Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Dependent children are not usually covered by superannuation , although you should notify your employer if you are the sole breadwinner . |
| 32 | Paradigm shifts are not usually detected by citation studies , because of the anomalous publication of ‘ delayed-action ’ papers ( Lindsey ) , ( Garfield 's ‘ sleepers ) . |
| 33 | Social policy , however , is not usually shaped by research evidence . |
| 34 | The Kewishs were on a rail tour over several routes not usually used by passenger trains . |
| 35 | I apologise , Mr. Speaker , I do not usually have by breath taken away . |
| 36 | None were clinically suspected of having HIV disease , although this was not formally excluded by testing . |
| 37 | The previously taken-for-granted principle of social responsibility for the survival — and indeed well-being of that part of society not directly engaged by capital as producers has suddenly come under attack . |
| 38 | ‘ An American president 's proposals are not always supported by Congress — that does n't mean he has to stamp his foot and leave Capitol Hill , ’ he said . |
| 39 | However it does not always go by size but depends on the subject , as Foujita 's young girls cost much more , and the year in which it was painted makes a difference in price . |
| 40 | While we admire this spirit of revolt , it is not always actuated by wisdom " . |
| 41 | Shoaib Mohammad — son of Hanif — had beavered away for just over three hours by now , displaying some pleasing strokes , not unduly encumbered by helmet and sizable rib-protector , seven centuries , three of them doubles , already quietly under his belt in 38 previous Tests . |
| 42 | In the same year the town of Southampton , not infrequently threatened by attack from the sea , appointed Thomas Tredington , said to be ‘ skilled with guns and artillery ’ , to take charge of the municipal armoury . |
| 43 | The law does , however , exempt those who had a " valid , existing right " to the coal , although this was not clearly defined by Congress . |
| 44 | These factors imply that poverty in old age is not solely determined by gender ; there are some acutely deprived groups of older men and some relatively affluent groups of older women . |
| 45 | It is worth noting that in the period of sterling 's membership of the ERM the cumulative decrease in GDP has been approximately 4% , while UK wages have increased by 6% , a gap not substantially reduced by productivity growth . |
| 46 | I do not now intend by beauty of shapes what most people would expect , such as that of living creatures or pictures , but … straight lines and curves and the surfaces of solid forms produced out of these by lathes and rulers and squares … |
| 47 | Aesthetic objects are therefore not simply illuminated by attention but rather their very structure and texture is constituted and made intelligible by it . |
| 48 | The learner 's insight is not simply attained by understanding but by observation . |
| 49 | Opposition to the test drilling was not simply informed by fear , or obstinate blocking of any development in the countryside . |
| 50 | Not even kissed by self-contempt . |
| 51 | In NME , which usually covered the band 's activities in extreme detail , Charman was not even mentioned by name in the tiny news item informing readers of the band 's new drummer . |
| 52 | Not even relieved by sweating . |
| 53 | However , the XE is not well supported by software houses , and although it still has a lot of games , most of these are very old . |
| 54 | Name one type of information not readily obtained by radar . |
| 55 | We were unable to discover a donor whose buccal epithelial cells gave reproducible and unambiguous adherence and non-adherence with the appropriate control strains ; buccal cells which bound adhesive E coli strains also tended to have a resident salivary flora which was not readily removed by washing . |
| 56 | Denudation chronology also produced a number of debates which centred not only on the existence of surfaces of a particular number , which was not readily resolved by trend surface analysis , but also on the mode of development of planation surfaces and the significance of earth movement in influencing the denudation chronology . |
| 57 | Soils which are water soluble are so often mixed with water insoluble soils that they are not readily dissolved by water on its own . |
| 58 | Out of the corner of his eye the Captain took in the man 's elegant , obviously expensive clothes , noted the perfume not quite smothered by cigar smoke , and remembered the remark about whether it was worthwhile going to bed . |
| 59 | Last year , a couple of their events were not fully covered by sponsorship income and it is doubtful whether Mark McCormack will want to add to the £2million or so he has already poured in . |
| 60 | Ask yourself what is the point it raises that is not precisely covered by authority . |