Example sentences of "not [be] [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Child rearing is more ‘ permissive ’ , and while children may not be granted the status of equal partners in the family decision-making process , they are no longer simply expected to be seen and not heard . |
| 2 | If an individual item can not be matched the wording of this clause should be brought to the attention of the policyholder . |
| 3 | ‘ Even assuming a genuine ecclesiastic use of the chapel following demolition of the remainder , it can not be said the church as such is still in ecclesiastical use or would be but for the works . ’ |
| 4 | He believed also that the monastic community at Canterbury with a primatial archbishop at its head was the source of order throughout the whole huge area of the archbishop 's primatial authority ; he thought too that this was part of an unchanging order of things , which should not be made the subject of political bargaining either with the pope or the king . |
| 5 | Accurate reports of certain public occasions are " privileged " — which is to say that any defamatory statements arising from them can not be made the subject of a successful libel action . |
| 6 | If thrown from his horse he would not be given the opportunity to remount . |
| 7 | ‘ Why the hell should disabled people not be given the chance to run things themselves ? ’ |
| 8 | The USSR must not be given the chance to persuade Germans that it had more to offer than the West on the subject of unification and neutralization . |
| 9 | It would seem that there are few general applications , but several specific conditions may be helped by higher doses of vitamin A. Firstly , though , it should be remembered that retinol is toxic in large doses , and the public should not be given the impression that it is a safe supplement for children who may have recurrent respiratory or diarrhoeal illness . |
| 10 | It was his second consecutive penalty miss and Norwich 's third out of four this season , and Walker said afterwards the Welsh international would not be given the job in future . |
| 11 | District nurses and health visitors who have been given the statutory power to prescribe treatments may not be given the authority to do so by their employers . |
| 12 | As an example , Drucker quoted the case of Crown-Zellerbach , a big West-Coast pulp and paper manufacturer , which found that long-range forest management was such an important activity that it had to be established as a separate department , because otherwise it would not be given the attention its importance warranted . |
| 13 | On my visits to schools as a member of the Kingman Committee , I discovered that often the English department 's description of its syllabus would explicitly state that children should not be taught the definition of grammatical terms . |
| 14 | Independents provide almost identical products for lower prices and motorists should not be denied the chance of buying them . ’ |
| 15 | Goldstein argues that if a patient is capable of consenting to ordinary therapy , and if both incarceration and experimental surgery are approved social practices , a person should not be denied the choice . |
| 16 | Such a motion is exempted business , so that the House in question can not be denied the opportunity to pass upon the matter simply by government manipulation of time , but in relation to the vast majority of instruments , opposition is pointless and rarely mounted . |
| 17 | Draw attention , if necessary , to the fact that words may not be pronounced the way their spelling suggest they will sound . |
| 18 | The supplied username is not known to LIFESPAN and , therefore , can not be passed the Software Performance Report ( SPR ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Your men will not be told the location until they arrive there . |
| 20 | ‘ It does not necessarily mean that people should not be told the truth in school about what happens in reality . ’ |
| 21 | Mr. Davies : Will the Minister confirm that the Wrexham and East Denbighshire water company will not be offered the protection under the Water Bill that is available to the Welsh water authority ? |
| 22 | ( 4 ) If the provision of a specimen other than a specimen of breath may be required in pursuance of this section the question whether it is to be a specimen of blood or a specimen of urine shall be decided by the constable making the requirement , but if a medical practitioner is of the opinion that for medical reasons a specimen of blood can not or should not be taken the specimen shall be a specimen of urine . |