Example sentences of "the [noun] [pers pn] is not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would appear we have too many priorities in education and although health education is included in the curriculum it is not seen as a priority unless something goes wrong ! |
| 2 | In the reply he is not allowed to introduce any new matter and must confine himself to replying to the points made in the discussion and to summarising the main arguments he put forward when moving the motion . |
| 3 | He is smiling because behind the machine he is not taking the brunt of it , and because he is an earnest yokel who does n't realise what he is doing to people . |
| 4 | The discussion is more neutral only in so far as it is assumed that the curriculum ( such a global phenomenon ) is no-one 's responsibility in particular , and clearly this is so in an individual sense — but it is however the responsibility of the profession to take a leading role in this area and at the moment it is not fulfilling this role . |
| 5 | Corpus Christi Primary School head Mr O'Kane told YTV Calendar reporter ‘ I am very concerned about the publicity the area has had , on the whole it is not reflected within this school or within many of the schools in the area . |
| 6 | Before getting on to the commonest mode of transmission of scabies , it will be worth while stressing the ways it is not transmitted . |
| 7 | These minor changes in style are all designed to make the unchurched newcomer feel that when he visits the church he is not visiting another planet . |
| 8 | At present , everything that Hewlett-Packard is doing looks right : it has won itself a reputation of taking better care of its customers , an example being the way it is not forcing its MPE users to move to Unix , instead letting them migrate at their own pace . |
| 9 | The bacon is strongly scented , very porcine ; in the pan it is not going brown but looking more like a slice of pig than bacon should . |