Example sentences of "it be not [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Obviously , it 's not about a pigeon , ’ Margaret decides , ‘ there 's definitely an urban theme to the album . |
| 2 | Oh , it 's not for a while anyway so you need n't worry . |
| 3 | Yes , it 's not for a quarter , it 's only for , you know , whatever . |
| 4 | But we , surely we should n't , cos we 're , it 's not for a month , it 's only for |
| 5 | and it 's not on a bike either |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm all right as long as I know where things are going , but it 's not on a par with planning a legal argument . ’ |
| 7 | It 's it 's not worth a marriage no more because the C S A and because of people like them sat there that think they know it all . |
| 8 | I 've taken all that you 've and to be honest there 's not , there 's not a , it 's not worth a , it 's not worth a light , it 's you , I 'm be getting rid of that straight away ! |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not like a home , not like this , ’ looking round with satisfaction . |
| 10 | It 's not like a concentration camp . |
| 11 | Chantelle says that the Gloucester area has lots of good young skiers and they were n't being given a chance so she formed the club and the response has been overwhelming … they survive thanks to parents but they are hoping to find a sponsor … it 's not like a football team or tennis club because they have British champions |
| 12 | It 's not like a length of time , it 's just different . |
| 13 | The promoters tell us that it 's not like a book in which someone is telling you something . |
| 14 | It 's not from a chip shop it 's from that Londis shop . |
| 15 | But it is not about a pair of pure silk knickers at a cost that would keep a Sudanese village in staple meals for a month , rather it is sporting cotton , and giving the rest of the money to Oxfam . |
| 16 | Disciplinary research has a role , but it is not as a purveyor of solutions . |
| 17 | It is not worth a mention but for the fact its distribution and promotion is funded by our own dear British Film Institute . |
| 18 | The dissent in Bolduc & Bird repays study : if consent is to a doctor and student it is not to a doctor and friend . |
| 19 | Home to gridiron team Orlando Thunder , who play in the World League , it is not on a par with the Joe Robbie stadium in Miami — their bid failed because of the clash with the baseball season — but it is huge and comfortable . |
| 20 | Amid such vibrant colour , the daily sorties into the collapsing , crowded streets near the cemetery become a source of such pleasure that it is not without a degree of reluctance that we finally throw our burdens onto a lorry bound for Sorata . |
| 21 | To this extent the baby is comparable to the total imbecile ; or , if we include its sentience , limited locomotion , and prototypical behaviour , it is not unlike a cat or gibbon . |
| 22 | ‘ It is not like a Dynasty or Dallas thing . |
| 23 | It is not like a council tax register with people not wishing to make themselves known . |
| 24 | It is not like a pools entry when one can mark an X for no publicity . |
| 25 | It is not in a plant 's interest to provide copious and unlimited supplies of nectar . |
| 26 | IT was not without a frisson of excitement that Ridley Scott 's Oscar nomination was greeted in the NorthEast . |
| 27 | But of his courage , though it was not of a kind that Hotspur admired , there could be little doubt ; and of his ability and calculating detachment , none . |
| 28 | One horse had detached itself and ambled towards the line of protesters but it was not for a moment that Meredith realised , with a pang of dismay , that it was Blazer carrying Harriet . |
| 29 | I knew it was not on a gramophone ; someone was playing it . |
| 30 | The moment I saw the church , although there were considerable differences — the main and obvious one being it was not on a hill — I accepted it as my church . |