Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confusion arose because Roding described a whelk under the name of Nucella lapillus which is not the same species as ( or even closely related to ) Buccinum lap ii/us L. Several people have accordingly considered the name Nucella Roding to be inapplicable to the common dog-whelk , either as a genus or sub-genus , and they place the animal in Thais Roding . |
| 2 | " 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 . |
| 3 | The German one is not round Monte Casino |
| 4 | It looks as though this one is not much of an improvement . |
| 5 | But traditions are made to be broken ; if this one is not , Lloyd 's may find itself in pieces instead . |
| 6 | The exact date of this one is not known , but they were patented by Robert Archibald in 1858 . |
| 7 | This one is not even sorted , I do n't think it 's sold , no . |
| 8 | Erm er this o this one is not one single job as it happens but it is the kind of thing that we have come up against before and I 've put them the things together in one so that we do n't identify people really under the circumstances . |
| 9 | To use a secular example : to open an antique shop next to another one is not necessarily bad marketing : the presence of two such shops in close proximity can bring in more custom ! |
| 10 | For I do not think it possible to study philosophy profitably without entering fairly deeply into the history of the subject , and for this there is not time at school , nor could it be a subject that would interest more than a very few pupils . |
| 11 | Unfortunately if you do not know this there is not much else that you can know either , it seems . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Obviously , in a situation like this it is not only the woman herself who suffers . |
| 14 | In extreme situations like this it is not surprising that the local population becomes angered . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Apart from this it is not greatly altered , with its 16-sided exterior ( 105 feet in diameter ) and octagonal interior . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Because of this it is not possible to make a distinction based on the difference between wholesale and retail sales . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In this he is not unlike Sefton Goldberg in Coming from Behind , Jacobson 's earlier novel . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Government always says how careful it is not to waste taxpayers ' money . |
| 23 | — ‘ If the driver has been careful he is not responsible . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | The sketches on pages 108 and 109 demonstrate two popular types , one with a spring-loaded hanger which is retained internally by a split pin anchor , the other with a pull-through which is not spring-loaded but comes right through the tube after releasing a bear squad in any multiple drop . |
| 27 | But the greatest danger could be that which is not shown , the commercial temptation for sponsors to play safe . |
| 28 | It may also bring in its wake the danger of a too-ready acceptance of that which is not yet proven . |
| 29 | Citation figures must be interpreted intelligently , but they really do highlight the distinction between research which is significant and that which is not . |
| 30 | To answer this question you need to distinguish between status that is earned and that which is not . |