Example sentences of "is not [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maximisation of social wealth is not however the same thing as the maximisation of total or average welfare . |
| 2 | Thus , the FIATA freight forwarder is not generally the actual carrier of the goods , although it can carry the cargo in vehicles or vessels it owns or has leased or of which it is the designated operator . |
| 3 | WHEN a club are desperate for two points , Mansfield Park is not normally the best place to go looking for them . |
| 4 | The Minister of State is not yet the Foreign Secretary and there is little time left for him to become Foreign Secretary . |
| 5 | Remember , if the buyer is borrowing on the security of a mortgage of the registered property , that the buyer is not yet the registered proprietor , and accordingly a land charges search in bankruptcy on the appropriate land charges form should be made against the buyer on behalf of his or her mortgagee in the unregistered Land Charges Register . |
| 6 | The target for the injury is not infrequently the genital area ( Kushner 1967 ) , although other parts of the body , including the eyes , can be involved . |
| 7 | While the Christian spirit with which many view criminals is admirable ( turning cheeks , emptying pockets of stones , getting social work reports ) and results in increased appreciation of why so many succumb to crime , it is not nearly the whole story . |
| 8 | The true population of genes , which constitutes the working environment of any given gene , is not just the temporary collection that happens to have come together in the cells of any particular individual body . |
| 9 | The rise in local politics over recent years is not just the passive outcome of national forces working themselves out at the local level . |
| 10 | It is not just the absolute increase in military expenditure and its continuation in the whole of the post-war period which has led people to fear the creation of a military-industrial complex . |
| 11 | It is not just the great majority of the people of Scotland who have suffered at the hands of Lamont and the Tory Government , but people all over the UK . |
| 12 | It is not just the six weeks we were shut down this summer and the loss of trade since , we are worried about the future . |
| 13 | As a result , the Population Census is not just the best , but in practice the only , source of reliable data on a reasonably wide range of demographic and socio-economic characteristics at sub-regional scale . |
| 14 | But it is not just the current interest rate that affects people 's expectations of the future direction of interest rates . |
| 15 | But it is not just the strong smells of food , but the metaphorical smells of corruption and moral and social decay which are suggested by the inclusion of such items in his work . |
| 16 | But it is not just the former penpushers who are being sacrificed . |
| 17 | Partly , this is a matter of teacher supply : in certain areas of the country it is not just the National Curriculum that is at risk — it is any curriculum . |
| 18 | It is not just the Latin American economies which are hurting . |
| 19 | It is not just the initial charge but also the upkeep — permanently tinted or lightened hair will need the roots retouching regularly . |
| 20 | This gives a lighter , cleaner taste which does n't overpower and illustrates the fact that it is not just the obvious oily herring , mackerel and salmon which have the body to withstand a mustard onslaught . |
| 21 | The distinguishing feature of the ‘ Socialist camp ’ is not just the obvious limitations imposed upon the state sovereignty of its members , but the centrality of relations between parties . |
| 22 | Because of the geographical location of King 's Cross and its easy connections to other parts of the country , it is not just the obvious choice but the only choice . |
| 23 | But it is not just the popular press who have argued such a case . |
| 24 | It is not just the taking part that counts ( see extra time and professional foul ) . |
| 25 | It is not just the choral singing that puts this new Messiah up with the very best . |
| 26 | And it is not just the top man 's name which some women find baffling about Europe . |
| 27 | It is clear that architecture is not altogether the same as a film or a song : for instance , both the latter make use of performers — more crucially , stars . |
| 28 | Their criticism is not simply the embittered jealousy of defeated leaders ; it represents a feeling of betrayal . |
| 29 | He argues that the ‘ local state ’ is not simply the national state writ small , and that a general theory of the state can not be applied to the local level . |
| 30 | The reason is not simply the preliminary nature of the manuscript . |