Example sentences of "not [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Music 's not about being political , ’ reckons Scott , ‘ it 's for gettin' off on . |
| 2 | ‘ Music 's not about being political , ’ reckons Scott , ‘ it 's for gettin' off on . |
| 3 | It 's it 's not about being able to get rid of them totally and we agree that we need some sort of level of arousal it 's being able to perform despite them to use that arousal to put into an effective presentation , and that 's what this two days is about is getting those butterflies for you to fly in formation . |
| 4 | So it 's not about being aggressive it 's not about being aggressive or submissive it 's about being clear to true to yourself being aware of what you want from any given situation . |
| 5 | So it 's not about being aggressive it 's not about being aggressive or submissive it 's about being clear to true to yourself being aware of what you want from any given situation . |
| 6 | It could not of been easy |
| 7 | Ah no , oh would it of not of been kinder to put it to sleep as soon as it were born ? |
| 8 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is a question not of being racialist but of being realistic ? |
| 9 | Because my experience was not of being poor , the discomforts of the poverty that I had to put up with in the rue Victorie did not suggest themselves as unending . |
| 10 | British realism is distinctive not in being realistic but in being exportable , embarrassment and all ; and it is hard to resist the conclusion that the world buys it , including the American and Soviet worlds , because it is curious about what it is to be British . |
| 11 | The popular press echoes the belief that royalty ought to earn its way , if not from being royal , then at least from other activities : ‘ Face it Charles , you need a job ! ’ declared the front page of the tabloid Star in a message to the Prince of Wales ( 6.5.1987 ) . |
| 12 | Er well Madam Deputy Speaker I think erm that the last half an hour shown that er the quality of debate in this house er remains extremely high and that even when you have an issue which on the face of it looks to be as dry as dust er that er there are some honourable members who will pick an argument er when perhaps er on the face of it there ought not to be much of an argument er I ca n't erm I ca n't say that erm I agreed with much of what erm the honourable member for Great Grimsby said er he seemed to imply er quite early on his er speech that most of the City of London er was collapsing in a sea of sleaze and er er other other goings on which are extremely er to be regretted but erm I think we ought to er remind him er that erm , you know , all all of these four orders er followed the Bingham inquiry into er what happened at B C C I which was not a British bank , was an international bank based erm overseas and I think I 'm right in saying this and I 'm sure my honourable friend the minister will confirm when he winds up er this is the first er such difficulty er that we 've experienced for a great length of time . |
| 13 | Lucy tried not to be pushy , and Josie slowly thawed . |
| 14 | Try not to be nervous . |
| 15 | He ignored the bluntness of the queries as he went on , ‘ Misty also says you are not to be nervous . |
| 16 | The rallying point for the counter-attack against the deployment of sexuality ought not to be sex-desire but bodies and pleasures . ’ |
| 17 | A few heterosexuals struggle , mainly unsuccessfully , not to be anti-lesbian themselves and against the desire to render their own position safe . |
| 18 | It would appear not to be necessary to provide a range of shafts for iron clubs and possibly not for woods either . |
| 19 | The latter could be reached by a majority vote among the nine : unanimity in the High Authority was not to be necessary . |
| 20 | He thought aspects of the Anglo-Catholic movement had danger ; and that though Ramsey was not a danger , he would have such sympathy with them as not to be vigilant . |
| 21 | Quite frankly , young man , we would be insane not to be vigilant . |
| 22 | McFarlane talked of a ‘ Rabelasian cast to messages ’ and of ‘ the creation of romantic kinds of activities ’ ; he had four or five years ' experience , he noted wearily , ‘ of reading things which I knew not to be compatible with the realities of things . ’ |
| 23 | The bright sword and kingly face turn out not to be critical . |
| 24 | The effluent is already so highly diluted as not to be dangerous , and the resulting near-pure water will be used in ICI cooling towers . |
| 25 | Some years ago , TVS absorbed Channel TV , covering the Channel Islands , as this small market proved not to be viable on its own . |
| 26 | This is partly the result of government cutbacks but it also reflects the closure of business activities which were judged not to be viable plus the contracting out of many non-technical services and a continuing quest to achieve greater efficiency in all aspects of the business . |
| 27 | However , ‘ mega-mechanization ’ , short-term financial calculations discounting the sustention of biological and soil factors ( and thus favouring plantations ) , inadequate provision for silvicultural programmes or even the removal of the successful forests themselves have made the systems seem not to be viable . |
| 28 | A report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) in late July 1991 maintained that fears voiced at a Council of Europe conference on east-west migration in January 1991 of a massive influx of immigrants from eastern Europe [ see p. 37969 ] were proving not to be well-founded . |
| 29 | It is actively supported by a small part of the population , and tacitly tolerated by many more , out of either fear or a simple desire not to be involved in a political battle . |
| 30 | Carbery looked at him warily , his eyes pleading not to be involved in such dangerous speculation , and shook his head slowly without speaking . |