Example sentences of "[is] not at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is not at all well , very breathless , and by the time we are in the care he is gasping for air . |
| 2 | It 's a very funny joke , but it works at the expense of treating her like a child , which is not at all what the novel usually intends . |
| 3 | If there is a child at school with HIV or AIDS , perhaps born with it or caused from infected blood transfusions , your child is not at risk from everyday contact . |
| 4 | A successful team may have to go through a number of fights during the course of a day 's competition so it is not at all unusual to see teams short-handed through injury in the final stages . |
| 5 | It remains to show why genuine criticism is not at home in the academy ; or , more precisely , why it is irreconcilable with pedagogic practice . |
| 6 | It is possible for sixth-form students in British secondary schools to take the Advanced- ( ‘ A ’ — ) level examination for school-leavers in such subjects as philosophy or economics or sociology , but it is not at all common , and incoming university students of these subjects usually begin at the beginning , with open minds but with the necessary commitment to learning . |
| 7 | I think it true to say that at the present time it is not at all difficult for academics to appear in print . |
| 8 | It is not at all incongruous that Wilson , who thus insisted on Eliot 's Americanness , should a few years later , in his pioneering classic Axel 's Castle ( 1931 ) , insist on Eliot 's Frenchness , thus giving substance and weight to Untermeyer 's too glib acknowledgement of ‘ the Laforgue mechanism ’ . |
| 9 | What is not at all clear is whether one highly visible target — incineration — is anything like a major ingredient in the pollution cocktail , even at Pontypool . |
| 10 | The bulk of sales of dailies and periodicals here is not at the news stands , but via annual subscriptions which normally have to be renewed by 1 October . |
| 11 | I write that the paradox is apparent because there have been signs of the same phenomenon in England over the past few seasons — and also because it is not at all surprising when you come to think about it . |
| 12 | It is not at all obvious whether viewing party leaders as ‘ energetic ’ or ‘ decisive ’ is a perception or an attitude . |
| 13 | For a band , this is not at all desirable because their earnings are out of their direct control . |
| 14 | Economic recovery is not at the top of the political agenda in African countries today . |
| 15 | However , its role in influencing these rhythms — let alone actually being responsible for them — is not at all established . |
| 16 | Otherwise , if the oil is not at the right temperature , you end up boiling the food rather than deep-frying it . ’ |
| 17 | I believe that early childhood is not at all early in respect of learning , not even of specialisation . |
| 18 | Milan Tomsa , the student strike leader at the Prague Film School , is not at the moment much concerned about the future prospects of the Czech cinema . |
| 19 | The biographer is absolutely right to say at the very beginning that Quisling is not at all difficult to understand . |
| 20 | Congress is not at its best when trying to reconcile the special interests that flock round energy bills . |
| 21 | But it is not at all clear that high dividends have been damaging , in themselves . |
| 22 | But uncontrollable impulse , caused by mental defect , is not at present accepted as exempting from criminal liability , except that it may serve to reduce murder to manslaughter ( see pp. 167–8 ) . |
| 23 | So , it is not at all surprising that the church which launches out in faith will find the power of God at hand . |
| 24 | Still this appalling tale is not at an end . |
| 25 | One other consequence of a fresh gradation of sexual offences might be that they would cease to be gender-specific : there are some strange inconsistencies in the law at present , and it is not at all difficult to draft offences which might be committed by males or females against males or females . |
| 26 | The Jewish law regarding sexual relations is not at all related to the Christian concept of sex being sin , or to women being sinful in some way . |
| 27 | To my eye , the flower is not at all melancholy but rather luscious . |
| 28 | ‘ The comparing power , the judgement , is not at that age active , and ought not to be forcibly excited — ’ You do n't like this ? |
| 29 | The choice to concentrate on this period should not be taken as implying that coin designs are unimportant in the study of other cultures , for this is not at all the case . |
| 30 | But it is not at all obvious to the audience how the couple have arrived at this happier state of affairs , neither is it entirely clear what Bill Alexander hopes to add by exercising his powers of invention on the play 's Prologue , in which an alcoholic tinker called Christopher Sly is persuaded by a group of gentry to think of himself an aristocrat — the story of the shrew being laid on as a suitable dramatic entertainment . |