Example sentences of "[noun sg] be not [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicky 's conversion to Christianity shows that we do n't necessarily need to be clever and learned to find God — religion is not like finding out about astronomy or physics . |
| 2 | Going up one flight of stairs to visit the lavatory is not worth recording as exercise for the average person ! |
| 3 | ‘ BUT MY CAR 'S NOT WORTH STEALING ’ |
| 4 | Consequently , in distinguishing higher education and research , nothing said here will imply that research is not worth conducting or supporting . |
| 5 | This book is meant for people who live alone , so this chapter is not about sharing your living accommodation permanently , but temporarily : perhaps with a pet , which will last as long as their lifetime , perhaps with a guest or a short-term lodger . |
| 6 | One of the accusations used and levelled against er against Christianity against the , the evangelical message , against things like the , the mission of Graham and , and others is that it , it does n't meet the needs the , the material needs of people but if you deal with the persons spiritual needs , if their sins are forgiven , those problems that are causing the material problem , it 's amazing how there are dealt with as well , the best way to sober up a person , the best way to deal with a person who 's an alcoholic , the best way to deal with a person who is a drug addict , the best way to deal with a person who , who commits adultery is not by telling them the wrongs of those things , it 's not by trying to , to , to do , to , to , you know , to , to counsel them it 's presenting the gospel allowing Jesus Christ to come into their lives and to forgive them , that will make the person sober quicker than all the counselling in the world and Paul says I brought you the most important the fundamental thing , that Christ died for our sins Paul again when he 's writing to the Romans in chapter five and verse eight he says but God demonstrates his own love towards us , in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us so God did in Jesus Christ what we could n't do for ourselves , so all of you have sin , so all of my sin , and he came and he died on the cross and as he was dying there was that transmit there , for he was n't dying for his own sin buy he was dying for your sin and for mine , it was all piled on him and so when we except what Christ has done , when we come to that place and yes I believe that you died for me , |
| 7 | Going into the light is not like going into the street . |
| 8 | Council leader Eric Bramfitt said : ‘ Our submission is not about modernising houses and giving everything else a clean lick of paint . |
| 9 | Yet his work is not without redeeming features . |
| 10 | The implication is that sovereignty is not worth having , since we are totally constrained by what the Germans do anyway . |
| 11 | Local management is not about scrimping and saving to allow major savings at the end of the financial year , but the spending of monies to meet sensible educational demands . |
| 12 | This lady 's not for shouting down . ’ |
| 13 | The Lady 's Not For Burning by Christopher Fry was to be directed by John Gielgud at the Globe in May 1949 and Richard auditioned for the ‘ orphaned clerk ’ . |
| 14 | He was shaking with nerves when he did the most critical audition of his career — for John Gielgud and The Lady 's Not For Burning — and yet he forced himself through it . |
| 15 | He had been across to New York with The Lady 's Not For Burning , just before the Stratford season . |
| 16 | At the 1 980 Tory Party Conference she pronounced stubbornly that ‘ the lady 's not for turning ’ . |
| 17 | Statements such as ‘ The Lady 's not for turning ’ and ‘ Are we going to go back ? |
| 18 | The lady 's not for returning |
| 19 | ‘ They are two different issues , ’ he says , ‘ The new test is not about measuring the child against the curriculum . |
| 20 | Inadequately treated wood is not worth bothering with : the retaining walls are too fundamental to the design and structure to take any risks . |
| 21 | Kennedy might thus have decided that the question was not worth pursuing had it not been for British persistence and Foreign Office assessments which suggested that the Soviets themselves hoped that an agreement of some kind might result . |
| 22 | His group are not for listening , they 're for telling people . |
| 23 | The means of escaping poverty are not worth pursuing by a woman who genuinely wishes to be happy . |
| 24 | Keeping a pet is not like owning a video , though , a pet is not just something that is there for your entertainment , it is something that you have to care for . |
| 25 | this joke is not about laughing at your own jokes |
| 26 | Then they beat him with the pipes once again , but when they realized that he had managed to keep his secrets from them , that this small Englishman was not for talking , they turned on him in their fury and kicked and beat him until they feared they had killed him . |
| 27 | She stood over a great , three-legged cooking pot , but the stew she was pounding with a pole was not for eating : it was the monthly wash . |
| 28 | This kick is not worth covering in detail since it invariably comes in low and catches the opponent in the groin , and thus rarely scores . |
| 29 | For if left cultural criticism is not about changing the world , in some small but not insignificant way , then what is it about ? |
| 30 | If the directives were to be criticised , it would have to be on the basis that any use of the power would damage the reputation of the British broadcasting authorities for independence and that that price was not worth paying for so small an effect . |