Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not against the use of antibiotics — as a Nurse I see many infections managed effectively by their use and have used antibiotics on other people 's fish many times . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not in the groove at all , ’ he muttered . |
| 3 | Take Ian Woosnam , who , if I turn my notebook back a week , I find saying such things as : ‘ I am not in the groove at all . |
| 4 | ‘ I am not in the mood to play games , ’ she said with false bravado . |
| 5 | ‘ I am not in the way of trafficking with Humans , but I know of the Gruagach , ’ said the Robemaker , standing very still . |
| 6 | When I am not in the room with it , he wrote , it no longer exists . |
| 7 | ‘ Lord above , Mr Aycliffe , I am not in the market for a husband , you know ! |
| 8 | ‘ I am not in the habit of holding discussions with half-naked men , ’ she said coldly . |
| 9 | I am not in the business of arguing with either . |
| 10 | Boss Denis Smith , after Saturday 's 3–0 win over BIRMINGHAM , said : ‘ I am not in the business of selling my best players . ’ |
| 11 | I am not in the business of calibrating the relative evil of the atrocities carried out by the IRA , but I am conscious that the events that we have just witnessed come in the train of the attack on the remembrance day ceremony in Enniskillen four years ago , when 13 civilians were killed , and of the proxy bomb a year ago , which killed a civilian who had been tied to the driver 's seat of his vehicle . |
| 12 | Alternating periods of flood and drought are not to the liking of any plant , certainly not to roses . |
| 13 | Chris Turner at Barclays de Zoete Wedd says : ‘ We are not at the bottom yet . |
| 14 | The CBI report on manufacturing , even in its narrow understated way , shows that we are not at the bottom . |
| 15 | If , however , there are always general substantive assumptions being made , which are not at the mercy of experience , because they govern the interpretations of experience , then the diagram is not a complete model of scientific method . |
| 16 | They are not at the cutting edge of Harvard Business Review ( HBR ) type networking but they are I suspect typical of many organizations . |
| 17 | ‘ You are not at the station now . ’ |
| 18 | We are not at the time of business , we are here to affirm the call ! |
| 19 | That is one of the options being considered , but presently they are not at the point where they can delegate projects . |
| 20 | Those trenches are not for the defence of London . ’ |
| 21 | Unless certain peaks are foreseen , the engagements offered are not for the day but for the full length of the " event " . |
| 22 | The Secretary of State 's proposals are not for the sake of better industrial relations but , for the sake of the worst prejudices of the Tory party . |
| 23 | If they are not on the goal-line five metres from the mark when the kick is taken and they then illegally prevent a try being scored the referee 's decision would be the award of a penalty try . |
| 24 | PEOPLE who help buy the homes they live in but whose names are not on the title deeds should be able to stop the legal owner selling over their heads , the Law Commission for England and Wales recommended yesterday . |
| 25 | Do we have enough information over , say , a single map sheet to be able to plot all the potential ley markers including those that are not on the map ? |
| 26 | Any other business allows matters to be raised which are not on the agenda . |
| 27 | They look upon people as an important resource so they actively involved the children in thinking about the future whereas children are not on the agenda in Britain . |
| 28 | ( 3 ) Further discussion of items from the minutes of the previous meeting is now permitted , provided that the items are not on the Agenda for the current meeting . |
| 29 | The facts are , aerobic classes are not on the syllabus , facilities for the disabled are highly commendable but not practical in premises where most classes are held in upstairs locations . |
| 30 | On the twenty seven part-time stations where the people are not on the station , they 're at home , they 're at work or elsewhere , each one carries a little alerter with them , erm tiny little gadget in his pocket , and by means of this erm radio communication I was talking about earlier , by pressing the right button for the appropriate station , er er it triggers off these alerters and the men respond to that call , come to the fire station , where the telephone is live waiting for them and the message is passed on that way . |