Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] he is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The broker may , in any event , act only as agent if he is not a member of the exchange at all but deals on the exchange through a member or , indeed , in the case of over-the-counter transactions . |
| 2 | The restrictive covenant cases demonstrate that a covenant will not be upheld on the basis of the status of the information which might be disclosed by a former employee if he is not restrained , unless it can be regarded as a business secret or the equivalent of a business secret . |
| 3 | This galloping course will suit his action and he is not badly treated at the weights on his best form . |
| 4 | They just grabbed this bloke who 's standing outside the music area , thinking he might be a musician and he is n't , but it does n't matter . |
| 5 | ‘ He is a Queen 's Counsel so he is not out on the street . ’ |
| 6 | It is never the case that a writer creates a hypocrite without giving us some clue , however subtle , to his dissimulation ; and it is seldom the case that he is not exposed within the bounds of the artwork . |
| 7 | ‘ Mr. H. is well known in public assistance circles , and the Ministry have issued a circular that he is not to be accorded any special treatment . |
| 8 | Although Lord Rees-Mogg 's confession that he is not a modernist can just about explain his neglect of artists such as Schoenberg , Proust , Kafka , Beckett and Auden , sheer ignorance is the only way in which one can account for the omission of Charles Sherrington , Alan Hodgkin , Lord Adrian and David Hubel , to name but four in neurophysiology ; Rutherford , Bohr , Planck , Heisenberg , Dirac and Gell-Man in physics . |
| 9 | In fact , Lok has made comparisons before this , when , as on this occasion , he was struggling to express his understanding of the new people : " " " He changes shape like a bear in a cave " " " and " " " He is like a cat and he is not like a cat . |
| 10 | For example , if an employee writes a computer program to help with his work but he is not employed as a computer programmer , his job is not to write computer programs and an employer can not necessarily assume that he owns the copyright in that particular program . |
| 11 | He 's an electrician but he is n't any good in the house . ’ |
| 12 | If he does cause a byelection , he will face the charge that he is not prepared to play by the rules laid down by the party conference . |
| 13 | He will use the Welsh Tory conference in Llangollen to dismiss the charge that he is not up to being Prime Minister . |
| 14 | Nor , said Thomas Gisborne in 1795 , must he himself disdain to borrow money at the appropriate moment if he is not to put his credit to real and serious hazard . |
| 15 | In fact , at common law , it is better for the seller if he is not fixed with actual knowledge of such contracts , since he is then more likely to escape liability for consequential loss suffered by the buyer if the seller 's default prevents the buyer from fulfilling his obligations under those contracts . |
| 16 | ‘ But there is no question of us risking him against Forest if he is not 100 per cent fit . |
| 17 | But you see you can say it 's the big brother and all this rubbish , but the fact remains that we three are paying the poll tax and he is not . |
| 18 | Peter Scudamore still has first call on Twiston-Davies ' string when he is not riding for Martin Pipe . |
| 19 | What is Major 's job when he is n't Prime Minister ? |
| 20 | This is indeed the case here , where the support of the infinitive is made explicit by the pronoun I. The fact that I is the subject of the verb want automatically situates it in time before the event go : the first person is involved in the actualization phase of want in the present but he is not yet represented as involved in going . |
| 21 | Apart from anything else , that 'll ensure the court that he is not tempted to be involved in any similar incident in the future with is girlfriend . |
| 22 | ‘ ( 1 ) Whether or not the Director of the Serious Fraud Office , in employing her powers under section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 in relation to a person under investigation who has been charged with an offence , is obliged by any principle of law , before asking any question or seeking any information in relation to that offence , to inform that person that he is not obliged to answer such questions , or provide such information , and , if so , by what principle of law . |
| 23 | If anyone shows deep concern that he is doubting in this way , it is a sure sign that he is not . |
| 24 | The club 's record signing is still trying to recover from a stomach muscle injury and coach Fox said yesterday : ‘ He trained on Thursday night but he is not ready yet . ’ |
| 25 | Now the medical association are taking the Argentinian , Miguel Pereira , to court because he is not authorised to practise in Chile , and the country 's flyweight champion and former world title challenger , Alli Galvez , has begun a hunger strike to defend his right to work . |
| 26 | According to his solicitor at the time Nicholas was ‘ bitterly disappointed with the verdict because he is not a violent man . ’ |
| 27 | I have to warn the Chancellor that there is a widespread belief that he is not at all likely to take the measures that might prove necessary if intervention is insufficient to stem severe downward pressure on sterling in the coming months . |
| 28 | Where , for example , a tenant covenants " to keep in repair the demised property and the windows , window frames , boilers and air conditioning plant " it might be successfully argued on his behalf that he is not liable to repair the doors because they were not mentioned in the catalogue . |
| 29 | The veteran Eire international is careful not to be drawn into a new slanging match with Ferguson — but one of those reasons must be to show the United manager that he is not a crippled has-been , better equipped propping up a bar than shoring up a defence at football 's highest level . |
| 30 | Kendall will come under increased pressure if he loses this fourth round replay and he is not prepared to keep faith with the players that failed him at Bramall Lane . |