Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [is] not [adv] " in BNC.

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1 In the first case of ( 21 ) , the subject is unquestionably Gustav 's chauffeur , and the range of possible referents or entities for mention is not further reduced when we come to the word sanest .
2 The social isolation of women is not nearly as popular a cause for concern as it was in the 1970s .
3 Can I just change the picture in closing thinking of harvest is not just the harvest that we reap for ourselves , the benefits that we get , but Jesus said also , he said , you look on the fields , they 're white all ready to harvest .
4 Readmission to hospital after an initial episode of treatment is not solely dependent on the quality of the initial care but is dependent on a whole variety of factors unrelated to the initial in-patient stay .
5 The perception of depth is not entirely dependent on bifocal vision .
6 Our three-dimensional appreciation of sound is not so very good .
7 Although the intestinal hypersensitivity reaction is highly specific to the priming antigen , the resulting enhancement of permeability is not necessarily antigen specific .
8 Though we may become more irritable and find life 's demands more stressful , loss of sleep is not physically damaging to the body .
9 Fish quickly learn to give these conspicuous little molluscs a wide berth , so that the loss of papillae is not too frequent .
10 Some workers believe they can see through the ‘ emperor 's clothes ’ , arguing that if a fear of strangers is not actually an illusion , it is irredeemably elusive .
11 Homer does not seem to recognize that fear of success is not just a psychological variable , but also a realistic assessment of the dangers facing successful western women ( Condry and Dyer 1976 ) .
12 After considering a variety of cases their main conclusion is that , operationally , the genome ( the genes of an individual animal ) is a common unit of selection and that to refer to individuals as units of selection is not necessarily in error .
13 The mix of guitars is n't quite right either .
14 The concept of the rule of law is not logically compatible with that of parliamentary sovereignty .
15 A frequent blemish upon an otherwise good answer is that the relevant rule of law is not expressly stated but is left to be implied from the candidate 's conclusion .
16 Secretion of bile is not usually considered to be of much importance in this response since the gall bladder procides a mechanism for rapid delivery of bile into the duodenum at mealtime .
17 The importance the Duke attached to the holding of Hougoumont is not sufficiently stressed .
18 While valuation reports of this nature often include reference to the submission made by the parties and any other evidence collated , the reasoning behind valuations is not normally set out in detail .
19 Outcome in early treated subjects with phenylketonuria is not as good as was thought just a few years ago and is much more closely associated with the quality of blood phenylalanine control at all ages than previously recognised .
20 Moreover , because leprosy is often spread by people who do not yet know they have the disease , therapy with drugs is not very effective .
21 Erm , putting images into words is not always easy , a colour in a painting can give you a way in and the brown of Van Gogh 's jacket erm affected me with this one particularly and the sun flower I felt was inappropriate misplace , in a vase to , to small , erm and it gave me an image a very strong image of suffering and this poem is in its very early stages and its literally just a list of images and I wanted to be able to show you how I start off which is with a series of images and then I have to put some filler in and open them up a bit and , and make them more accessible and understandable , but this is just a list form .
22 Falck shares a plainness and Englishness with Cope , but his stock in trade is not so much memorability of phrase as an absolute fidelity to primary feeling .
23 Prediction from context is not normally very efficient since language is essentially unpredictable .
24 Rhythm in ballet is not therefore a mere time-keeper as it is in such social ballroom dances as waltzes and fox-trots .
25 By allowing the NSA to tap the call in Britain GCHQ had not been involved and , since the presence of the NSA in Britain is not officially admitted , the government could claim the interception never happened .
26 Though you may be surprised by a peacock trailing its colours elegantly across the green , golfing in India is n't strictly for the birds .
27 The gap in fortunes is not just a result of out-of-sync economic cycles .
28 Keeping the colour going from spring to summer is not always easy , but Jenny and Michael have managed it with the density and variety of planting .
29 In these circumstances , the familiar Renaissance claim that poetry teaches and delights takes on new implications , pleasure among readers is not only how their attention and co-option to the didactic intention is achieved .
30 Turnover by destination is not materially different from that reported above , except for turnover sourced in Indonesia which includes £233 million in respect of LNG sales to other Far East countries [ 1991 £nil ] .
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