Example sentences of "[is] not [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in the fact that this is not however orthodoxy that our hope lies . |
| 2 | Some believe that we should be looking at all ages to fulfilling activity which is not wholly employment based , but make more constructive use of leisure . |
| 3 | Reflecting a befuddlement judges often express when dealing with science ( and revealing again that science is not yet part of the mainstream of education ) one of the justices said : ‘ There are Harvard law professors on both sides of this case ; I had hoped you could get together and lead us out of the wilderness . ’ |
| 4 | Throughout church history , and as we move towards the eschaton , we must recognise that the world is not yet kingdom territory . |
| 5 | For him there is not yet time to stop and smell the flowers . |
| 6 | The idea of a siege as a ritual conducted according to well-defined rules is clearly illustrated by the answer of the commander of the Spanish garrison at Gaeta in southern Italy when faced in the 1730s with an Austrian demand for surrender : ‘ It is not yet time , since no batteries have been formed and no cannon are yet in place which would be a cause for surrender . |
| 7 | After the summit , we must ask how the Prime Minister can claim to be at the heart of Europe when , because of his actions , our country is not even part of the key decisions that will shape the Europe of the future . |
| 8 | Suppose there is not even consensus that the Constitution is fundamental law . |
| 9 | So to call this a chemical time bomb is not unduly alarmist ? |
| 10 | Accordingly , to deal with this situation , the Act provides that an ‘ action lies in conversion for loss or destruction of goods which a bailee has allowed to happen in breach of his duty to his bailor ( that is to say it lies in a case which is not otherwise conversion , but would have been detinue before detinue was abolished ) . ’ |
| 11 | Unfortunately , the law is not particularly kind to the home-owner who finds himself the victim of a negligent surveyor ; in most cases he will not receive full compensation for his loss . |
| 12 | Anything else they do may be interesting , but is not strictly part of their linguistic role , to tell people things . |
| 13 | Open Edition is due out later this year , and is not just MVS with Posix bolted on the side , according to David Hammond , but a release that required a re-write of substantial portions of the MVS operating system . |
| 14 | for it is not just school education that is under fire at the present time . |
| 15 | It is not just money — the EC 's one-drachma-out-of-every-17 gift to the Greek economy — that Greece gets from its link to Western Europe . |
| 16 | You 're talking about have and have not , but have and have not in the sense of money surely class is not just money ? |
| 17 | It is not just Whitehall that must change . |
| 18 | In the business of safety it is not just accidents that cost — not being able to prove that you have accidents under control can be very expensive . |
| 19 | It is not just discrepancies in enrolments which are significant , but the ability of children to remain at school and profit from their education . |
| 20 | ‘ It is not just statistics that are involved , it is also research and information generally , ’ he said . |
| 21 | The problem here is not just possessiveness and failure to live up to the high ethical ideals proclaimed by a religion . |
| 22 | Erm the J C one we 'll have to try and deal with that again as a separate issue but I do n't , I mean the amount of time we 're losing from high levels of sickness we talked about a c couple of meetings or so ago , about the absence levels with some people , we 've just got ta make sure we crack that on the head , we 're just haemorrhaging money , the fact that it is not just hours it 's money . |
| 23 | Access and freedom-to-roam are issues dear to the heart of most Scots , but it is not just boots and shoes that are involved nowadays , but canoes , windsurfers , paragliders , boats of all kinds , and bikes . |
| 24 | But it is not just distance from the shore that is important — the number of birds between a duck and the shore is important too . |
| 25 | But it is not just knowledge that matters in this view of women 's education ; it is control over the learning process . |
| 26 | These are just two of many aspects of this Directive which give serious cause for concern , and it is not just Britain , but also Germany , Holland and Belgium that have reservations . |
| 27 | This is not just species vanity . |
| 28 | It is not just women who are faced with the dilemma of choosing between jobs , families and social commitments . |
| 29 | But it is not just women who have succumbed to his chemistry . |
| 30 | It is not just women who are keen to change their looks . |