Example sentences of "is [not/n't] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fucking ’ is not a four-letter word . |
| 2 | The casual labour force in the hotels and catering industry is not a homogeneous one . |
| 3 | In small businesses like a grocery shop , a newsagent or a small restaurant most of the workers recruited are invariably speakers of the same community language , and where it is not a homogeneous linguistic group , there is a common language , a linguafranca which is not English but Hindi-Urdu ( among the South Asians ) . |
| 4 | In pattern masking , the stimulus which follows the briefly presented target is not a homogeneous field , but itself contains contours , for example , a randomly arranged collection of fragments of straight lines and curves . |
| 5 | The main difficulty is that the non-business sector is not a homogeneous group of organizations . |
| 6 | Lawrence added : ‘ Peake is not a spectacular player . |
| 7 | ‘ Small Agricultural Tractor ’ — unladen weight not more than 2550 kg may be driven in the course of agricultural operations on any road which is not a restricted road or on any road ( other than a Special Road ) while taking or going to and from a driving test . |
| 8 | It is not a prepossessing start , as the following example from my past experience as a social worker suggests . |
| 9 | The speech is not a lamenting ‘ downer ’ , it 's full of irony , humour and compassion and honest indignation . |
| 10 | Chua is not a front-line player but Parke 's 9-0 , 9-5 , 9-5 victory signalled the launching of a new ‘ star ’ . |
| 11 | Mrs Thatcher has been advised that a complete ban on strikes is not a practical proposition and may entail a high degree of political risk . |
| 12 | It might be argued that this device , although an ingenious reference to the converted barn 's former purpose , is not a practical feature in a dwelling because even double-glazing will not prevent the excessive heat loss and cold radiation caused by such large windows . |
| 13 | If this is not a practical reality , then any effort to counter discrimination against older consumes must come from the other side of the fence ; from manufactures of user-friendly products , from retailers in the way they present goods for sale , and from those who are responsible for creating the environment in which shops trade . |
| 14 | However , this is not a practical circuit and , although simple , would be difficult to control . |
| 15 | An agency such as the hon. Gentleman suggests would do little more than we are already doing unless it were funded and empowered to make grants and loans which , as he will realise , is not a practical suggestion , because it would mean singling out a particular sector of British industry . |
| 16 | The production of a new horticultural journal is not a practical proposition but we feel that we could and should develop links with commercial journals , and that assistance with the preparation of copy for publication should be available . |
| 17 | A Court Scheme is not a practical option where one or more competitive bids may be made . |
| 18 | This is not a practical way to run a paper and pencil address book because it 's not possible to turn directly to the 3423rd character in a book , and the saving in space would not be worth the tedium involved . |
| 19 | ‘ This is not a one-night stand , ’ says Jim Wynalek , director of the company 's electronics division . |
| 20 | Just as History involved the legitimation as knowledge of certain forms of political power , so the production of the subject by the human sciences as an object of knowledge also enabled a new form of political control : ‘ The individual is not a pre-given entity which is seized on by the exercise of power . |
| 21 | Its distance is 130 light-years , so that Aldebaran is not a genuine member ; it merely happens to lie in between the Hyades and ourselves . |
| 22 | The Greater Peterborough TEC says : ’ Within the Youth Training programme we have about 150 young people actively seeking a place for training who at the moment have not been given an offer the fundamental problem is that the unit cost on which the funds are allocated being for this programme are too low we would hope that more money will be available to meet the guarantee because again , it is not a genuine guarantee , it is a demand-led guarantee and if we are funded on the basis of historical take-up this is bound to change when the economic climate changes , as has been experienced recently . |
| 23 | ‘ I believe this is the only country in which there has been a national acknowledgment of God 's directing Providence in the cholera , and I believe it is not a mere outward form but that more and more are becoming every day religious . ’ |
| 24 | Tagore wrote of this poem — ‘ The feeling that man is not a mere casual visitor at the palace-gate of the world , but the invited guest whose presence is needed to give the royal banquet its sole meaning , is not confined to any particular sect in India . |
| 25 | He was moved to do this because of the feeling that this is not a mere river but the Lord 's compassion flowing before us . |
| 26 | It is not a mere reflection of it ; the media do not simply report the world for us in any ‘ neutral ’ or ‘ objective ’ sense , they interpret the world for us . |
| 27 | It is not a mere means to X + Y , since it is a part of it , but still the 90 degrees of value are not its value . |
| 28 | It is not a mere matter of citizenship ; it is a birthright and a shared inheritance . |
| 29 | This is not a mere constructive tenancy as that was . |
| 30 | Enlightened Despotism is not a mere figment of the historian 's imagination . |