Example sentences of "and there [am/are] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Despondent souls , ’ it was said , ‘ and there are not a few of these , seem to have been struck only by one part of the Führer 's speech : where he spoke of the preparations for the winter campaign in 1942–43 . |
| 2 | All babies need feeding and changing and there are not too many ways of doing it ; the range and subtlety of young babies ' gestures is restricted ( they do not for instance converse ) , and in response , mothers tend to simplify and exaggerate their own gestures . |
| 3 | Some violence is , of course , sheer unadulterated sadism with an accompanying orgiastic delight in hurting and remember that we all have a sadistic capacity and there are not many people so out of touch with the darker , deeper aspects of their human nature that they have never indulged a sadistic fantasy . |
| 4 | And there are not many boys who would not want to be him , because A he is attractive , B he can write and act , C he can play the drums and D he is a wild boy and rebel . ’ |
| 5 | As an Austrian , Niki is divided against himself , and there are not just two Nikis but several dozen of them . |
| 6 | Most of the material will seem familiar , and there are not too many long words . |
| 7 | This naturally gives him a tremendous light-grasp , but his main work is in hunting for new comets and new exploding stars or novæ , in which he has been remarkably successful ( his present total is five comets and four novæ ) , and there are not many people who will attempt anything like this . |
| 8 | Not surprisingly then , most of the Schubert/Liszt songs are persuasive in expression , and there are not many living pianists I would rather hear in Erlkönig . |
| 9 | If record keys are numeric and there are not many gaps in the sequence , it is often possible to allocate a storage position based directly on the key . |
| 10 | the dog is worrying or is about to worry the livestock and there are not other reasonable means of ending or preventing the worrying ; or |
| 11 | The degree of formalisation is limited , and there are not many rules and procedures . |
| 12 | And there are not even that many men 's faces . |
| 13 | People who set fires tend to be young males , there are very few female arsonists , and there are not that many in the sort of later age group . |
| 14 | Yes , I suppose so , having to come all this way out and there are not many clinics . |