Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [is] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you , Fred , letting Debbie do my research just is n't working . |
| 2 | 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' . |
| 3 | The intention here is not to turn this essay , or indeed the panel to which it contributes , into yet another moaning session about the state of British higher education . |
| 4 | The intention here is not to construct a full history of the post-war period but it will be necessary to examine some of the main developments in the class/collectivity/political force relationships over the post-war years , even at a cost of some over-simplification , in order to establish a basis for the fuller discussion in the following chapter of these relationships under the Thatcher government . |
| 5 | The rule here is not to repeat or change the remedy until the action of the previous dose has ceased . |
| 6 | The only rule here is not to go for exaggerated styles . |
| 7 | The only rule here is not to go for exaggerated styles . |
| 8 | However , if you are charming and efficient you may actually get booked again by the venue : Similarly , all sorts of things often go wrong on stage , and the golden rule here is not to communicate mistakes to the audience . |
| 9 | The move is unlikely to open the way for X/Open to adopt OSF Motif as a standard for graphical user interfaces because ‘ the desktop battle still is n't won , ’ X/Open says , admitting that it ‘ missed the bus , ’ on that one . |
| 10 | Okay but we do n't your the responsibility of the sales consultant here is not to approach the estate agent or the golf to sell that , somebody else does that . |
| 11 | Industrial Tribunals may make that decision but the Islington Council certainly is n't going to . |
| 12 | British Rail still is n't getting there |
| 13 | The point here is not to exonerate the violent behaviour of certain Liverpool supporters but rather the reverse , i.e. to emphasize the potentially fatal risks which are being run each week in stadia where large and rowdy confrontations of young spectators take place . |
| 14 | He stresses that ‘ our business here is not to know all things , but those which concern our conduct ’ . |
| 15 | And remember , the aim here is not to turn you into a super-mathematician but to accustom you to thinking somewhat differently to the way you were taught at school and thereby to make things easier for yourself . |
| 16 | The aim here is not to encourage hauliers to do their own conveyancing , but to ensure they are better equipped to appreciate what the solicitor or other ‘ expert ’ is doing on their behalf . |
| 17 | Ralph Lauren 's trademark steed certainly is n't speaking the same language on a bootleg shirt here on a Brooklyn market stall as it is on Manhatten 's Upper East Side . |
| 18 | Dance Your Ass Off is not used in the sense of profanity . ’ |
| 19 | So if his story now is n't going to be in the kitchen this is a mislay misleading headline . |
| 20 | Er because the traffic clearly is n't carrying on down through but nevertheless is through traffic . |
| 21 | And this this we see , it 's er quite interesting , this you notice this bit here is not plastered , and this has not got these dimples , so we think that what actually happened is when they first did this the the the the this bit of the window was blocked up with wood or wattle and daub or something like that , and so it was a a a and then when then when the vestry came down this these stones were put in here to block it up again . |
| 22 | The Eagan , Minnesota firm still is n't saying whether it will use the Alpha in its second-generation massively parallel system planned for 1995 . |
| 23 | Our concern here is not to try to disentangle New Liberalism from Fabian socialist thought . |
| 24 | Your duty tonight is not to wash up , but to allow the Master to slaughter you on the black and white field — unless you play a game as wicked as Papa 's — in which case you may finish off what the Africans began on me ! ’ |
| 25 | The world outside is not standing still and neither must we . |
| 26 | YOGA/MEDITATION An explanation probably is n't needed but if you 're interested just see what your local community or neighbourhood centres are doing . |
| 27 | The lesson here is not to skimp on batteries , and always use alkalines if the manufacturer specifies them . |
| 28 | The sale however is not restricted to an immediate outright sale of [ shareholder ] 's interest . |
| 29 | Reality therefore is not defined either concretely or semiotically . |
| 30 | ‘ You still expect me to believe that your purpose here is n't to steal my Knudsen ? ’ |