Example sentences of "[adv] [is] not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More fertilizer might mean more grain ( and more carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide to add to the greenhouse effect ) , but there obviously comes a point where more fertilizer does not mean a bigger yield or perhaps is not justified on cost grounds , particularly when grain prices are low , as they were for part of the 1980s . |
| 2 | Reform is popular with middle-class liberals , though Mr Smith personally is not persuaded of the case for it . |
| 3 | Any increase in price per person payable as a result of a part cancellation is not a Cancellation Charge and so is not covered by Norwich Union Insurance . |
| 4 | The rock has to be mined and then thrown away , so is not held in very high esteem . |
| 5 | But the definition of neutrality adopted above is not committed to such a view , which is rooted in the confused notion that to act neutrally is to act fairly . |
| 6 | That clearly is not going to be acceptable to those authorities . |
| 7 | ‘ He proved today that he is very fast but I can tell him that tomorrow is not going to be so easy , ’ said Fittipaldi , who clocked 101.472mph . |
| 8 | The only rule here is not to go for exaggerated styles . |
| 9 | The only rule here is not to go for exaggerated styles . |
| 10 | Gettier here is not quarrelling with any of the three clauses . |
| 11 | The lesson here is not to skimp on batteries , and always use alkalines if the manufacturer specifies them . |
| 12 | I mean you obviously did well because you 've realized you 've forgotten it and you know you 've got ta , the ideal two worst steps over to , the person who 's sitting here is not gon na say , hold on , where 's the buyer 's guide , |
| 13 | The lion is a symbol of St Mark , but also of the Venetian empire , although whether either of these symbols is relevant here is not known with certainty . |
| 14 | Taking these ageist attitudes one stage further , Price and Andrews ( 1982 ) state that ‘ diagnosed alcoholism frequently is not referred for alcoholic treatment because of health professionals ’ beliefs that the alcoholic is too old to benefit from treatment' . |
| 15 | But it is er there 's not going to be any other answer . |
| 16 | This seems to be the only way of avoiding the main snag of simulation , namely that the trainee is aware that his performance is not important in that reality out there is not changing as a consequence of his actions . |
| 17 | Lacan 's work is not subject to empirical verification , and indeed is not meant to be . |
| 18 | The new factory nearby is not keeping to the noise levels originally agreed , and heavy traffic continues to and from it late into the night . |
| 19 | This is particularly useful for making sure that the positioning of single motifs , large electronic or intarsia designs and so on is not affected by the armhole or neck shapings . |
| 20 | He is small and not particularly bright , but yet is not patronized by people , and is taken seriously and listened to , unlike Lennie . |
| 21 | Prof Lacey 's main concern , BSE , however is not destroyed by cooking and present lack of knowledge about Creutzfeld-Jakob disease is not reassuring . |
| 22 | The sale however is not restricted to an immediate outright sale of [ shareholder ] 's interest . |
| 23 | In this case what keeps them apart is not belonging to the same sex , rather , it is simply a condition of life that in no human relationship can two persons ‘ fuse ’ into one . |
| 24 | But this problem too is not confined to the gap between the ‘ workers ’ and the unemployed . |
| 25 | One of the major differences of the Department of National Savings relative to other financial intermediaries is that it does not hold an asset portfolio to back up liabilities held , and therefore is not constrained by the need to adhere to liquidity , solvency or capital adequacy regulations ( given that funds are backed by the Treasury and are therefore essentially default-free ) . |
| 26 | The right hon. Bruce Millan is no longer a Member of this House and therefore is not protected by privilege here . |
| 27 | There again , I would say that top down in this country it is fast enough , and what shake there is certainly is not accompanied by any rattles or ‘ looseness ’ . |