Example sentences of "[be] not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , I am not just talking about romantic attachments , but also about simple friendships . |
| 2 | Of course I am not here arguing for a return to a three-tier model of reality seen in literalistic terms . |
| 3 | I announce that I plan to throw one honey of a tantrum , complete with sound effects and meteorological events , if I am not instantly issued with a remote to keep tabs on my subject . |
| 4 | I call this an alternative theory because it seems obvious to me that the committee did think that clause 12 was necessary — and I am not simply referring to the definition of ‘ deception . ’ |
| 5 | But if I claim that my religious experience is experience of God , then I am not simply talking about my own feelings but about a transcendent being that I am claiming my feelings to be feelings of . |
| 6 | That is worth considering , but I am not completely sold on that idea . |
| 7 | He was entirely comfortable with the predictable opinion of the Senior Chief Inspector of Schools who confessed that ‘ I am not much moved by what appears to sacrifice the interests of the few in favour of the many when one result is certain to be that the quality of the person required to fill posts of great importance and of a highly specialized nature is likely to be degraded . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , I scarcely think so , ’ she said carelessly , ‘ I am not much set on jewellery , you know … ’ |
| 9 | I own I am not personally acquainted with him . |
| 10 | I am not so bothered about losing the repeat in the Andante cantabile of K548 , although that to is a lovely work — it might be argued that at 12:44 , the London Fortepiano Trio 's performance of this movement is too much of a good thing ! |
| 11 | I am not entirely convinced by Creamer 's attempt to provoke a reassessment through formal devices ; the female image is trapped within layers of muted , glazed oil paint , while a neutral , opaque band at the base of the canvas reinforces the distance between subject and viewer . |
| 12 | Although I am not entirely convinced by the contents of the motion , I agree with parts of it . |
| 13 | But Merlins are not infrequently recorded along the Downs and are seen very occasionally further inland . |
| 14 | Black students , for example , are not infrequently humiliated with jokes . |
| 15 | It is often given solo passages to play , and its tone is so intrinsically striking that entirely unaccompanied phrases are not infrequently allotted to it . |
| 16 | They are not automatically exempt from criticism and occasional ridicule , however . |
| 17 | I now know that they are not automatically exempt from prescription charges , and I draw my hon. Friend the Minister 's attention to the recommendation of the Parkinson 's Disease Society of the United Kingdom , which I support , that sufferers should be exempt from prescription charges . |
| 18 | The Association blames the fact that incinerators are not automatically checked by the Pollution Inspectorate or local environmental health officers . |
| 19 | ( wages for housework ) would take us further away from a society in which childcare was integrated with the rest of life , and in which women are not automatically banished from all decision making about how our lives are run … |
| 20 | ‘ We are not automatically recognised in the market-place as innovative and technically oriented , and this belies our actual achievements , ’ he says . |
| 21 | When modules are entered into LIFESPAN , they are not automatically deleted from the user 's account . |
| 22 | First , on a point of detail , people are not automatically entitled to six months ' social security . |
| 23 | In our discussion in Chapter 1 about economy , efficiency and effectiveness , the technical problem was how we can meaningfully compare inputs and outputs to produce a measure of efficiency when outputs are not automatically valued by the market price . |
| 24 | The cognitive obstacles faced in the investigation of crime are not openly discussed in our system of criminal justice , let alone solved . |
| 25 | MORRISSEY is to play a pre-Christmas gig in Paris and , in response to recent criticisms ( not least in these pages ) , special schemes are being put in place to ensure fans are not again inconvenienced by a last-minute cancellation . |
| 26 | It is in this context that minorities who may feel that their causes are not adequately represented in Parliament wish to use their freedom of protest to draw attention to their plight . |
| 27 | ‘ We are especially keen to attract young people and women as they are not adequately represented within the Society , although we have members from 19 to 92 ’ . |
| 28 | On the other hand , they provide no support for the pipework which can cause the cistern to split or make the plumbing noisy if the pipes are not adequately supported in some other way . |
| 29 | Because of their belief that women 's concerns and activities are not adequately covered in the mainstream media , women 's groups have produced their own alternative magazines , radio , TV and A/V programmes , and have even started their own press services . |
| 30 | There may well be gender differences in attitudes to paid work , but these are not adequately demonstrated by the reiteration of the old adage that women 's primary role is a family one . |