Example sentences of "not be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These parents may not be providing a good quality of interaction with their child and so demand a much higher level of therapeutic input . |
| 2 | When converted into German marks , the workers would not be earning a great deal . |
| 3 | If the answer to the question is the latter , then the [ referee ] could not be exercising a judicial function or a quasi-judicial function , if there is any such distinction . |
| 4 | A dog that gains a third prize is a dog that lacks quality and is not perfect in construction , but one that still can not be called a poor specimen . |
| 5 | This lexicon should not be seen a static repository of data . |
| 6 | If dialogue is being taped in stereo , the signals from the individual speakers should not be given a pronounced left and right stereo bias as this would conflict with the performers ' relative positioning as seen in shot . |
| 7 | Yesterday , the Soviet Union blamed Britain for the cancellation of a visit by a human rights delegation , saying British officials insisted on sending Mr Michael Bourdeaux of Keston College — someone they knew would not be given a Soviet visa . |
| 8 | In other words , his argument might be seen as an attempt to confront the common sense with the disconcerting fact that references to what are assumed to be numerically identical spatio-temporal particulars inhabiting an objective world " out there " can not be given a satisfactory justification , and consequently that one can not claim with certainty that such particulars represent the basic material of which the world is made up . |
| 9 | Here thoughts about Lucy and about gems are active together and can not be given a satisfactory literal translation describing exactly the degree of similarity between Lucy and a gem . |
| 10 | Such is the fluid nature of the Hindu syncretism that the unifying power behind the gods can not be given a single name . |
| 11 | They may define positions that have often been repeated , but they can not be given a timeless quality . |
| 12 | However I hope the term Human Resources will not be undergoing a consequent change of name . |
| 13 | There could not be devised a sophisticated society in which there was no competition for ‘ jobs at the top ’ . |
| 14 | This present position should not be accorded a psychological fixity , which is somehow removed from the fluidity of historical development . |
| 15 | The court may not be stipulating a particular substantive conclusion ; it may however be explicitly or implicitly ruling out certain options by the way in which it addresses and answers the preceding issues . |
| 16 | Bush stressed that he would not be making a final decision until he had heard the reports from Cheney and Powell . |
| 17 | ‘ This , ’ he says , ‘ would allow the display in rotation of a lot more of the paintings that can not be found a permanent hanging space . ’ |
| 18 | GRAHAM Taylor will not be offered a new contract by the FA — unless he leads England to a successful World Cup . |
| 19 | My personal view , and I must emphasise that I have n't discussed it with John , is that we should not be offering a general horticultural advice service to all and sundry , but that we should restrict this to areas where we have recognised expertise — Alpine & Rock Gardens , Arboriculture , Glasshouse cultivation and others . |
| 20 | Her second visit could not be accounted a complete success , though we were much more intimate than before , and wept a lot together about the baby . |
| 21 | Although she will not be running a great deal , I think she will win a decent prize and could easily prove top flight . |
| 22 | The epidemiological evidence shows that nitrate can not be having a major effect on cancer in the general population in the UK . |
| 23 | Suppliers are asked to state clearly where the overall responsibility for the success of the project will lie , if any aspect of the relationship proposed can not be considered a straightforward one of OUP as purchasers of goods and services from the supplier . |
| 24 | The Severn could not be considered a complete failure , however , for from it was developed the very successful Saro A.27 London flying-boat . |
| 25 | The HGT-1 cell line was isolated from a human gastric adenocarcinoma , and can not be considered a complete model for the parietal cell as it does not secrete hydrochloric acid . |
| 26 | 1987 ) the court held that the police had wrongly considered the theft of 28 dogs owned by a Hunt as a serious arrestable offence as the loss to the members of the Hunt could not be considered a serious financial loss . |
| 27 | It would not be considered a serious loss by the company and the financial gain to the robbers was not necessarily substantial . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , they counter that the physical environment should not be considered a constant , even over the relatively short period of agricultural settlement in Great Britain , in part because of climatic change and its consequences , in part because of changes wrought by land use practices , and in part because of changed perceptions of the environment ; see also Prince ( 1971 ) , and Blaikie and Brookfield ( 1987 ) . |
| 29 | However , an environment in which people can not sleep adequately because of excessive noise can not be considered a safe environment . |
| 30 | If tomorrow someone discovered that Atlantis actually existed , he would not be adding a new property to the island state talked about in Plato 's Timaeus , but dispelling the suspicion that Plato , or someone else before him , invented the legend . |