Example sentences of "that the [noun pl] [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look how much better the Lilliputians do it ’ , is a tempting cry , but the more one looks into it the more one finds that the Lilliputians are n't a fair comparison with us : they have n't got our antiquated industries … our legal system ; and they are less than six inches tall . |
| 2 | My days can involve patrolling the island to make sure that people are observing the rules and that the birds are n't being disturbed either on the land or from the sea . |
| 3 | The most common complaint , however , was that the projects were n't working ; results had n't turned out as hoped , essential equipment had proved faulty ( or in some eases had n't arrived ) and students were left writing up why their project had n't worked out . |
| 4 | I just wanted to make the point that the rules are n't everything … it 's an attitude . |
| 5 | It turned out that the U-boats were n't the only menace : one ship in the convoy struck a small iceberg . |
| 6 | I think I knew early on that the musicians were n't very interesting , but I was . |
| 7 | And you will remember , wo n't you , that the railings are n't really safe ? ’ |
| 8 | Although Clint 's organ is low in the mix there 's a real energy to the band tonight , a power that destroys the idea that the Inspirals are n't a great live band , which has been lingering in my mind since LA . |
| 9 | There 's something else the children were convinced that the goblets were n't actually clay , the goblets that were on the erm , the table as opposed |
| 10 | erm I 'm not someone who 's for , for example , erm positive discrimination where that means choosing a woman when there 's a better man erm and I think that erm although some feminists do , certainly it 's not a necessary condition of being a feminist , and I certainly do n't , and I think that if John Major erm sincerely looked at all the women who could have been in his cabinet , and sincerely judged their abilities erm compared to the men who were available , erm and decided that the women were n't ready , then I think that 's , that 's a possible position . |
| 11 | However I found that the bellends were n't especially spacious but the larger 300 and 400 Odyssey tents both have extended bells . |
| 12 | But Ron 's keen that the chicks are n't the only lovebirds in his house . |
| 13 | Strange , she thought crossly , that the Copenhageners were n't all wearing ankle bandages , but then they 'd been born to the decorative but tricky pavements and attuned their footwear accordingly . |
| 14 | TAIWAN are likely to be the cannon-fodder of the pool , although their national side 's rapid development programme , modelled on the New Zealand forward technique , should have trickled down to the students , ensuring that the defeats are n't too heavy . |
| 15 | A few states conduct population estimates , but the lack of a consistent downward trend in the number of pelts harvested is taken to indicate that the populations are n't overexploited . |
| 16 | and the a the idea of of erm the butch woman in dungarees , as being the feminist , erm and the women that burnt her bra or whatever was a feminist of the seventies , but it does n't mean to say that the ideas are n't still there , and I still want to be treated as an equal , but I do , I do n't see that I should change the way that I dress or the way that that I want to act |
| 17 | But it would be even worse to fudge the issue by trying to persuade the client that the needs are n't really there ! |
| 18 | You can make sure that the condoms are n't ‘ old stock ’ by checking the sell-by date , and store them away from hot or damp places . |
| 19 | On a practical point I noticed that the colours were n't as bright on the low radiation monitors that I used . |
| 20 | ‘ I admit , sir , that the alternatives are n't all that attractive . |
| 21 | The children say that the snakes are n't as slimey as they thought they 'd be . |
| 22 | Jose explained that the scissors were n't for pruning the tree , cos that would just make it stronger . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the lyrics are the only thing which spoil the flavour , rambling on without saying much , and ‘ Apple Green ’ is proof that the Brothers are n't a spent force just yet . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , the lyrics are the only thing which spoil the flavour , rambling on without saying much , and ‘ Apple Green ’ is proof that the Brothers are n't a spent force just yet . |
| 25 | I step away from the front door into the floodlight and realise that the dogs are n't round the back . |
| 26 | The first was that the lads were n't allowed to move freely within the prison ; another was the size of the cells , in which the lads spend about 11 hours each day . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the over-riding impression is that The Wishplants are n't about to be manipulated . |
| 28 | Now you also have to realize that the foreigners are n't like the ones you 've heard about either . |
| 29 | Since most tables are also used for dumping , leave space so that the arrangements are n't continually being disturbed . |
| 30 | If the comb is n't level , it may be because you did n't put it in symmetrically , or that the weights are n't positioned symmetrically , or it 's caught on the ribber , or you tied the end of the yarn to the clamp when you started . |