Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] not [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obree and Williamson are not on this year 's start sheet so far and Gibson is top seed . |
| 2 | Situated on a plain beneath Rilly-la-Montagne the vineyards of Montbré are not of true premier cru quality . |
| 3 | The new men of the Kremlin were not above the simplicity of taking a former idea and adapting it to their needs . |
| 4 | I guess it was like the primitive interrogation techniques both malais and FAKINTIL were not above resorting to : you could see the stratagem but that did n't stop it from being effective . |
| 5 | Maybe Mr and Mrs Lewis at 119 Cedar Avenue were not in their usual positions , snoring back to back in the bed they bought twenty years ago . |
| 6 | Jeff 's not like that . |
| 7 | Oh well David 's not like that , he 's well Mark 's just had a bit of luck he 's just . |
| 8 | MPs were quick to grumble privately that Mr La Malfa is not under suspicion of being involved in million-dollar bribery networks allegedly run by the main parties for years . |
| 9 | Francis , flanked by secretary Graham Mackrell , who was waving the fax above his head , said : ‘ I did n't even refer the offer to my chairman because I have a mandate that David is not for sale . |
| 10 | Pat 's not with them . |
| 11 | Stock Car racing in the United States is not for " bangers ' as in the United Kingdom , but is for high-powered production cars like Ford Thunderbirds and Chevrolet Monte Carlos . |
| 12 | The fact that the USSR produces two to three times as many machine tools as the United States is not without significance . |
| 13 | The increasing centrality of large corporations and the military in the political and social life of the United States is not in question , nor is the descriptive evidence presented by pluralists of this phenomena . |
| 14 | Raskolnikov is not with us either , but in the novel 's final text he could not have done or said any of the things I have just mentioned . |
| 15 | That Raskolnikov is not by nature timorous is the author 's assurance to his readers , dependable through nineteenthcentury novelistic convention . |
| 16 | Fifty four , it 's changed , Hick 's not out fifty four it was fifty six a minute ago was n't it ? |
| 17 | CLIFF Brunt is not against the principle of testing , he insists . |
| 18 | Cos she , she 'd gone to you first and she , and she came along , she said erm Ann 's not in , she said I 've come down to see you both . |
| 19 | The need for additional secure places that can be accessed by Leicestershire is not at issue , what 's still be investigated is how a regional service meeting varying types of needs can be provided discussions are still taking place with Northamptonshire county council and into some other current secure unit provider authorities as to how best Leicestershire can work with other local authorities in the region towards this objective . |
| 20 | Freud is not to be taken to be providing a theory of instinct for all species , but trying to puzzle out the complex similarities and differences between man and animals . |
| 21 | Swales is not at the US Cup , though he is expected for the final match in Detroit against Germany on June 19 . |
| 22 | ‘ But Kylie was not at all affected by it , ’ he added . |
| 23 | Even Bert was not in his cubbyhole , but Flossie was and gave a languid thump of her tail . |
| 24 | Although the light was still clear , Hawkbit was not to be seen anywhere on the upland . |
| 25 | Dr Neil was not in any way surprised at McAllister 's reaction to his lovemaking ; he expected such modesty from a well brought up young girl , and her arms around his neck , her timid responses , fluttering though they were , told him that she felt for him what he felt for her , and further inflamed his own passion , while warning him to go gently . |
| 26 | But the conversation between Kelly Connor and Nick Morley was not of matters of the heart , but of life , death and horses . |
| 27 | Meredith was not to be led away from the point at issue . |
| 28 | Elena Ceauşescu was not without her own ambitions and may well have agreed to the ( temporary ) sidelining of Nicu after he made some mild protests about the state of the food supply in Sibiu . |
| 29 | Ceauşescu was not after all Pol Pot , though in his last hours on earth perhaps he wished that he had been . |
| 30 | But Dr Greenslade was not at the Easter Fete . |