Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The early recurrences may be the result of incomplete clearance of the gall bladder which is not detected by radiological examination . |
| 2 | Avoid any tendency to pull the model round with back cyclic — this should not be necessary and will rob you of forward speed which is not advisable at this stage . |
| 3 | This may be contrasted with a moral or rule-based association which is not held together by a common purpose but merely by the authority of common practices . |
| 4 | Our concern is with that huge category of stock which is not issuing well and which fills our valuable storage space : the nineteenth-century biographies ; the classics of politics and philosophy ; the long journal runs ; the multi-volume histories ; the ‘ complete ’ works ; the novels , plays and studies of and by yesterday 's men and women ; the giant topographical histories — the accumulated cultural and historical heritage that lies heavily on the stacks and on the reference shelves . |
| 5 | ( h ) convertible loan stock which is not quoted on a recognised stock exchange , or is not issued on terms which are reasonably comparable with the terms of quoted convertible stock , can cause a problem as the interest payable on it will fall to be treated for tax purposes as a distribution ( ICTA 1988 , s209(2) ( e ) ( ii ) ) . |
| 6 | ‘ He plays more on the left hand side which is not my favourite position , I prefer to play on the right . |
| 7 | Fairyhouse returns next Saturday with an all Flat card which is not , I 'm sure , what punters might want at this famed National Hunt course . |
| 8 | It may not be much more than forty per cent of the voters , leaving the non-voters and the remaining sixty per cent of those who took part in the election to be governed by an administration which is not of their choosing . |
| 9 | In both the instances we have looked at , the speaker uses the change of code to animate a persona which is not his/her own , but that of a character in a narrative . |
| 10 | The larger pieces show a surprising link with her drawing which is not borne out by the smaller more elaborate pieces cast in bronze . |
| 11 | A second-hand car which is not safe to be driven on the road ( for example because the brakes are in such a state that they would fail if the driver had to carry out an emergency stop ) is clearly not of merchantable quality , Lee v. York Coach and Marine ( 1977 C.A. ) — unless of course the car was only sold for scrap . |
| 12 | He is the only major figure offering an alternative party programme which is not a watered-down version of Mrs Thatcher 's . |
| 13 | It also sets out the rules governing quota transfer and leasing together with the treatment of quota which is not used . |
| 14 | In small businesses like a grocery shop , a newsagent or a small restaurant most of the workers recruited are invariably speakers of the same community language , and where it is not a homogeneous linguistic group , there is a common language , a linguafranca which is not English but Hindi-Urdu ( among the South Asians ) . |
| 15 | The main experimental problem , however , is being able to calculate the concentration at each point in the cell which is not always easy . |
| 16 | The searcher may go astray because either some supposed fact is wrong or it applies modus ponens in an irrelevant way , but it will never arrive at any result which is not a strict consequence of its start state . |
| 17 | Consequently there is no necessity to devise strategies to handle risk or to manage uncertainty which is not likely to occur : resources can be better invested in core activities . |
| 18 | It is really impossible to see how something could be ‘ held with ’ an intention which is not the intention of the holder . |
| 19 | ‘ 4(1) The institution conducts , or , in the case of an institution which is not yet carrying on a deposit-taking business , will conduct its business in a prudent manner . |
| 20 | Colleagues , there are many more examples of this crime which is not a crime . |
| 21 | They point out , for example , that Japanese companies in particular have for some time been making strenuous efforts to recruit labour which is not so much cheap but flexible and prepared to work hard for the company in question . |
| 22 | Never train with heavily padded mitts or you will come to rely upon the extra cushioning effect which is not there with the competition version . |
| 23 | The Law or the Church seizes on all talent which is not independently rich or careless about wealth . ’ |
| 24 | Although the parties are free to agree what terms they choose , they will not be bound by any term which is not properly incorporated in the contract . |
| 25 | However , where there is a breach of any term which is not a condition , that breach could be either repudiatory ( i.e. equivalent in effect to a breach of condition ) or a mere breach of warranty ( i.e. giving rise only to a claim to damages ) . |
| 26 | Sometimes , despite this strategy , you will need to use a term which is not part of the conventional fabric of discourse in which you are working . |
| 27 | The civil condition is a moral or non-instrumental practice which is not concerned with substantive considerations . |
| 28 | However , given the comparatively low-cost alternative to underwriting deep discount issues — the insistence of corporate financial officers on using underwriters suggests some traditional but illogical practice which is not going to change overnight . |
| 29 | In the case of a public company , however , s. 11 requires the capital clause of the memorandum to state a figure which is not less than the authorized minimum . |
| 30 | Local authorities have no powers except those conferred upon them by statute , and when they take action which is not sanctioned by the law they are said to be acting ultra vires ( beyond the powers ) . |