Example sentences of "it [be] not a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , it 's not a cantering or galloping exercise , it 's simply a walk among the ewes to make sure there are no lambing troubles or cast sheep . ’ |
| 2 | It 's not a subject that fascinates me . |
| 3 | I mean it 's cos it 's not of course as we know , it 's not a secret that he has one , it 's just a question of exactly what it is , it 's the |
| 4 | ‘ But it 's not a secret or a scandal or anything . ’ |
| 5 | It 's not a word but |
| 6 | It 's not a mess that we 're in , it 's your Tory government are doing this . |
| 7 | Er I think they genuinely believe their case , it 's not a case that I believe , but I I 've always genuinely respected them for the case they take . |
| 8 | It 's not a description that has many parallels today . |
| 9 | It 's not a problem that 's ever going to go away . ’ |
| 10 | It 's not a problem when it 's in the open air but it can seep into buildings and when it becomes trapped in an enclosed area it 's potentially lethal . |
| 11 | Although it 's not a shape that I would recommend for a large picture , it can look very attractive used to decorate cards and calendars . |
| 12 | Well I think it 's not a superstructure that 's been put there because , I mean , for example when you get a particular idea there are often other questions you can ask to check whether it 's really present , to see whether the thing is alluded to at the appropriate point later in the plot and that sort of thing . |
| 13 | But it 's not a philosophy that all women share . |
| 14 | But it 's not a name that will directly confuse people . |
| 15 | Higher education is very interested , ‘ but they are strapped for resources and one of the problems of TCS is that it will cover all their costs , but it 's not a way that a university or poly is going to make money . ’ |
| 16 | Higher education is very interested , ‘ but they are strapped for resources and one of the problems of TCS is that it will cover all their costs , but it 's not a way that a university or poly is going to make money . ’ |
| 17 | It 's not a race or a competition , but a process of discovering , or uncovering , your own writing voice . |
| 18 | And , it 's not a text but perhaps a verse that we could use as a , as a springboard is verse twenty seven , and it says at this point his disciples came and they marvelled that he had been speaking with a woman ! |
| 19 | It 's an obvious , but it 's , it 's not a point that is always coped with properly . |
| 20 | It 's not a role that I welcome , although I try hard as a responsible chairman of the group to do the job as well as I possibly can . |
| 21 | But it 's not a fault if you , erm , sort of walk up to that ball and erm , do this , it 's not a fault . |
| 22 | It 's not a figure that represents gross inefficiencies , gross over expenditure . |
| 23 | ‘ It is to be opened up as part of the Teesdale Way but until then it 's not a footpath and it 's fenced off , ’ Coun Biddiscombe said . |
| 24 | And er one of the ways you can use is er National Savings Income Bonds , er which are er okay , but they 're , the trouble is they 're at a variable rate , so at the moment they 're paying seven percent , so that 's on National Savings Income Bonds , so that that person would get seven hundred a year at the moment gross , and of course er you do n't need to t to fill in an R eighty five for that type of investment because it 's not a bank or building society account . |
| 25 | It 's not a sedative or tranquillizer , |
| 26 | It 's not a job that can be delayed , either , for once foam starts to block , then it 's minutes rather than hours before your flow-rate drops dramatically , soon ceasing altogether . |
| 27 | Goodness knows , it 's not a job that 's very lucrative , so they naturally want the best conditions . ’ |
| 28 | It 's not a view that I particularly share but erm it was their view at the time . |
| 29 | So having got it , it 's not a certainty that we 'll get the next one . |
| 30 | its , it 's , it 's the same Saturdays and Sundays , I ca n't get him out of the house and yet soon as we get there we have friends and family and they say , keep saying come on , come up and see us , I went up in the mini on me own one day and spent a couple of days with her , but , it , it ai n't the same when you go on your own , I dare n't go too far in my mini because it 's , it 's erm , it 's not a car that you can be hundred per cent sure of it , I mean as soon as it rains it stops anyway , we went out in it today and there 's all water in the front of the , in the front , but |