Example sentences of "not being [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the Buid , momentary expressions of anger may be viewed in the first instance as indicative of a momentary desire to harm another , but if such conduct becomes persistent or habitual it is almost always reinterpreted as being caused by hostile mystical forces and thus as not being under the deliberate control of the individual . |
| 2 | Not being for the direct benefit of a particular class of persons it is in the general enlightened opinion of the time wholly for the benefit of the community , although such benefit be intangible . |
| 3 | The table , not being of the strongest , creaked and groaned in protest under his weight . |
| 4 | But I 'm not being to the full at all . |
| 5 | I apologise for not being on the Front Bench for the debate . |
| 6 | More of the helplessness of simply not being on the same wavelength as the person you were supposed to be closest to . |
| 7 | It was lunchtime and , not being in the lunching class , they went out into the street , suddenly tired and rather grey with it all . |
| 8 | Do players like Hodge and Rocky show any misgrief ( ? ) with not being in the first-11 ? |
| 9 | The fundamental issue in this appeal is whether the court in the exercise of its inherent power to protect the interests of minors should ever require a medical practitioner or health authority acting by a medical practitioner to adopt a course of treatment which in the bona fide clinical judgment of the practitioner concerned is contra-indicated as not being in the best interests of the patient . |
| 10 | ‘ Not being in the Premier League makes it difficult because certain players need a big stage , ’ said Keegan . |