Example sentences of "[verb] be [not/n't] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the general principle of liability for the acts of others to which my hon. and learned Friend referred is not at all out of line with the Theft Act 1968 . |
| 2 | But just how genetic , organic and social factors interact is not at all clear . |
| 3 | This process is controlled in the plant by substances called ‘ auxins ’ though how it is done is not at all clear . |
| 4 | Joking was n't at all romantic . |
| 5 | ‘ I must confess , the news it contained was not at all what I had been expecting . |
| 6 | But she was an orphan , and the uncle and aunt with whom she lived were not at all well off . |
| 7 | Today , the Foreign Secretary could only say that the Prime Minister is still ’ mobilising ’ — though what he is mobilising is not at all clear , because very little appears to be happening . |
| 8 | Actually , sneering is n't at all big or clever and most people that do it are as soft as shite , really … |
| 9 | Actually , sneering is n't at all big or clever and most people that do it are as soft as shite , really … |
| 10 | Literally , this meant the rule of power of the best , but the meaning it has since acquired is not at all accidental . |