Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Goodness me , do n't start taking that as a compliment , she cares about everyone 's feelings , she 's an archetypal victim , she 's an absolute fool about other people 's feelings , and let me warn you , I may as well warn you , the more she dislikes somebody , the more somebody annoys her , the more careful she is not to hurt their feelings , in fact the only people she is ever rude to are people like me and Gabriel and Papa , I mean people she cares for enough not to worry about being fair to . |
| 2 | This is because when there is an actionable nuisance the law provides a legal remedy by way of injunction or damages and this it is not prepared to do in respect of every odour found to be annoying or objectionable ; neither would it be practicable especially since odours are notoriously subjective in nature affecting some individuals and not others and causing a variety of symptoms . |
| 3 | Obviously , in a situation like this it is not only the woman herself who suffers . |
| 4 | In extreme situations like this it is not surprising that the local population becomes angered . |
| 5 | In passages such as this it is not only the content which is important ( the attack on organized vice and male expertise ) but the language through which the ideas are expressed . |
| 6 | Apart from this it is not greatly altered , with its 16-sided exterior ( 105 feet in diameter ) and octagonal interior . |
| 7 | In deciding this it is not necessary to consider whether members of the public who are knowledgeable about the product are deceived , it may be sufficient if members of the public who have very little knowledge of the product concerned are likely to be deceived , see J. Bollinger v Costa Bravo Wine Co . |
| 8 | Because of this it is not possible to make a distinction based on the difference between wholesale and retail sales . |
| 9 | Beyond this it is not clear whether it is subject to any restrictions other than those imposed by statute and common law on exclusion clauses generally . |
| 10 | In this he is not unlike Sefton Goldberg in Coming from Behind , Jacobson 's earlier novel . |
| 11 | With × 8 it is in the field with Iota and the Pi-Rho pair , and is obvious enough ; with × 12 it is not so very much inferior to M13 . |
| 12 | The Government always says how careful it is not to waste taxpayers ' money . |
| 13 | — ‘ If the driver has been careful he is not responsible . |
| 14 | Request : Joan Hammell , his secretary , wrote to say : ‘ I am afraid it is not going to prove possible for Mr Kinnock to make a contribution as much as he would love to . |
| 15 | First , we know ( ( 33 ) 1 ) that it is not the end of the conversation because utterance ( iii ) is not a possible closing utterance : for one thing , it requires a response from B , and for another it is not a token of one of the regular closing forms that persons use in conversation ( Okay , see you later or the like ) . |
| 16 | As such it is not only reworking its own field , but putting new questions and new evidence into the general work of the social sciences . |
| 17 | An alternative procedure which appears to be acceptable to HM Land Registry is to apply for office copies of the registered title ( Form 109 ) ; this incurs the same fee ( £8 ) as an index map search , and following the Land Registration ( Open Register ) Rules 1991 it is not necessary to specify the name of the proprietor ; if the land is not registered the application will be rejected , but if it is registered the receipt of office copies gives the opportunity to check the charges register for mortgages . |
| 18 | Since it is the threat of take-over that is crucial it is not possible to measure the effects of the market for control in any very scientific way , but there is nevertheless an intuitive plausibility in some of the claims made for it . |
| 19 | It is said he is one of the Hidden Folk — a wizard of sorts — and as such he is not always popular . |
| 20 | Editor , — Does the surgical senior registrar who seems to have performed an unnecessary internal examination under anaesthesia without consent before an appendicectomy realise how lucky he is not to have been charged with battery ? |
| 21 | As the intrapatient variability is large it is not surprising that , with 17 patients , their study again fails in this regard . |
| 22 | Besides what happens if Rocky goes and then Strach gets injured , who do we have as cover in the midfield — Hodge , he 's hardly played much first team footballer and his whilst his goal scoring skills are fine he is not in the same class as Rocky or Strachan . |
| 23 | Once an organisation is operational it is not unusual for it to extend its powers to matters outside the treaty , or to implement policies or decisions without following the procedural requirements of the treaty . |
| 24 | Modest he may be but soft he is not . |
| 25 | I hope I do not sound unkind , but I am sure it is not right for you to have her . |
| 26 | Racing has a last chance to make sure it is not one of them . |
| 27 | David Pickles , the BIHA secretary , said : ‘ We are determined to uphold the tremendous family image of our sport and it is the reponsibility of clubs to make sure it is not tarnished . ’ |
| 28 | 2 Take the old till roll out carefully ( make sure it is not damaged , thereby losing valuable information ) . |
| 29 | I so dreadfully wanted her to know that , although I am sure it is not really important either way . |
| 30 | It is the task of the President of the Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine , to make sure it is not wasted . |