Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] [verb] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point I am not writing about open conflict , mutiny , factions or friction , but about a quiet pulling in a different direction . |
| 2 | I am not talking about that kind of quietness ; rather the loneliness of people who feel quite cut off from God , from others , from society . |
| 3 | Conservative Members would be well advised to heed those words because all the contact that I have had with local government — I am not talking about Labour councillors , but about impartial experts — has shown that those experts believe that the council tax will eventually run into such trouble that it will become unworkable . |
| 4 | While stocks in the form of raw materials last — I am not talking about nuclear weapons but general armaments — the production will clearly continue . |
| 5 | When we speak of ‘ culture ’ we are not thinking about high-brow music , or good table manners . |
| 6 | When we talk about part-time holdings in any context — certainly in an island context — we are not speaking about small static parcels of land with which we can play about like pieces in a jig-saw puzzle . |
| 7 | But the tourists are not convicned about that … |
| 8 | In other words we are not talking about subtle errors of judgement , but major fumbles , demonstrations of serious incompetence . |
| 9 | Mr Hattersley said : ‘ We are not talking about huge sums of money , millions rather than billions . ’ |
| 10 | Remember that we are not talking about conscious strategies ( though at times we might be ) , but about strategies in the ‘ Maynard Smithian ’ sense , strategies of the kind that genes might preprogram . |
| 11 | We are not talking about local government ; we are talking about a strategic layer of government . |
| 12 | And we must remember that we are not talking about any newts , we 're talking about very special newts , |
| 13 | ‘ You 're not writing about this party , are you ? ’ she asks suspiciously . |
| 14 | For one individual , but we 're not complaining about that , we accept that . |
| 15 | Well you 're not bothered about that anyway |
| 16 | We 're not talking about individual members saying I wan na go here or I wan na go there , we 're talking about groups of memberships within these sorts of branches . |
| 17 | No , they , they 're not talking about that , not talking about that . |
| 18 | They come up to meetings which erm , this goes on to say determine not to miss a single spiritual meal both private study , meeting attendance are urgent for all , there 's nothing new here brothers it 's all things that we 've heard before and this is why sometimes we can sort of nod off because we , we sort of think well I 've heard all this before , follow theocratic ways , procedures and policies not always easy to do , but it can be done , recognizing the organization that Jehovah is using keep awake by finding your place in God 's arrangement that is n't that little corner up there , by the way , we 're not talking about that one , but finding our place where we can work for Jehovah wholeheartedly do not quibble about assignments and arrangements I think we 're all guilty of that at some time are n't we ? |
| 19 | Provided that I mean we 're not talking about rural exceptions being erm appropriate everywhere and anywhere . |
| 20 | It 's very difficult at this moment to say we 're not talking about finished stock you know , you 're gon na get fluctuations on product , but what worries me , I do n't know at this stage how many tonnes of bone meal we 've got stashed away somewhere or how many tonnes of compost maker we 've got stacked anywhere for use in the pre-pack . |
| 21 | We 're not talking about small sites which go from employment use |
| 22 | So we 're not talking about small population either . |
| 23 | We 're not talking about vast sums of money necessarily here . |
| 24 | ‘ We 're not talking about disappeared money , |
| 25 | ‘ We 're not talking about any paintings . |
| 26 | We 're not talking about local authority homes , we are not talking about the voluntary sector , we are talking about the private homes which are run by private companies , or individuals , not on a voluntary basis , but on a profit basis . |
| 27 | We 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen , ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in the streamed situation . |
| 28 | The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that they totally solved the problem of what to do with the brighter child , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes , because the sort of pupils we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptions in their own right — we 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen/ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in a streamed situation . |
| 29 | We 're not talking about half a percent , it 's 20% . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I know , but we 're not talking about positive proof . |