is paralleled but surely not accounted for by the Greek practice of naked athletics ; but , whatever its origin , from now on it is a basic convention of art in Greece that males ( not females ) may be shown naked in any context . |
| 16 | ‘ If you must write — you do n't need to by the way , I can earn enough to support my family — but if you really must , you should always write ‘ Mrs Nigel Hughes ’ at the end of it and tell the editor you are married to me . ’ |