Example sentences of "[be] not exactly a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irish singles champions from the NIBA are not exactly a dime a dozen . |
| 2 | You 're not exactly a young lad any more so you 've got to pull your socks up . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , you 're not exactly a mental-health testimonial , Dreamer . |
| 4 | Lucy will soon learn that you 're not exactly a ladies ’ man . |
| 5 | But I 'm not exactly a chicken any more , dear . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not exactly a man of action — that kind of action . |
| 7 | I 'm not exactly a policeman , but I do belong to the Police Liaison Group under Sir Edmund Pusey , and I 'm very much concerned with police work . |
| 8 | I 'm not exactly a gibbering wreck , am I ? ’ |
| 9 | Kevin ‘ I 'm not exactly a pauper ’ Keegan intends to do things in style at Newcastle United . |
| 10 | At £5 per quarter , this rarity is not exactly a budget snack , but with a focaccia still warm from the oven and accompanied by a few herb-steeped olives , it could be the most extraordinary sandwich you ever eat . |
| 11 | AZEGLIO VICINI is not exactly a typical Italian , even less is he a typical Italian national team manager . |
| 12 | AZEGLIO VICINI is not exactly a typical Italian , even less is he a typical Italian national team manager . |
| 13 | It may be some comfort to know that short-termism is not exactly a new concern . |
| 14 | ( Dec 22-Jan 20 ) The planetary heavyweights — Saturn , Neptune and Uranus — are still passing through your own birth sign and when all things are said and done , life — as any self-respecting Capricorn will readily admit — is not exactly a barrel of laughs at the moment . |
| 15 | A gift shop , a snack bar and a petrol station is not exactly a model , thriving Highland community , and the disquieting feeling that these places now exist only to empty the contents of your wallet if you so much as slow down is not a pleasant one . |
| 16 | At around £800 , it is not exactly a snip — particularly as it has been worn before . |
| 17 | Knoydart is not exactly a no-go area but should be entered with caution . |
| 18 | Collaboration is not exactly a new idea . |
| 19 | What is needed is not exactly a particular type of condition specified before the present occasion , but a slightly different one , which did indeed obtain previously when the wipers started . |
| 20 | Yet for most people their MP is not exactly a conspicuous person . |
| 21 | The revised clause is not exactly a paraphrase of the original one , since it implies something more : the old man was not just insensitive to his elder son 's feelings , but was so insensitive as to be possibly unaware of them . |
| 22 | The reverse tends to be the case with Ventura which is both extremely complex as a program and is further hampered by a user interface that is not exactly a model of the way things happen in the real world . |
| 23 | And yer occupation of wood preservation consultant is not exactly a description he comes across every day . ’ |
| 24 | This is not exactly a character that springs to mind watching her at the Queen Vic jumping into the sack with her husband 's brother . |
| 25 | Directors ' personal liability for the errors and omissions of their companies is not exactly a new problem . |
| 26 | ‘ However , ‘ normal ’ is not exactly a word that fits you , so we will let that one go . ’ |
| 27 | Now , violence is not exactly a new phenomenon in society , is it ? |
| 28 | It is not exactly an auspicious start ! |
| 29 | Frisch is not exactly an existentialist , but his book is shot through with a certain emotionally short-circuiting ennui , a weary horror that life is nothing but a random yet poignant series of coincidences . |
| 30 | It is not exactly an auspicious beginning to our search for Victorian civility , and if we journey up North things are no better . |