Example sentences of "not [verb] by an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not justified by an observation of their own behaviour . |
| 2 | For this reason the Defense Department opposed the early conclusion of a peace treaty because of the basic uncertainties over Japan 's position at the end of the occupation : the generals were not attracted by an idea of Japan as an Asiatic Switzerland . |
| 3 | The significant difference between action and control schools concerning attitudes was not matched by an action/control difference in option choices . |
| 4 | Although there is a marked decrease with age in the percentage rating their health as good this is not matched by an increase in the percentage classed as poor . |
| 5 | The basis of the book seems to be Mark 's Gospel ; a Gospel not written by an eyewitness . |
| 6 | The 1970s were not characterized by an emphasis on the bibliographical aspects of librarianship , and the possibility of wide-scale application of McClellan 's ideas seem more remote now than it did 20 years ago . |
| 7 | Germany was not bound by an agreement between the Netherlands and Denmark , and Article 6 could not be used to achieve indirectly what had not been done directly . |
| 8 | LORD HANWORTH M.R. [ after stating the facts and accepting the principle that a creditor is not bound by an agreement to accept a smaller sum in satisfaction of a larger ascertained amount , unless there be a benefit or even any legal possibility of benefit to the creditor thrown in ] : We have , therefore , to consider whether the agreement that was made here on July 6 was an agreement to do anything else than simply to pay on Friday , July 8 , into the hand of the creditors the sum which was already ascertained and in respect of which there was not only the legal liability , but a duty enforceable by any mode of execution against the debtor . |
| 9 | The first is that acquired solely by study and reading which is only a pale imitation of the real thing since it is not accompanied by an experience of love which answers to the intellectual knowledge ( c.4 ) . |
| 10 | They thereby avoid a circularity of reasoning which has plagued the natural rate-NAIRU literature from its earliest days : if a sustained rise in the unemployment rate is not accompanied by an abatement of inflationary pressure , then this literature can admit of only one explanation — that NAIRU , a concept which has often been conflated with that of the natural unemployment rate , must itself have risen . |
| 11 | things that are not driven by an engine |
| 12 | ‘ The bad effects of island driving on the long sentences were not caused by an increase in the number of false alarm seeds . |
| 13 | But the loss , damage or delay has occurred during the carriage by the other means of transport and was not caused by an act or omission of the carrier by road is determined not by the CMR but by the applicable international convention . |
| 14 | But the enemy success there was not followed by an invasion of England . |
| 15 | At least in Marx 's usage , ideology is a part of the structure of social relations and is not overcome by an individual who adopts a materialist account of history . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) The only interests or charges in or over land which are capable of subsisting or of being conveyed or created at law are — ( a ) An easement , right or privilege in or over land for an interest equivalent to an estate in fee simple absolute in possession or a term of years absolute ; ( b ) A rentcharge in possession issuing out of or charged on land being either perpetual or for a term of years absolute ; ( c ) A charge by way of legal mortgage ; ( d ) … any other similar charge on land which is not created by an instrument ; ( e ) Rights of entry exercisable over or in respect of a legal term of years absolute , or annexed , for any purpose , to a legal rentcharge . |
| 17 | The University will do its best to avoid large increases and guarantees that for students on course , fees will not rise by an amount larger than the annual rate of academic inflation . |
| 18 | So much for ensuring that the rights of the individual or of an organisation are not disregarded by an inspector 's investigation taking place in private . |