Example sentences of "[is] [prep] [adj] [noun] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lesson to be learned is for Simple Minds not to let the sheer size and conflicting visions of the 50 States overwhelm them . |
| 2 | Local scepticism maintains that , even if knowledge is possible elsewhere , it is for special reasons not available in this or that selected area . |
| 3 | ‘ Yer never used to be like that till they came wi' their hot water and their olive oil — oil 's fer boilin' people not for washin' in . ’ |
| 4 | Er and that 's of agricultural land not of all land in the county , so the proportion of the total land would be less than that . |
| 5 | That is a product of the present lack of interest in the construction industry which the Minister must address , because the skills shortage is of crucial concern not only to those in the industry but to Britain , because we must invest in training in the 1990s if we are to survive . |
| 6 | The decision of the House of Lords in Vestey v IRC ( No 2 ) [ 1979 ] 3 All ER 976 is of considerable importance not only in attempting to interpret TA 1970 , s478 ( now TA 1988 , s739 ) but also with regard to the constitutional questions raised concerning extra-statutory concessions . |
| 7 | The evolution of human ego-structures is of immense significance not only for psychoanalytic ego-psychology but also for the principal subject of this book : namely , the psychopathology of our times and its relation to the cultural , economic and psychological evolution of our species . |
| 8 | To teachers , it is of particular interest not only because it provides a model which might be applied with modifications to discourse in general , but also because the discourse type it chose to analyse was school lessons . |
| 9 | Here , the influence is from Ancient Rome not Normandy or Byzantium . |
| 10 | ( 1 ) A licensing board shall not refuse to grant a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 2 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the premises to which an application relates are not fit and convenient for the purposes of the canteen ; or ( c ) in a case where objection has been made to the situation of the canteen , on the ground specified in the objection ; or ( d ) that the applicant or body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement limiting the sources from which the alcoholic liquor or the mineral waters to be sold in the canteen may be obtained ; but nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensing board from specifying in the licence granted by it the types of liquor ( including if the board thinks fit types of liquor other than those in respect of which the application for the licence was made ) which may be sold under the licence , and the holder of the licence or his employee or agent shall be guilty of an offence , if he sells alcoholic liquor of a type other than that specified in the licence . |
| 11 | ( 3 ) A licensing board shall not refuse an application for the renewal of a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 4 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the manager is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to be the holder of a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the rules as to the persons entitled to use the canteen have not been observed or that the canteen has in other respects been improperly conducted ; or ( c ) that the manager or the body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement of the kind mentioned in paragraph ( d ) of section 41(1) of this Act . |
| 12 | ( 2 ) A transfer of a licence under this Part of this Act shall not be refused except on the ground that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act . |