Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] they [am/are] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Scientific examination has shown that they are made of bronze similar to that used in genuine Italic figures from Italy and the patination appears to have developed over a long period , suggesting that they are not modern copies . |
| 32 | increase in the number of those in temporary accommodation , but is the Minister suggesting that they are not homeless ? |
| 33 | Usually this is because they got ready before the rain started falling and are unable to see that they are not going to stay up unless they wait until the shower has passed . |
| 34 | The judge , Justice James , explained that ‘ it is the duty of the court to watch the situation and see that certain questions are not asked and , if they are asked , to see that they are not answered ’ . |
| 35 | Thus , regulating the total quantity of pollution and conducting a series of spot checks on individual producers to see that they are not violating agreed standards is a relatively simple policy which may avoid the worst outcomes . |
| 36 | Jan Rowe says he has nothing against badgers in general and he appreciates that they are not affecting very big areas or all that many farms when viewed nationally . |
| 37 | In the meantime I suspect that the Rugby Union will soon have to acknowledge that they are not nearly far enough down the road with their new registration legislation to have a hope of implementing it on May 1 . |
| 38 | We do have a statement in our contract that they sign to acknowledge that they are not er do n't have a dem right to sole |
| 39 | Most mortgage lenders stress that they are not keen to repossess homes . |
| 40 | These exceptional cases apart ( and it must be recalled that they are not really examples of the situation under discussion ) , it has been seen that there is no good ground for arguing that the doctor breaches his duty to his patient when respecting the patient 's wishes to be left to die . |
| 41 | The more you observe the bird and the animal life you begin to realize that they 're not so dump after all and if anything they begin to look and behave more like human beings every day . |
| 42 | Igfets have strange characteristics , which mean that they are not much use at frequencies of below a few kilohertz . |
| 43 | The reality that there are rights of ownership and that they are liable to , and do , conflict with those of labour can not be exorcised by pretending that they are not there ; and it is the exclusion of the public sector from the Committee 's purview which admits that reality . |
| 44 | There are plenty of books in most libraries explaining building construction and the Buildings Regulations in simple terms , but do ensure that they are not out of date . |
| 45 | We can at least ensure that they are not the cause of any disharmony within Somerville . |
| 46 | First of all if one looks at the draft advice on the erm regional plan guidance prepared by the Yorkshire and Humberside local planning authorities , they in fact advocate new settlement as an appropriate circumstances , there is not a policy which says that they are not appropriate or are inconsistent with other policy objectives , and I note in that respect that the D O E as Mr Donson said , are mildly supportive of the new settlement in the Greater York area . |
| 47 | This is because less-than-fully-established senses are lexicologically almost indistinguishable from fully established ones , in that they enter largely the same range of syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations of meaning ( the sentences cited above , of course , show that they are not absolutely identical ) . |
| 48 | The stories about these goddesses show that they are not beneficent ; they are mostly older females who choose young men — sometimes even their own sons — as lovers to be kept in subjugation . |
| 49 | The report published by the Indonesian Government and the action that they subsequently took — for example , against certain military commanders involved in the incident — show that they are not concerned simply with a cover-up . |
| 50 | As my right hon. Friend the Chancellor said , the latest reports of the Institute of Directors and the CBI show that they are not pessimistic about the economy . |
| 51 | Recognise that addictive diseases affects different people in different ways and it is very variable in its intensity but that all share the denial of believing that they are not addicted : the crucial test of addiction is not whether one can stop the use of an addictive substance or behaviour but whether one can happily stay off and not be drawn back to it or to something equally addictive . |
| 52 | Unschooled Wolof children know when to make certain things explicit in their own culture ; it would appear that they are not triggered off to do so by Greenfield 's questions . |
| 53 | The state assumes that they are not doing so and gives increases on all of the additional pension as if you had never been contracted out . |
| 54 | ‘ I hope that they are n't staying for the dance . ’ |
| 55 | I just hope that they are n't completely lost and in particular I 'd just mention the because it 's being increasingly used and will be as the bypass comes in into use because access will be restricted to the , the erm roundabout . |
| 56 | ‘ I just hope that they 're not an indication of Irish troubles finding their way into Wales in the way they have in parts of England over recent days and weeks , ’ said Mr Wigley . |
| 57 | POLICE have revealed that they are not treating the death of a man outside a Middlesbrough pub as suspicious . |
| 58 | In these so-called ‘ families ’ , individuals can feel that they are not entirely weak and alone . |
| 59 | Children are found in need of care , protection and control if the court establishes that they are not receiving the sort of care a good parent may reasonably be expected to give and they are falling into bad associations , are exposed to moral danger , or the lack of care is likely to cause suffering or seriously affect their health or proper development , or if it establishes that they are beyond the control of their parents . |
| 60 | Similarly , if a person is able to accept supervision , how can it be argued that they are not able to consent to the medical arrangements given during it ? |