Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] he is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | His breathing is laboured in that heavy way which so often heralds the end , and as you grip his hand to let him know that he is not alone , you try to love him as the Lord himself would do . |
| 2 | Richard 's opening soliloquy ( which is also the opening text of the entire play ) must count as the clearest ‘ policy ’ statement of the tragedy principle in representation : Before this , Richard has let us know that he is not happy with the non-warring state of affairs and is set to provide destruction . |
| 3 | The male garden spider Araneus diadematus will vibrate a strand of the female 's web as he approaches her , to let her know that he is not just another small insect caught in the web . |
| 4 | As with any evasion , the horse can not be expected to know that he is not supposed to do it . |
| 5 | AFTER READING Jon Wilde 's espousal of marital bliss ( ‘ Modern Times ’ ) in your June issue , I was surprised to discover that he is not above indulging in a masturbatory fantasy over our beloved future queen in the self same issue ! |
| 6 | You know what Steed did in the Avengers yeah , the way he likes hits people with his cane and looks like he is n't actually |
| 7 | " Give him three ounces of this immediately in a pint of water , then follow it with one and a half ounces night and morning and let us know if he is n't a lot better in two days . " |
| 8 | When they turn to the handling charge they must presume that he is not guilty of robbery ; and , if they are quite satisfied that he must have been guilty of the one offence or the other , they are bound to conclude that he was guilty of handling . |
| 9 | Despite all the setbacks and frustrations , however , Turner insists that he is not disillusioned with the music business . |
| 10 | She makes no acknowledgement of their affair in public and he understands that he is not to refer to it with these new acquaintances . |
| 11 | Talking to Stuart Watson revealed that he is n't fond of the membrane switches either , and plans to revert to buttons in the near future . |
| 12 | Before disclosing the agreement the vendor should ensure that he is not in breach of any confidentiality undertakings contained in the agreement and if necessary first obtain the consent of the other parties before disclosing the agreement to the purchaser . |
| 13 | After the meeting Husseini says that he is not " more or less optimistic " . |
| 14 | Many legends are told of Barbarossa ; it is said that he is not dead , that no true Emperor has ruled since his reign , and that he lives on until the Day of Judgement . |
| 15 | Although he has said that he is not in favour of that , he would nevertheless still keep them if that was NATO 's decision . |
| 16 | The Minister of Agriculture has said that he is not going to have land set-aside in Britain so that the rest of Europe can produce more' . |
| 17 | So when he maintains that because we are , Truth or God is , or that God is the sum total of life , it could be argued that he is not presenting us with some kind of cosmological argument for the existence of God and that it is not his purpose to argue from the world to God . |
| 18 | We may assume that he is not spying on players and so must be on the lookout for managerial talent . |
| 19 | You have advanced nothing — nothing — to suggest that he is not guilty , apart from the theories and musings of Huy , whom I was ill-advised enough to allow you to engage as consultant . ’ |
| 20 | Because Boo is locked away , it makes his character very mysterious and at first it 's hard to know if the rumours spread around about Boo only coming out at night to hunt for his dinner , eating squirrels and peering in through people 's windows are true , but gradually as we read more into the book , we are given clues to suggest that he is not the monster , people make him out to be . |
| 21 | Character is calculated exactly to support the theme of hierarchy on shipboard in Trial Trip , where a galley boy discovers that he is not entirely free to resume a schoolboy friendship with Tich , now in the second year of his apprenticeship , and in Out of the Shallows , where a sixteen-year-old apprentice with a decided chip on his shoulder suffers from the complications which friendship with a steward brings , particularly as the steward , a thoroughly shifty individual , is merely using him as a way of furthering his own ends . |
| 22 | Some fences can be deceiving from a distance , so the horse must be given clear aids as to what to expect so he is not taken by surprise . |
| 23 | This shows that he is not really aware of the shape relationship at all , but just remembers or ‘ has a feeling ’ that it ought to go there . |
| 24 | At this point in his work , Freud would be much more acceptable to modern thinkers , for he shows that he is not deriving man 's destructiveness from a similar instinct in animals . |
| 25 | Instead , she guides him to check his suggestion and when he realises that he is not successful , she skilfully involves him in the final solution to the problem . |
| 26 | and on Joe 's visit to London he realises that he is not really appreciated and leaves as he has too much dignity . |
| 27 | The child needs to know that it is not his fault that everyone is so upset and that someone has died and he is not being punished . |
| 28 | Mr Beregovoy has been quoted as saying that he is not ashamed to be called a social democrat . |
| 29 | He is saying that he is not in favour of NATO 's present policy of maintaining adequate sub-strategic forces based in Europe and of ensuring that they are maintained and kept up to date . |
| 30 | Antony firstly seeked the political side , he now appeals to their greed by producing Caesar 's will and saying that he is n't going to read it . |