Example sentences of "a [noun] [coord] [pron] is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | A C.B. is a radio that people can talk to each other on rather like a telephone but it is not private as anyone who has a C.B. can listen in to your conversations . |
| 2 | In fact , Lok has made comparisons before this , when , as on this occasion , he was struggling to express his understanding of the new people : " " " He changes shape like a bear in a cave " " " and " " " He is like a cat and he is not like a cat . |
| 3 | It should be remembered by the advisers that , following completion , the management and the investors will work together as a team and it is not in the investors ' interests to antagonise or demoralise their management team at the outset . |
| 4 | That is a factor but it is not exclusive against the order . |
| 5 | Those with CCJs often have difficulty finding a lender willing to advance them a loan but it is not impossible . |
| 6 | ( NOTE that for ‘ road ’ there must be a line of communication which can be described as a road and it is not sufficient merely to show vehicles have access , e.g. to a car-park ) ; and |
| 7 | This seems a paradox but it is not : the system is geared to the needs of the operating units but the units are expendable so long as the system remains intact . |
| 8 | Payment can be postponed for a year and it is not clear yet how inflation will be taken into account and whether the price will be paid in roubles or in hard currency . |
| 9 | She adds : ‘ I would like to have a boyfriend but it is not the most important thing right now . |
| 10 | Money of any currency which a Firm holds or receives for or from a client and which is not immediately due and payable on demand to the firm for its own account and money held by the firm as stakeholder . |