Example sentences of "[not/n't] a fair [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a single factory-wide overhead absorption rate were to be used it is likely that product costs will be distorted because the application of overheads to products i6 not a fair reflection of the costs incurred in manufacturing the product . |
| 2 | By their combination they prevent the master employing any journeymen they do not approve of , who as they say is not a fair man ; and all journeymen must ask the constable of the shop , for the time being , ( an officer appointed by the combination ) for work before they ask the master . |
| 3 | Although such examination might improve the drafting of the rule books — and that would be ( procedurally ) beneficial — it could have the unfortunate and fundamental consequence of inducing tribunals to determine what is or is not a fair dismissal by reference to what has been agreed between the parties instead of by the yardstick laid down by Parliament . |
| 4 | George Herbert addresses his own conscience , ‘ Peace prattler , do not lower , not a fair look , but though dost call it foul ; not a sweet dish , but though dost call it sour . |
| 5 | Auditions are a painful necessity of life and not a fair judgement on your career but you have to go through them . |
| 6 | It is not a fair world . |
| 7 | ‘ It definitely is not a fair match , but whether his bike will stick the bumpy course is another matter . |
| 8 | That is not a fair analysis of the position . |
| 9 | ‘ Look how much better the Lilliputians do it ’ , is a tempting cry , but the more one looks into it the more one finds that the Lilliputians are n't a fair comparison with us : they have n't got our antiquated industries … our legal system ; and they are less than six inches tall . |
| 10 | This was n't a fair challenge , Harry being more than a head taller than Sam and built like an ox . |