The phrase "not cornered" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means that someone or something is not trapped or backed into a difficult or confined situation. Example: Despite being surrounded by critics, the politician was not cornered and confidently defended her actions in the press conference.
All this might be of only derivative concern for the Asia region were there now not also signs that some in Japan, feeling marginalized if not cornered, were resorting to nationalistic impulses over disputed territories.
The other people use this time to assume a tactical position, not cornered, but not too open.
The other people should use this time to assume a tactical position, not cornered, but not too open, and as far away from "it" as possible.
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If he had really planned a coup, the prince said, he would have been with his troops, not cornered in a hotel room.
Baseball, of course, has not cornered the market on chaos — although it appears to be trying really hard — and can count itself thankful Stephon Marbury did not grow up throwing curveballs.
Advertisers haven't cornered that market — yet.
China realised this some years ago and has not only cornered the market in rare earths but embarked on a land grab to secure its food supplies.
When he's comfortable, and not feeling cornered, he can be thoughtful, as he was during an extended visit this month to the D.J. Funkmaster Flex on the New York radio station Hot 97.
Cattrall admitted that Sex And The City hadn't been harmed by being positioned as a show aimed at women, but hoped her new project would not be "cornered and pigeonholed" in the same way.
The manager has 48 hours in which to conjure reinforcements for his depleted squad, his search for a striker increasingly frantic even if he will not be cornered into completing deals with mere short-term benefits.
