Example sentences of "a [noun] [pers pn] is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such a case it is not caught by s. 22 unless it is by itself a contract for sale [ of land ] … |
| 2 | To a Masai it is not a good site . |
| 3 | She looked at him , half-sly , half-pleading , like a child who wants a present it is not entitled to . |
| 4 | As a result she is not allowed by her mother to supplement the family income by helping her in the fields , since to be seen doing it would mean she had become an illiterate villager again . |
| 5 | As a result it is not unusual to see people doing things which increase the risk of serious damage if things go wrong . |
| 6 | As a result it is not worth discussing them fully here . |
| 7 | She is being asked to bear adult responsibilities but , because she is a child she is not , at the same time , granted any of the privileges of adulthood . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a pity he is not a bit more French . ’ |
| 9 | I am reminded of a line in Tony Kushner 's play Angels in America , " as a monolith it is not unimpressive . " |
| 10 | Generally she finds only support from male paddlers to her on the water though when there is a separate ladies ' event at a rodeo it is not always taken seriously . |
| 11 | She could n't find her handkerchief and said what a nuisance it is not to have pockets in frocks . |
| 12 | Readers will appreciate that even if a combination of Sgt Bilko and the Roux Brothers was running the Cookhouse , with only £1.43 to feed an adult with three meals a day it is not possible to challenge the Savoy Grill . |
| 13 | In terms of the performance of the economy as a whole it is not entirely clear what the impact of regional disparities is , though it seems plausible that congestion in the south east and the under-utilisation of resources elsewhere represent a net loss to the economy overall . |
| 14 | In such a society it is not " done " to admit to taking religion seriously . |
| 15 | For , when a polarizing region is grafted on to the anterior margin of a bud it is not only the cartilaginous elements that form a mirror-image duplicate but the muscles and tendons are also duplicated . |
| 16 | In a way it is not a message at all . |
| 17 | In Land and Rose 's ( 1985 ) evocative phrase , altruism is ‘ compulsory ’ for women in a way it is not for men . |
| 18 | When an image an ordinary magnifying glass forms on a screen it is not perfectly sharp all over , no matter how the focus is adjusted . |
| 19 | This example requires a large table ; if there is not room in primary storage for such a table it is not possible to handle the file as a self-indexing file , and a different method of addressing must be used . |
| 20 | Since lexicographers can only proof single entries at a time it is not envisaged that providing this space will cause a problem . |