Example sentences of "[be] not [adv] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately for IBM , its problems are not simply that it has too many staff . |
| 2 | The basic motivation of all research is the conviction that things are not just as they appear to be , but are examples of covert categories and relations of one sort or another . |
| 3 | If sweet reason and turning a blind eye are not enough and you feel you have to use some form of punishment , do so without excessive anger or physical force . |
| 4 | Democracy involves debate and discussion , but these are not enough if they remain inconclusive and ineffective in determining actual policies . |
| 5 | Given the distinction between primary and secondary qualities , such material things are not quite as they appear ; unlike their extension , their colour ( for example ) is nothing but an ability , stemming from their atomic or corpuscular constitution , to cause certain ideas in our minds . |
| 6 | ‘ Things are not always as they appear … ’ |
| 7 | At the beginning of the second scene of the third act Antony once again shows us that things are not always as they appear . |
| 8 | Like ‘ the Shadow ’ , this is in fiction an external force with physical effects of which sensitive characters like Legolas can be aware ; it appeals to a recognition of truth outside fiction , however , in its buried statements that clouds have silver linings , that fortune favours the brave , that even in reality things are not always as they seem . |
| 9 | I am very aware that things are not always as they seem in Japan . |
| 10 | ‘ The reason why so many of Britain 's 16 year olds continue to grasp regular jobs , when they are available , are not only because they prefer immediate earning to studying or training , though the pay is usually a distinct attraction . |
| 11 | ‘ We are not together because we happen to be two women , ’ says Sandra . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're not exactly as I imagined , ’ Estabrook replied . |
| 13 | So I rang , I rang him last night and , they 're not away and they 've erm he was able to tell me that it was exactly a hundred pounds . |
| 14 | Or you can go up that way , yes but I mean if you , you know , you can walk through to make sure you 're not there if you want , but you can go up , that 's the way |
| 15 | Because I 'm not here because I want to be , that 's why . |
| 16 | ‘ I hope I 'm not around when she learns about the alterations to the house . |
| 17 | Now there was an are n't somewhere that you had . |
| 18 | Lot of people are n't there and they have n't bothered to get a postal vote cos they 're on holiday or whatever you know . |
| 19 | Your rate of allowances are n't there because they go out of date so fast so I 've got an extra , you can have one of these each with the rate of allowances . |
| 20 | I know them council houses are n't usually but I mean I ca n't visualize how much land there is . |
| 21 | All we knew was that they were not there when we needed them , and we blamed them . |
| 22 | Things were not always as they appeared . |
| 23 | I suppose you were n't around and you realised too late what had happened . ’ |
| 24 | But wha when I was , you were n't around when we played them then were you ? |
| 25 | ‘ So how come you were n't here when we got back ? |
| 26 | Let me introduce you because you were n't here when we did the introductions , were you ? |
| 27 | cos there were only you and Marion were n't there and we knew somebody else would be kicked out . |
| 28 | " The boy ; they were n't there when we went in nor were they around on the two occasions I checked the street , not were they there when I accompanied the doctor to the cab . " |
| 29 | And er she says , sh she said you came round the corner too quick , you were n't there when I looked in the mirror ! |
| 30 | They were n't there when I opened it . |