Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [not/n't] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Actually , there 's quite a good exchange on those lines in Catch-22 , the movie — much underrated film — which is n't in the book , so Buck Henry must have written it , where Nately 's been killed and Yossarian 's been to Milo 's whorehouse to see Nately 's whore and Milo 's picked him up in the half-track and he 's saying Nately died a rich man ; he had such-and-such a number of shares in M&M enterprises , and Yossarian says — ’ |
| 2 | In such circumstances it is improper to raise what may be an important matter which is not on the agenda sent with the summons . |
| 3 | And then I came back on the forth to start off with the stocktaking which is not on the agenda I think . |
| 4 | The authentic Church is part of a Kingdom which is not on the way out , but on the way in . |
| 5 | Nevertheless I am convinced that where , as here , a party can satisfy the court that there is a genuine risk of prosecution for some offence which is not within the scope of section 31 of the Theft Act 1968 ’ — e.g. conspiracy — ‘ or any similar statutory provision , it is not open to this court to substitute for the privilege against self-incrimination some other protection based on an order restricting the use of disclosed material . |
| 6 | A dog running loose which is not in the control of its owner can wreak havoc among sheep and cattle grazing in fields , particularly when two or more dogs come together and follow their natural pack-hunting instinct . |
| 7 | The very next piece of text in it is the song ‘ When I have often heard young maids complaining ’ , which is not in the score — though we know it was sung in the 1692 production because it is in the Select Songs . |
| 8 | These rules … impose fresh conditions upon the exercise of the objector 's right … as a necessary preliminary of the right to oppose : something which is not in the statute . " |
| 9 | Well it , it , it , it 's moving a bit in that direction , I mean I knew what their prediction was cos they kindly supplied it to me , which is why I made the point , but I mean as as you know from our proof we have a higher view of the demographic requirements in York even than that , for reasons that were amply discussed in general on on day one , to do with vacant dwellings , mortality , and I think still probably a difference in migration between us on York , which is statistical rather than environmental , but I think it is important to have that established early on that that even in the County Council 's view , and with their , as it were , doubts about the statistics which they themselves use , that er there is more need generated in York , however much it is , than York itself can accommodate , and that is of course without York city 's seven hundred addition for reducing concealed and sharing households which is not in the County Council 's figures . |
| 10 | No I do n't , you probably , I do n't , sh she , I know she 's a bit hard up , she 's not on the phone you 'd probably be better off just |
| 11 | She 's not on the phone , she 's talking to me mum . |
| 12 | The point is she 's not on the doorstep mum is she , she 's two hundred and fifty miles away . |
| 13 | If she 's not in the mood she 'll say nothing all night . |
| 14 | ‘ Pity she 's not in the picture . ’ |
| 15 | If she 's not in the district then it 'll be difficult . |
| 16 | If she 's not in the district that will be difficult but if it is possible if she 's in the district we order that she attends at transfer sessions the outgoing licensee . |
| 17 | After that … ’ he shook his head to denigrate any idea of a lasting affair … ‘ she 's not in the running . ’ |
| 18 | But if she 's not in the house it does n't worry him . |
| 19 | Someone who 's not from the area could have been driving through and seen something . ’ |
| 20 | Hector believes that ‘ She is not worth the holding ’ , and , ‘ T is mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god ’ ; But Troilus counters with the statement : |
| 21 | This is not the mother , who lays down a ground plan for life and provides nourishment ; she is not of the future . |
| 22 | She is not in the mood for gossip , unwilling to pass on her views of current films ( let people buy Outsider if they want to know the Rosenbloom line ) , and uncharacteristically indifferent to news of cheap Thai restaurants in Crouch End . |
| 23 | A multivariate analysis of WFS and other statistics confirmed that mortality of children under age five is higher if the mother is employed than if she is not in the labour force . |
| 24 | Erm I 'd seen one this morning but she is n't in the core lecture so she 's no good to you , but I said to her could you give me a lift at all ? |
| 25 | ‘ But when you look at the legislation , which has been in many ways draconian for the situation which exists today , you have great difficulty in saying who is and who is not under the age of 16 . |
| 26 | Just as a hound who is not on the scent will not get his quarry , so the contemplative can not violate the integrity of her own feeling and understanding and force her development . |
| 27 | No one but yourself was in the house when I came , barring the cook , who is not of the household . |
| 28 | The hon. Member for Eastbourne ( Mr. Bellotti ) , who is not in the Chamber now , complained about the amount that people had to pay . |
| 29 | In the Select Committee , the hon. Member for Teignbridge ( Mr. Nicholls ) , who is not in the Chamber now , moved to amend paragraph 88 of the report . |
| 30 | Anyone of a moderately sensitive disposition , who is not in the thrall of what Aldous Huxley termed their ‘ idiot monologue ’ of petty rigmarole , but who is sufficiently inwardly tranquil and open to the influence of the landscape , can not fail to be struck by the uncanny quality which the chalk ‘ breathes out ’ at different times of day under particular atmospheric conditions . |