Example sentences of "not what [pers pn] [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still hammering away , the Institute has the satisfaction of knowing that it has at last brought home to the Ministry of Health , within whose purview this question comes , that things are not what they ought to be , and Dr Eichholz , who has just retired from the Chief Inspectorate of Special Schools , is at its request making a special enquiry . |
| 2 | Furthermore , they will know that such disturbances will force them to produce a level of output which is not the optimal one in the sense that it is not what they would in advance choose to produce at a price of P . |
| 3 | Powders are not what they used to be and today 's formulations wo n't clog , streak or look heavy , provided you apply them properly . |
| 4 | Still , things are not what they used to be . |
| 5 | It is one thing to assert that things are ‘ not what they used to be ’ and that this is part of the more ‘ general malaise ’ in society . |
| 6 | Things were not what they used to be , he lamented . |
| 7 | I am not what I ought to be , |
| 8 | But , praise God , I am not what I used to be , |
| 9 | At the same time he was prone to a feeling of guilt that his art was not what it ought to be . |
| 10 | ON FARM after farm around us the potato harvest is coming in — but the lifting of spuds is not what it used to be . |
| 11 | It is a great name , though some say the atmosphere at the ‘ Kempi ’ is not what it used to be . |
| 12 | Gerald Peach , sing secretary , said that , though it was not what it used to be , ‘ it is a tradition we are anxious to maintain ’ . |
| 13 | my acuity is not what it used to be |
| 14 | My intention was to arrive here during hours of daylight , but the charity of our road-users is not what it used to be . |
| 15 | Two fine , upstanding members of staff attend a Christmas party in the staff canteen , c.1971 — which just goes to show that Christmas in the National Library is not what it used to be ! |
| 16 | Its suspension is not what it used to be . |
| 17 | " Change is not what it used to be " ( Handy 1989 ) . |
| 18 | My eyesight is not what it used to be . |
| 19 | With KGB agents now giving interviews and writing their memoirs , spying is not what it used to be . |
| 20 | can put your finger on it though , it it 's like it 's not what it used to be . |
| 21 | No , it 's not what it used to be . |