Example sentences of "not really a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simultaneous scores are disallowed ; in this case , one contestant 's punch has missed , so it is not really a simultaneous score at all ! |
| 2 | Of course , the well-groomed head of modern Bruges pops up all over the place to remind you that this is not really a medieval theme park at all . |
| 3 | ‘ They are now capable of taking two or three titles , though two years ago , they were not really a threat . ’ |
| 4 | This lack of cash flow does not worry the typical Thatcherite so-called ‘ entrepreneur ’ , who is not really a risk-taker . |
| 5 | I am not really a hero , they were only small daysacks , but my fitness surprised me . |
| 6 | The charity shop 's not really a proper shop — it ai n't smart or none of that , and there 's just a couple of old women sitting by an electric fire and helping out customers when they want to try on clothes and that . |
| 7 | The first tour in America was not really a tour . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've spent all my life in general PR , but it was about eight years ago I decided that there was room for a specialist agency , not really a PR firm , which was concerned entirely with government relations . |
| 9 | It is not really a city newspaper . |
| 10 | Though its national edition is available for breakfast on the west coast , the Times is not really a national newspaper either . |
| 11 | I am not really a coward or even a ‘ nervous ’ person . |
| 12 | Mr Whittaker is keen to emphasize that the rising crime rate is not really a racial affair . |
| 13 | Our gesture was not really a religious one , for neither of us believed in the Roman Catholic faith and detested its oppressive hold on the Spanish people , particularly the poor . |
| 14 | When is a ghost movie not really a ghost move ? |
| 15 | It was not really a political movement ( the Communist Party began by opposing it ) but it aimed first to convert the Labour Party to unilateral disarmament and , by getting Labour elected , changing government policy . |
| 16 | He prayed she was wrong , that he was not really a nigger , because niggers were coal-black people who lived in holes in the ground in darkest Africa . |
| 17 | If you do n't win the Boat Race , it might be a good year otherwise but it 's not really a good year . ’ |
| 18 | For a start , it was not really a country-house at all , rather a monstrosity on the edge of Bletchley town , with suburban dwellings stretching up to the gates . |
| 19 | It the belief becomes current in public opinion that in the arguments between government and opposition it is not really a matter of opposing opinions being presented , then the impression will increasingly gain currency that parliamentary discussions are just a game . |
| 20 | In any case winged insects were well established by the Carboniferous , when some of the giant ‘ dragonflies ’ ( not really a close relative of the living species ) had a wingspan of tens of centimetres . |
| 21 | It is possible to cut a more readily available 86/88 inch Series One roof and fit a new piece of aluminium to the middle to make up the difference , but this is not really a perfect solution . |
| 22 | The fig that you eat is not really a fruit . |
| 23 | Ann 's animal is not really a dog , it is a Yorkshire terrier , something quite different . |
| 24 | Clover Roope , who later became a dancer , remembers going there to take lessons from a governess she shared with John 's stepsisters , and described how absolutely devoted she and they were to this young man with ‘ a fantastic nose and fantastic eyes and this rather long , lanky figure , who was not really a dancer and not really yet a choreographer , but gave the sense already that here was somebody important . ’ |
| 25 | They are not really a case of proxy decision , save that they instruct others to act . |
| 26 | In Australia , with the grounds being so large , there are plenty of twos on offer and I 'm not really a big hitter . |
| 27 | ‘ In Mrs Warren 's Profession her profession is the oldest profession , but she is not really a lost woman . |
| 28 | ‘ And he 's not really a journo , more a jumped-up PR man . |
| 29 | It is not really a good idea to buy a few packets at random in the hope that these will be the type of thing you need . |
| 30 | These nematocysts , however , are not really a part of the sea slug . |