Example sentences of "[pers pn] is not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 So , since theirs is not to reason why , they attack , with disastrous consequences .
2 If she is not prevented from chattering she could cause herself much trouble . ’
3 Matching the job to the person will ensure that he or she is not overloaded and makes an effective contribution to the enterprise .
4 The beautiful girl , a joy — she is not searching ,
5 Chung gains too from the fact that she is not balanced quite so closely as Perlman .
6 One is always warned about the perils of wishing — perhaps Constanza wo n't be in trouble because she is not getting her wish literally .
7 She did not seem to mind ( but then , Lily thought , she is not bedecked in jewels before the act .
8 Although she is not pictured , will be known to many throughout the Group from her previous job at Ipswich working for and subsequent move to the region centre .
9 Before writing The First Wives Club , she was an author of children 's books ( and she is not telling who ) ; before that , a marketing executive , a role , she says , which instructed her in the ‘ fear and loathing ’ with which corporate America regards women , and the depths to which it will stoop to deny them equal status .
10 The first do n't is not to believe that the child is lazy because he or she is not managing to spell .
11 The client was not able to sign a green form to obtain advice as she was not in receipt of income support but has been advised to make a claim for income support since she is not receiving the maintenance .
12 My own sister , she is not asked either . ’
13 I think we have to recognise Angela 's concern if er a subject area that she 's trying to present , present and she is not precluding you from doing what you 've got
14 He/she will check that the mare has passed all her afterbirth and she is not damaged as a result of foaling .
15 Muriel is perhaps this author 's most disagreeable character , though she is not seen without pity .
16 She is not given to grieving .
17 A woman who is generally satisfied will organize her days so that she is not overcome by the many demands on her time .
18 She is not staying at the house then ? ’
19 She is expected to obey her husband without question and must never appear unveiled to any man to whom she is not related .
20 I take food in to her — she is not eating properly — and she 's also very lonely . ’
21 She is not operating within a hopeful situation of growth and development , in which she will see the fruits of her work in terms of certain ambitions fulfilled for herself and her family , with the love and companionship of a husband to support her .
22 Surely she is not suggesting that only her side of the case should have been put .
23 The inescapable subservience of the female is ratified even when she is not manoeuvred as an object of adoration or spite : But the effect of this fifteenth-century carol in providing a reminder that the Incarnation was realised through a woman , is to put a warning shot across the bows of those who exploit the daughters of Eve .
24 The Board is obliged to publicise the escrow account the balance of which is paid to the person if he or she is not convicted or at the end of the five year period .
25 His mother did encourage him in other of his writings , and certainly there is a good deal of family tradition in the ten books , which might reflect her influence , but she is not mentioned in the preface to the Decem Libri Historiarum .
26 She now spends half her time working in the Comic Relief office in New Oxford Street , London , when she is not doing her ‘ telly stuff . ’
27 She is not signing it , ’ he said .
28 Peter immediately replied , ‘ I would like Susie to give up work and stay at home , so that I can be sure that she is not cheating on me and not planning to leave . ’
29 The chief bridesmaid , if she is not making a speech , can then lead the call for a speech .
30 She is not clipped by fine A.
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