Example sentences of "[be] not [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not a Christian because I do not credit , as I earlier put it , that nature and history could be other than closed causal nexuses or believe that there can be events which are in some way qualitatively different from other events . |
| 2 | It will be clear from what I have already said that I myself do not have a Christology and am not a Christian . |
| 3 | That is my advice , although I emphasise to my hon. Friend that I am not a clinician and he does not need to be told that . |
| 4 | The 24-year-old athlete insisted outside his home in Caldicot , Gwent : ‘ I am not a drug cheat . ’ |
| 5 | It is no good my standing up in court and saying them , even to the right person at the right time , because I am not a judge . |
| 6 | I am not a magician ! |
| 7 | ‘ I am not a villain , but I make no claims to being graceful , ’ he murmured . |
| 8 | ‘ I am not a man to play with a pledge ’ , Baldwin told the Conference . |
| 9 | ‘ I wanted you to know , ’ he said , ‘ because whatever it is , I am not a part of it . ’ |
| 10 | He replied : ‘ I do n't agree with it , I did n't agree with it in the '80s , I was a minority view in the '80s , I am not a minority view now — and anyway I am in a better position to expound my views . ’ |
| 11 | I am not a minority view now and , anyway , I am in a better position to expound my views . ’ |
| 12 | Larissa talks of going beyond structuralism and goes so far as to disown it : ‘ of course I am not a structuralist I never have been I merely played with it ’ ( 84/662 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ I am not a gambler , ’ the president told a television interviewer , ‘ I am an engineer . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I am not a gambler , I look at ten year careers not ten minute careers and I believe Kylie has all the potential necessary to have a very long life span in this business , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ I am not a thief . |
| 16 | " Now Miss Graham , as you know , I think , I am not a fool and I am always on the side of my staff — if it is possible to be so without alienating a client . |
| 17 | ‘ Bewdsley , ’ Dacre said gently , ‘ I am not a fool . |
| 18 | Oh , I am not a fool ! |
| 19 | I do not have a handicap because I am not a member of a club , will never be able to afford to join one and ca n't afford the high green fees around London to play regularly enough to improve my game . |
| 20 | She maintained links with the Quakers but made a point of religious independence : ‘ As I am not a member of any community , no society can answer for my irregular conduct . ’ |
| 21 | As I am not a member of his Church , it would be improper of me to make any theological observations . |
| 22 | Unhappily , I am not a member of the exclusive club of millionaires . |
| 23 | I am not a member of the Conservative party , so I do not receive this literature . |
| 24 | I am not a member of any party . |
| 25 | " I am not a guard at all . " |
| 26 | I am not a Chairman , Jill is , Jill Dobsworth is , and the other fact . |
| 27 | During frantic negotiations broadcast on Sarajevo Radio , Mr Murat Sabanovic , the former Civil Defence chief of Visegrad , said : ‘ I am not a terrorist . |
| 28 | Take Lao-Tse 's celebrated question : ‘ If when I was asleep I was a man dreaming I was a butterfly , how do I know when I am awake that I am not a butterfly dreaming I am a man ? ’ |
| 29 | He wrote to his mother : ‘ I am not a bit excited and do n't realize it in the least . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I am not a ghost ! ’ |