Example sentences of "[not/n't] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | MARTIN EDWARDS has not been the only man in Manchester trying to sell something of a sporting nature . |
| 2 | In many agricultural projects this has not been the case . |
| 3 | There are many projects where farmers have seen potential benefits from a project , but where these have not been the same as those anticipated by the project designers . |
| 4 | The football authorities have not been the only ones to agonize over the impact of television on sport . |
| 5 | The history of computer graphics in film production has not been the smoothest . |
| 6 | Revolutionary changes in weapon technology had not been the only reason for the reimposition of the Ten-Year Rule . |
| 7 | The SD station at Kitzingen in Lower Franconia , for example , which in its special report directly on the speech had declared that ‘ the rumours about the Führer are presumably disposed of ’ mentioned in its regular report a few days later that some workers had been heard saying that , from the speed and tone of voice , it had not been the Führer himself , but a substitute who had spoken , and Hitler himself had suffered such a shock from Stalingrad that he had to be kept under closely guarded house arrest on the Obersalzberg . |
| 8 | But then , of course , it had not been the CIA in charge of ‘ the show ’ . |
| 9 | Some thought the scandal might have done better , in terms of audience ratings , if the name had not been the leaden ‘ Iran-contra affair ’ but something with panache , cloak-and-dagger stuff . |
| 10 | The problem has not been the product — as the marketing men might describe Mr Major — but the packaging . |
| 11 | IT HAS not been the best of weeks for managers , a thought with which Graham Souness might agree . |
| 12 | It has demonstrated impressive institutional continuity ; it has not been the subject of serious attacks by the executive . |
| 13 | The move has not been the trauma either had expected . |
| 14 | Though there is a case to be made for its use as an educational medium — and the BBC 's contribution to the Open University at Milton Keynes has been considerable , if politically questionable , and will continue despite the closure of their studios in a fine example of accountant 's false logic — this has not been the main area of impact . |
| 15 | Yet this has not been the only old law turned to by the police . |
| 16 | Yet in Japan this has not been the only reason for being able to use less energy to do the same job . |
| 17 | This has not been the case with the LDDC , where a very extensive regenerative programme has characterized the corporation 's activities in an area of about 5,000 acres downstream of Tower Bridge ( see Figure 3 , p. xiii ) . |
| 18 | His uncle had not been the same since Emily died . |
| 19 | In recent years the Employment Department and the Department of Trade and Industry have been responsible for appropriate interventions but they have been more of a fire fighting nature than a sustained development of policy and role — which in any case , has not been the way government departments have tended to behave since they are organised to implement government policy in the immediate rather than long term . |
| 20 | If this had not been the case , we would have had serious reservations about participation . |
| 21 | This has certainly not been the case . |
| 22 | The University has not been the Wills family 's only educational project . |
| 23 | It 's not been the best of years so far for Jimmy White , who was dubbed the bridesmaid of snooker after losing his fourth world championship final in May . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , we have seen earlier that homeothermy is a form of temperature regulation in tachymetabolic creatures , and imprecision in terminology has not been the prerogative solely of Bakker . |
| 25 | In 1992 that has not been the case , and I ca n't really tell you why . |
| 26 | Thus , in France it seems that the general beneficiary of attempts by politicians or organs of the mainstream right to appear restrictionist on immigration has as often as not been the FN . |
| 27 | The starting point of this skill-mix review has not been the needs of the community but the need to make cuts in the service . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It was probably the most painful experience I have ever had , going back through this life , this long life , which has not been the tranquil , easy existence people assume it to be . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I have not been the same since the assault , ’ the 20-year-old student said at her flat near Hanover , where she is continuing her biology degree course . |
| 30 | He suggested the striker was lacking in desire , suggesting he had gone missing during the game against United , and saying he had not been the same since playing for England against Turkey a fortnight ago . |