Example sentences of "[be] not [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | and he replies : ( " Lady , I am not here by a trick ! |
| 2 | Given my concentration so far on the possession/separation issue , and its relation to the circulation process , and given my earlier insistence that economic class relations at the level of possession/separation can not be conceived as the underlying ‘ essence ’ of social and political collectivities and movements , which demand analysis in their own right , I am not yet in a position to draw full ‘ political conclusions ’ ( the following chapters will take us some way further in this direction ) . |
| 3 | I am not really in a position to write this column . |
| 4 | could clearly make some kind of differentiation between a conglomerate paying V A T or some such tax whereas er the exception could be made to those people who are not clearly in a position to make er er to say that . |
| 5 | We are not yet in a position , therefore , to replace Marx 's and Engels 's view with a clear alternative specifying under what conditions a society based on slavery is likely to occur , but similarly we can not accept Marx 's and Engels 's theory fully . |
| 6 | In his statement , chairman John Slater says that the major problems relating to the group 's past have now been dealt with , but that the directors are not yet in a position to recommend the payment of a dividend . |
| 7 | The other major point , which we are not yet in a position to discuss , relates to the state of competition and potential competition in the industry . |
| 8 | As a result these bodies are not yet in a position to influence the preparation of individual groups of students for higher education . |
| 9 | Manager Geoff Cooke and his coaches had the look of men unashamedly glad South Africa are not here on a longer tour because the Boks are getting better by the minute . |
| 10 | More likely than not , their inventions are not initially in a marketable form . |
| 11 | This said , the number of sonnets which are not specifically about a human relationship is remarkably small . |
| 12 | As a result , supervisors are not often in a position to make first-hand assessments of an officer 's skills in the field ; they have to learn indirectly about his work , his negotiating abilities , the demands he makes , and his integrity . |
| 13 | Although produced by computer , the conditions are not always in a set standard form . |
| 14 | Joyce Anderson , of Thornton Hough , said : ‘ We are not really in a race against time , the winners will be the party who come back with the fewest miles on their clock . |
| 15 | If the modules to be modified are not currently in a single package the user must do one of the following : |
| 16 | The point is that black people are not only at a disadvantage in the job market on account of their colour , they also perceive sharply that this is so and , despite Johnson 's tongue-in-cheek addendum , the consciousness of belonging to a group which feels itself to be at a disadvantage is clear enough . |
| 17 | There are some observers — myself included — who feel that the July meeting at Down Royal has now gained in importance to such an extent that it deserves to be kept on its own and I understand that the Killarney executive are not totally against a move to an earlier date . |
| 18 | Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn |
| 19 | Can I just check , you 're not currently in a pension scheme are you ? |
| 20 | ‘ You 're not back on a man-prowl , are you ? ’ |
| 21 | so you might as well fill in the gaps whenever you can er they 're for a day out that 's the trouble they 're not , they 're not there for a , they 're not |
| 22 | They 're not actually in a conversation but we always do that sort of thing anyway . |
| 23 | And if we have n't , we 're not really in a strong position to advertise something else |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not here for an apology , ’ Kelly said quietly . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , but I 'm not here as a visitor , ’ said Conway . |
| 26 | ‘ But I do n't think any of my companies are going to collapse simply because I 'm not around for a short time . |
| 27 | The County Council as I 'm aware was not actually consulted on these particular applications , and therefore I 'm not really in a position to be able to comment as what the County Council 's position . |
| 28 | If Max was there when Dedo arrived the chances were not altogether against a peaceful conversazione and the witty exit of Modigliani to his own atelier close by … |
| 29 | The table also makes it clear that older publications were not necessarily in a significantly greater state of disrepair than more recent items . |
| 30 | Mr Mesic had the votes of Croatia , Bosnia , Macedonia and Slovenia , which were not enough for a majority . |