Example sentences of "is [not/n't] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But their proposals would also require legislation to merge district health authorities and family health services authorities , which is not yet on the government 's agenda .
2 Slipped out of the hand quite obviously that , it was n't a deliberate beamer we must add that , that 's went out today , thirty-four , here 's Lawrence , bowls outside the off stump and the new batsman who is not yet off the mark , lets it go through to the wicket keeper .
3 Important though the right hon. Gentleman is , he is not yet in a position to issue invitations to visit Royal Air Force stations .
4 In the discussion of more faith the question of truth is not even on the agenda .
5 Rice production is also very labour intensive , but in Japan the intensity of work is not even throughout the year , freeing the population for other work at certain times .
6 This is because the timing of dividend payments on the 100 shares in the FTSE 100 index is not even throughout the year , and also , the amount of the dividend payments is not known at the beginning of the year .
7 This award has not yet been presented and Mr Bence is not even in the reckoning .
8 The message I draw from this is that the gay movement is not ultimately about the liberation of any particular sexuality but actually about the liberation of a whole set of relationships ; an affirmation of relationships which are sexual or non-sexual , relationships through which sexuality can be realized or transformed or denied or changed or just lived .
9 A study of the news media is not properly within the scope of this assignment , but the topic of channels is necessary to a consideration of communication and a cursory look at the nature and availability of various media seemed in order .
10 It is not just at the ends of words where compression methods can be applied .
11 It is not just at the ends of words where common letter sequences can make use of the same nodes in a tree structure .
12 ‘ It is not just for a blow to be struck against Iraq when Saddam 's main victim has been innocent Iraqi people , ’ he said .
13 Third-level study of the subject is not just for the scientist or the mathematician , or for those with previous experience of computing .
14 ‘ It is not just for the UK and US .
15 This is not just for the pleasure of travelling but for the purpose of learning and evolving .
16 The affirmation is not just by the state , but at the highest level of lawmaking in Hungary , the parliament .
17 It is not just in the UK that illegal low flying brings the risk of subsequent penalties .
18 But it is not just in the matter of white notation in 3/2 passages that we can discern the traditions of mensural notation .
19 His work can be summarised by an expression which he himself used in a retirement speech in 1976 : ‘ Physics is not just concerning the nature of things but concerning the interconnectedness of all the natures of things ’ .
20 ‘ I beg your pardon , sir , Williams is not here at the moment .
21 Fenella , hardly daring to speak , but knowing she must raise her voice above the treadmills , said , ‘ Where is — ’ And saw his eyes smile , as if to say : he is not here for the moment .
22 It is not exclusively for the use of , of Lowtown as such .
23 It is interesting to compare the aspects of language which are highlighted by Bullock and Stubbs with those which are highlighted in a document drawn up by a group of educationalists whose expertise is not primarily in the field of language study .
24 Such teaching is not simply with the object of enlightening the mind or to satisfy curiosity , but to mould the personality and give direction to life .
25 This is not simply for the purpose of recouping capital costs , but more importantly for the purpose of generating huge profits for the private sector developers .
26 Meaning is not simply in an utterance , irrespective of the participants : to understand it we must take into account the inter-subjectivity of the participants , addressing ourselves to such questions as who controls the meaning and the nature of the reference .
27 ‘ When something 's wrong , abuse is not automatically on the checklist the same way that child abuse is ’ , said Jenkins .
28 Style analysers can give on-the-spot text analysis and tuition if your grammar is not up to the mark or your style is a little untidy .
29 If the shooting is not up to the mark , we will need to carry the consequences . ’
30 ‘ Oh , I think Miss Grenfell is right , ’ she said guardedly , ‘ my work is not up to the standard you require . ’
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