Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be [not/n't] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stillness , the poise , of perfect symmetry are not of the everyday world . |
| 2 | ‘ I have to admit , ’ he began , speaking quite slowly , ‘ that my early years at secondary school were not of the happiest . |
| 3 | First of all , the available evidence is not of the right kind . |
| 4 | Blundell 's School magazine later observed : ‘ Parisian cricket is not of the Comic Opera kind one would expect … we dreamt of French demon bowlers with pro-Boer tendencies hurling at us on bumpy wickets . ’ |
| 5 | They were surprised by the intensity of the response , their rhythm suffered and their perception of the space-time rapport is not of the highest calibre . |
| 6 | The strain of the foster colony is chosen for good mothering ability and preferably the coat colour should be different from the animals to be fostered , or the mating arranged so that the natural young of the foster mother are not of the same coat colour as the pups to be fostered . |
| 7 | The reasons are that local production is not of the quality required by the world market , prices are too high and delivery is unreliable . |