Example sentences of "[noun pl] be not [noun pl] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of these sites were not villages at all , but hamlets . |
| 2 | The Wages Council order continued " and has the right to choose , without penalty , whether or not to come to work " , and , according to current interpretations of labour law , this means that casual workers are not employees at all . |
| 3 | The windows had a sly , mean look , and Fenella had the sudden impression that the Workshops were not workshops at all , but a single crouching monster , black and hard-backed and scaly on the outside , but possessed of roaring , flaming innards , so that every breath it took belched out hissing steam and curls and wisps of flame . |
| 4 | Some readers will find its arguments unconvincing , believing that what I see as problems are not problems at all . |
| 5 | These creatures are not crustaceans at all but prehistoric members of the spider family . |