Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] be not [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the day when I was wilting with heat my feet were not in the least sweaty , but I would have liked more support — I thought it barely adequate except for lowland walking . |
| 2 | ‘ I have a feeling , ’ said Lydia , ‘ and my feelings are not to be lightly disregarded . ’ |
| 3 | You might say –Why bother , my arms are n't of equal length anyway– . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , I know my friends are n't on a high intellectual plane like yours ! |
| 5 | My dear , my thoughts are not worth sharing just now . |
| 6 | Yet Owen , Roff and their contemporaries were not at this point working as real headhunters in the American sense of the word . |
| 7 | Creative activity , if its meanings are not to be wholly absorbed within the status quo , must be understandable , for Hewison , as confrontational activity . |
| 8 | But the policies of the Conservative government since 1979 have changed the nature of the debate in that equality in any of its forms is not to be pursued ; it is not only unachievable but also undesirable . |
| 9 | Her reasons are not to be and were not dismissed lightly , but during the hearing the situation changed dramatically . |
| 10 | Naturally there were protests from some ILEA teachers of languages , history , geography , home economics and physical education that their subjects were not to be made compulsory in the fourth and fifth years : such subjects , it was held , were thereby accorded a lower status . |
| 11 | Her armchair already felt unfamiliar because her spectacles were not in their place beside it ; there were no files waiting for attention , no newspapers , even the armchair itself felt different . |
| 12 | Uncharacteristically , Eva got to the platform only to find that her spectacles were not in her handbag . |
| 13 | Its functions were not at first regarded by the courts with much enthusiasm . |
| 14 | But their lives were not without hazards . |
| 15 | Therefore the details of their origins are not of paramount importance . |
| 16 | But their parents were not of European origin . |
| 17 | Christmas dinner for the Bradfords and their guests was not until six o'clock . |
| 18 | But their hearts are n't in it . |
| 19 | ‘ In the 19th century , a series of cases forced upon the Commons and courts a comprehensive review of the issues which divided them , from which it became clear that some of the earlier claims to jurisdiction made in the name of privilege by the House of Commons were untenable in a court of law : that the law of Parliament was part of the general law , that its principles were not beyond the judicial knowledge of the judges , and that it was the duty of the common law to define its limits could no longer be disputed . |
| 20 | Customs have set new guidelines and anyone bringing in more will be asked to confirm that their goods are not for reselling . |
| 21 | Even when the first owners were crushed and dead , their things were not for you . |
| 22 | When Jack had spent the night in friends ' houses after a match he realised that their mothers were not like this . |
| 23 | A pity , in a way , that the dancing would be merely metaphorical : this was a house large enough to accommodate dancing , but their friends were not of the dancing classes , would gaze in astonishment , alarm , sophisticated horror , intellectual condemnation , at dancing in a private house … another year , perhaps , for the dancing . |
| 24 | Its teachers are not like travelling philosophers : they are co-operating labourers in God 's vineyard , and one plants while another waters , but God is the only one who can make anything grow ( 3:6 ) . |
| 25 | Their hands are not inside each other 's clothes |
| 26 | Erm , perhaps it will be Mr 's policy to impune all district auditors that their findings are not worth erm , troubling with . |
| 27 | It may be thought that the highest-scoring universities in this list attract a higher than average proportion of indigenous students with local area research interests , but examination of the names of thesis authors from Strathclyde and Dundee universities , and confirmatory personal communications with the relevant departments , suggest that many of their students are not of local origin , but have come to the universities from overseas . |
| 28 | Mind-boggling through the prospect was , the opportunity to visit artists and see work in their studios was not to be missed . |
| 29 | It will be hard on nurses , teachers and low-paid workers but at least their jobs are not at risk . |
| 30 | The position is summarised in Rex v. Bishop of Chester , 1 W.Bl. 22 , 25 , by Lee C.J. : ‘ Certainly , if a visitor is in his jurisdiction his acts are not to be inquired into ; if out of it , his acts are void . ’ |