Example sentences of "[pron] [be] not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are concerned with people , some of whom are men and some women , and the cognitive differences between them are not easily traced to their gender . |
| 2 | The non-crystalline , that is the amorphous cellulose , has no mechanism for protecting its hydroxyls from moisture , since most of them are not firmly attached to their neighbours , and so they pick up a shell , round each hydroxyl , of any water molecules which are available . |
| 3 | Again , I am not just talking about romantic attachments , but also about simple friendships . |
| 4 | I announce that I plan to throw one honey of a tantrum , complete with sound effects and meteorological events , if I am not instantly issued with a remote to keep tabs on my subject . |
| 5 | That is worth considering , but I am not completely sold on that idea . |
| 6 | Of course I am not here arguing for a return to a three-tier model of reality seen in literalistic terms . |
| 7 | I call this an alternative theory because it seems obvious to me that the committee did think that clause 12 was necessary — and I am not simply referring to the definition of ‘ deception . ’ |
| 8 | But if I claim that my religious experience is experience of God , then I am not simply talking about my own feelings but about a transcendent being that I am claiming my feelings to be feelings of . |
| 9 | I am not so bothered about losing the repeat in the Andante cantabile of K548 , although that to is a lovely work — it might be argued that at 12:44 , the London Fortepiano Trio 's performance of this movement is too much of a good thing ! |
| 10 | I am not entirely convinced by Creamer 's attempt to provoke a reassessment through formal devices ; the female image is trapped within layers of muted , glazed oil paint , while a neutral , opaque band at the base of the canvas reinforces the distance between subject and viewer . |
| 11 | Although I am not entirely convinced by the contents of the motion , I agree with parts of it . |
| 12 | He was entirely comfortable with the predictable opinion of the Senior Chief Inspector of Schools who confessed that ‘ I am not much moved by what appears to sacrifice the interests of the few in favour of the many when one result is certain to be that the quality of the person required to fill posts of great importance and of a highly specialized nature is likely to be degraded . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , I scarcely think so , ’ she said carelessly , ‘ I am not much set on jewellery , you know … ’ |
| 14 | I own I am not personally acquainted with him . |
| 15 | Fighting inside the ring , I 'm not just thinking about myself . |
| 16 | I 'm not just referring to the kind that Pinder indulged in , but trips to the bathroom , that sort of thing . |
| 17 | if they ever do discover who was responsible , and it 's not without the bounds of possibility , it 's going to cause an awful lot of red faces and I 'm not just referring to the villain himself . |
| 18 | And of course if you 've got any questions in the two days I 'm not just going to er at you all the time you know it 's participation is this so any questions that you have any comments you want to make please feel free to make them at any time it 's not going to throw me . |
| 19 | The Duchess said : ‘ I 'm not just going to be a letterhead . |
| 20 | I 'm not just talking about dirty nails — which is already unforgivable — but chewed , picked and bitten nails which do n't do you or your hands any favours . |
| 21 | the , the way we , the way I look it see , the way we 've been cut and slashed , and I 'm not just talking about high schools and first schools or anything right we 've been destroyed , we 've been literally thumped into the deck . |
| 22 | And be pretty sure we 're not as efficient as we sh as we should be and I 'm not just talking about |
| 23 | Margaret Thatcher was one of the greatest supporters of a classless society , not just I 'm not just talking about the silver spoon in one 's mouth , it 's the sometimes the stainless steel spoons of the middle class that erm that is a lot of the trouble , and no-one took on the establishments of the professional bodies erm and who have been over the years had a great deal of privilege in this country more than Margaret Thatcher . |
| 24 | It 's evil and forbidden and I 'm not even thinking about it ! |
| 25 | Is it usual to understand anyone — I 'm not even referring to my enigmatic self — at one 's second meeting ? ’ |
| 26 | I 'm not even looking at you . |
| 27 | Slim folk us So I 'm not even looking in their shops any more . |
| 28 | I 'm not even speaking to you because of that flipping letter . |
| 29 | Yeah , so , so what happens then if they say I 'm not even going to that interview then because I could n't live on it , even with all the other benefits , what happens then ? |
| 30 | Aveline , I 'm not even checking for figures there I 'm just looking through , just scanning through , erm I 'm I 'm , I have n't said how we 're gon na check these . |