Example sentences of "[is] not [art] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not a mere means to X + Y , since it is a part of it , but still the 90 degrees of value are not its value . |
| 2 | While landfill and dumping abroad is not a viable means of disposing of hazardous waste , neither can incineration solve the problem . |
| 3 | As the Bishop underlines , the dark moth is not a new species . |
| 4 | Contrary to some reports , Test cricket is still flourishing in India and it is a great pity that this is not a five-Test series instead of three . |
| 5 | That is because a winding-up petition is not a legitimate means of seeking to enforce payment of a debt which is bona fide disputed . |
| 6 | However , they know that your Company is not a lame duck , but widely described as one of the best managed in the industry . |
| 7 | Presuming guilt is not a selective means of convicting the guilty with more certainty . |
| 8 | Once coloured up , this is truly an attractively marked eel ( although it is not a true eel ) , the dark , glossy tan brown being irregularly mottled from head to tail with black blotches . |
| 9 | It is not a difficult species to maintain : it should do well enough in your tapwater at a temperature of about 78–80°F . |
| 10 | A. I am not familiar with the Blue Chinese Carp as it is not a listed fish . |
| 11 | We 're told that it is not a commercial fish to breed in large numbers and that it is species more suited for the specialist or advanced hobbyist . |
| 12 | Extensive control is not the only means of obtaining effort . |
| 13 | However , physical fighting is not the only means by which males compete with each other . |
| 14 | Only in one respect is a consideration of their characteristics illuminating , in emphasizing the fact that the state is not the only means by which the cohesion of a society is assured , and so giving some support to those liberal pluralist theories which treat the state as one association among others , and not always the most important . |
| 15 | Subjecting applicants or employees to medical examinations is not the only means that employers have used to screen out disabled employees . |
| 16 | The making of a takeover offer is not the only means of obtaining control of a company . |
| 17 | Is not the extra £3.6 million further evidence of the Government 's clear commitment to fighting crime ? |
| 18 | The austerity of the positivist programme may at first sight seem highly scientific , with its rigid adherence to what can be measured and its banishing of all that is not the immediate fruit of experience . |
| 19 | Confusion arose because Roding described a whelk under the name of Nucella lapillus which is not the same species as ( or even closely related to ) Buccinum lap ii/us L. Several people have accordingly considered the name Nucella Roding to be inapplicable to the common dog-whelk , either as a genus or sub-genus , and they place the animal in Thais Roding . |
| 20 | Haunted by the fear that perhaps man is not the superior species , we seek salvation and find it because the animal kingdom is presented to us as a world of such wonder and magical beauty that we can believe in God 's kingdom and therefore our divine right to rule . |
| 21 | A GOVERNMENT is not an old pair of socks that you throw out . |
| 22 | A. The Green Terror , or Aeguidens rivulatus , is a South American species , but unlike most of those we keep in our tanks it is not an Amazonian fish and comes from more neutral waters . |
| 23 | Because of this , CDTV is not an ideal multimedia platform . |
| 24 | Of course he knew he would hang for the offence , but he also knew that humanity is not an endangered species , and reckoned therefore that twenty-seven ( did you say twenty-eight ? ) |
| 25 | Cos they 're not it 's not a cheap pair is it ? |
| 26 | There 's not a young trout in the place , no perch for our palate , no beautiful freshwater salmon which we agreed was best of all — except for char , of course , the speciality of the neighbourhood , but , as we knew , unlikely to be so lucky . |
| 27 | He 's not a hundred percent , Douglas , never has been , do you take my drift . |
| 28 | Well it 's not it 's not a hundred percent but this is how I 'm gon na be I think . |
| 29 | See , it 's not a bad fish to eat actually , mackerel . |
| 30 | It 's not an easy fish to track down . |