Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not against linking rewards to achievement : rather the reverse . |
| 2 | Customs have set new guidelines and anyone bringing in more will be asked to confirm that their goods are not for reselling . |
| 3 | I want , on your behalf , to send a clear message to-day to Government and to Employers — the gains that working people have made for themselves and their families — gains that have made their world a fairer place — are not for taking back and will not be given back ’ . |
| 4 | They are not for messing about . |
| 5 | His group are not for listening , they 're for telling people . |
| 6 | ‘ We are not for having any man turn sceptic , and disbelieve his senses ; on the contrary we give them all the stress and assurance imaginable ; nor are there any principles more opposite to scepticism , than those we have laid down . ’ |
| 7 | Those who do not pass or who are not worth bothering about in terms of academic success get very little reward out of the school system . |
| 8 | They certainly will not go out of their way to be critical — and if they do they are not worth knowing in the first place ! |
| 9 | My dear , my thoughts are not worth sharing just now . |
| 10 | ‘ There are some patterns that are not worth looking at , miss . |
| 11 | The means of escaping poverty are not worth pursuing by a woman who genuinely wishes to be happy . |
| 12 | ‘ Many things — like appearance — are not worth worrying about . |
| 13 | In South America , the mahoganies , Swietenia spp. , were much sought after , so that today , they have suffered through genetic erosion to such an extent that often they are not worth exploiting , only those of poor form having been left in the forests to set seed . |
| 14 | However , the broker/dealer may well complain that this rule will allow the floor to take good trades off him , leaving him with the trades that are not worth having . |
| 15 | It appears that unless people go to work in some landscape recognisable to L. S. Lowry , their jobs , conditions and efforts are not worth talking about . |
| 16 | When other meat is scarce they are not above eating carrion in an advanced state of decomposition , which suggests that their olfactory system is not particularly sensitive . |
| 17 | Even in military organizations subordinates are not above evading or diluting orders from on high , but given the extent of relatively rigid discipline the scope for such activity will be very restricted . |
| 18 | And they are not above using some sharp contemporary propaganda . |
| 19 | Bermudians are not above manufacturing a little tradition . |
| 20 | Senior administrators are not above attempting to influence the shape of policy , but once the policy has been made they accept that it is their responsibility to bring about its implementation . |
| 21 | In one sense CBHPs are not about building a grass roots community health movement but more about broadening the popular understanding of the root causes of ill health . |
| 22 | The key to the issue is that interviews except in the simplest case of surveys , to be discussed later , are not about acquiring factual evidence . |
| 23 | They are not into bodging or compromise . |
| 24 | from their first confrontation , when Titania appears wilfully aloof as Oberon tries to exert his authority , to their final reconciliation , they stand out as a true Fairy King and Queen , who are not beyond suffering the moods and emotions of ‘ We mortals here ’ . |
| 25 | But no matter how we dispose of our goods , we are not in woodturning to make a living . |
| 26 | Then we move on from the getting of work , the erm doing of work to ensuring that the operations are not in going back to our quality , that the actual profit that we are producing and delivering is er of the top top quality . |
| 27 | The only difference is a distinct advantage : on large waters a punt will enable you to fish swims which are not within casting range of the bank . |
| 28 | Most families are not against having vegetarian dishes several times a week ; indeed pizza , pasta and vegetable burgers have become widely acceptable alternatives . |
| 29 | Its teachers are not like travelling philosophers : they are co-operating labourers in God 's vineyard , and one plants while another waters , but God is the only one who can make anything grow ( 3:6 ) . |
| 30 | Mind you , they 're not beyond tackling baby crocodiles and getting , in their curiosity , a little too close to massive snakes — as we saw . |