Example sentences of "[is] not [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing primordial about Italianness , just as there is not about the South Africanness of the ANC . |
| 2 | this joke is not about the colour of skin , the fat and the thin |
| 3 | It is not about the promotion of one particular kind of experience over another , for this only creates the kinds of divisions so obvious in the political and religious systems of today . |
| 4 | Moore insists that the statement that good is indefinable is not about the word ‘ good ’ but about the notion or object it denotes . |
| 5 | It is not about the behaviour of individual members of the Royal Family . |
| 6 | His latest book , written in 1990 , is not about the aftermath of the disaster as its English subtitle suggests . |
| 7 | WH : ‘ Our track ‘ Eastenders ’ is not about the TV show , it 's about … |
| 8 | Management in particular is not about the preservation of the status quo , it is about maintaining the highest rate of change that the organization and the people within it can stand . |
| 9 | Khomeini is reputed to have told his followers : ‘ The revolution is not about the price of watermelons . ’ |
| 10 | The struggle here is not about the implementation of democracy , but the upholding of democracy . |
| 11 | But a general election is not about the future of a single party . |
| 12 | Michael Clark , first secretary at the Canadian High Commission in London , admits to being " horrified " by some of the logging practices he has seen and says that the dispute between his government and the campaigners is not about the importance of conserving ancient forest but about how much of it should be conserved . |
| 13 | Although it is not beyond the ingenuity of the vigneron to protect his vineyards from such isolated hazards , in fact little can be done which would be economically viable . |
| 14 | Reflective thinking is not beyond the capacity of any but the most severely mentally retarded . |
| 15 | Surely it is not beyond the wit of man to devise laws with suitable safeguards so that legalised euthanasia is not abused . |
| 16 | It is not beyond the wit of man to introduce a weighting system to deal with local variations . |
| 17 | Otherwise you could be changing status now only to change back again very shortly and it is not worth the upheaval for what would only be a marginal difference . ’ |
| 18 | Even heads who do not share this cartel mentality may find that aggressive expansion is not worth the candle . |
| 19 | With roses that are normally grown on their own roots , propagating your own by cuttings is quite feasible , but with H.T.s , many Floribundas and those which are budded and grafted , apart from the fun it is not worth the trouble . |
| 20 | Hector believes that ‘ She is not worth the holding ’ , and , ‘ T is mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god ’ ; But Troilus counters with the statement : |
| 21 | Perhaps the straining of language is not worth the effort . |
| 22 | The economic gain from foreign contracts is not worth the risk to national property . |
| 23 | Chief Trading Standards Officer Ken Wardale said : ‘ Our local traders have got the message that selling fireworks to young children is not worth the risk of prosecution . |
| 24 | ‘ Without the money to pay for your promises , your manifesto is not worth the paper it is written on , ’ said Mr Lamont . |
| 25 | A MINISTERIAL assurance of Government cash to extend two Darlington schools is not worth the paper it is written on , Labour 's education spokeswoman , Hilary Armstrong , claimed yesterday . |
| 26 | it is not worth the salesperson 's time to let the buyer finish . |
| 27 | If that is not over the score I do not know what is . |
| 28 | see a vehicle that you you recognize is not off the patch , they 'll they 'll radio it through to the base , to our base . |
| 29 | ‘ But when you look at the legislation , which has been in many ways draconian for the situation which exists today , you have great difficulty in saying who is and who is not under the age of 16 . |
| 30 | From the teaching point of view , it is worth noting that Thomas is not under the pressure that children normally face in school of having to get their first thoughts down on paper in a finished , final form . |