Example sentences of "[pers pn] is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | His is not a dour presence , still less a melancholic one . |
| 2 | Although the passion-merchant , the soul man , is in pursuit of some sort of authenticity , a confirmation of his depth of feeling , his is not his own voice , is rather the convention , a tear-jerk reaction . |
| 3 | In other words his is not the sort of playing which grabs you by the scruff of the neck , but rather disarmingly makes the whole process of playing this hugely demanding music appear the most natural thing in the world . |
| 4 | His is not just a lovingly maintained and highly polished old car . |
| 5 | As Mehigan argues : ‘ [ t ] his is not a loop-hole but a sensible realisation that even if [ a ] company is the beneficiary of a deal then there must exist individuals who caused it to be so . ’ |
| 6 | His is not an isolated story — to this day many people report hearing or seeing a strange presence on the slopes of the mountain . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ There is no doubt that they have to consider the possibility of closing the fund , but his is not what they want to do . |
| 8 | His is not a bad life : I could take to it myself . ’ |
| 9 | His prize was three hundred pounds and the silver cup and let's hope his is not the last name to get engraved on the Tour of Cotswolds Trophy |
| 10 | This is similar to ‘ Futility ’ in the sense that Owen uses personal experience to get his message across but his is not so much about the pointlessness of war in general but is more focused on the individual soldier and the difference between death on the battlefield and death in your own town . |
| 11 | The Commissioner stressed right from the start that she is not an Ombudsman-it is not the task of her office to offer a conciliation or advisory service to help resolve disputes between a union and its members . |
| 12 | Bank and building society managers are supposed to be approachable : if yours is not then change to another branch . |
| 13 | Your conception of pains which are not yours is not a conception of something which is like your pain , since it hurts , but which is not one of yours . |
| 14 | Even if yours is not a beach holiday , you should n't need much . |
| 15 | I am here and this husband of yours is not . |
| 16 | Theirs is not an ideal shared by a generation raised on crude manifestations of pop culture , most conspicuously in this case , a brash attempt to seize control of our most internationally famous football club . |
| 17 | So , since theirs is not to reason why , they attack , with disastrous consequences . |
| 18 | Theirs is not an unhappy lot — even though they must contend with the customary appellation of " chicken dropping " . |
| 19 | Now , as far as the Catholics are concerned , I have to say I like the people very much but theirs is not a faith I could accept myself . |
| 20 | She is not , as he puts it , ‘ that sort ’ of woman . |
| 21 | She is not bitter , cynical , languid , or camp . |
| 22 | She is not , I think , a native of King 's Magnum Parva . ’ |
| 23 | Indeed she is not innocent in the least . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You will wake Widow MacIntosh — ‘ She is not here , you fool — she has gone off with the mob . ’ |
| 25 | Whatever the realities of Shirli-Ann 's situation , the broader truth is that she is not alone . |
| 26 | It 's all part of the drive that she believes , will take her to the top of her forthcoming profession and to that end , she is not prepared to put a time limit on her arrival . |
| 27 | She is not , however , always the fun-loving Columbine of Fokine 's Carnaval . |
| 28 | This movement is usually made more apparent because the head sinks into the shoulders and the hands come close to the body to protect it from some blow , curse or frightening event , e.g. Juliet 's movement after her father has demanded why she is not conforming to his wishes . |
| 29 | It emphasises that she is not the awful old termagant she has so far seemed to be . |
| 30 | She is not a member of the Communist Party . |