Example sentences of "[verb] be [not/n't] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sounds they make are not the same as words . |
| 2 | We can begin with the crucial , if rather obvious , point that understanding what people mean by what they say is not the same as understanding the linguistic expressions they use in saying it . |
| 3 | They begged him to desist , in order to give them some words of edification , and for two consecutive hours he proceeded to give them excellent exhortations , while at the same time never ceasing his writing — and all the while what he was writing was not the same as what he was speaking . |
| 4 | The plaintiffs contended that the commissioner was not a court of competent jurisdiction , and that the issue before him of whether the entries in the register were validly made was not the same as the issue in the action , which was whether the road verges formed part of the highway . |
| 5 | In the first place , the ways in which the overriding of the immunity is conveyed are not the same . |
| 6 | Ignoring is not the same as doing nothing . |
| 7 | The approach that a court adopts to such a clause may be important , as the tests by which the effectiveness of exclusion and disclosure clause are assessed are not the same . |
| 8 | As I discussed the history of changes in prisons with officials or ex-officials of TDC , or colleagues at the Criminal Justice Center , I came to think that the most logical order in which to look at the contemporary response to the questions that Howard raised was not the same as that which he followed in those chapters . |
| 9 | The ability to understand is not the same as being able to explicate the concept of meaning . |
| 10 | We sometimes find that the representation generated is not the same as any of the irreducible representations of the character table , or that we are unable to define the character according to the procedure used above . |
| 11 | Intending to adopt a particular style on a particular occasion without realizing that intending is not the same as planning . |
| 12 | In particular , since in several cases it seems to involve a conflict of time reference , we must note that what is involved is not the same as a superficially rather similar phenomenon which was the subject of a useful discussion by Bach ( 1968 ) — all the more so because some of his examples are ambiguous and could also be covered by this case . |
| 13 | ‘ So Dr Iverson is a successful doctor , ’ murmured Henry Tyler ( which he knew was not the same as being a good one . ) |
| 14 | That which is filmed is not the same as that which is broadcast . |
| 15 | The ability to help or to harm was not the least of the tools in the politician 's inventory , and it may indeed have been of greater value than some of the more troublesome varieties of patronage , where a favour for one could easily anger others who were disappointed . |
| 16 | When we say that what we see is a mile away , we must mean that were we to move forward a mile , we would be ‘ affected with such and such ideas of touch ’ ; and so Berkeley concludes that the things we see are not the same as those we touch . |
| 17 | A stall on the pavement as you see is not the same as having a proper shop , In the summer it gets so hot . |
| 18 | Forgetting is not the same as forgiving . |