Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than widening the regulatory net , why not narrow the banking fishpond ? |
| 2 | Not that the goose ever had much of a deal . |
| 3 | ‘ Is not that the condition of us all ? ’ |
| 4 | Is not that the best investment that we can make in the long-term future for that troubled area ? |
| 5 | Is not that the result of the Government 's characteristic incompetence ? |
| 6 | Is not that the true face of the Labour party — no heart , no brains and a leader who is not only a joke but a jerk ? |
| 7 | Is not that the most effective way of harnessing consumer choice in the cause of improving welfare standards ? |
| 8 | Is not that the most open admission yet that , despite the honeyed words of the Secretary of State for Scotland , he has done nothing , is doing nothing and will do nothing to intervene in any way to help to save the Ravenscraig plant ? |
| 9 | Is not that the most telling argument as to the comparative economic strength of this country ? |
| 10 | Is not that the true measure of the Act and of the Government 's lack of commitment to the environment ? |
| 11 | Is not that the way for us to gain increasing shares of world markets for the fourth successive year , in contrast with the strike-torn , tax-weary years of decline under Labour ? |
| 12 | Is not that the reality ? |
| 13 | Was not that the main thrust of his observations ? |
| 14 | Where this is not possible the officer dealing could show in his evidence that it was likely that the other party would be harassed , distressed or alarmed . |
| 15 | Where agreement is not possible the court can make orders dealing with residence and contact . |
| 16 | In such case we must treat the pair as one insured item and if a repair or replacement of the lost/damaged item is not possible the insured is entitled to the sum insured for the pair or set . |
| 17 | If you take a sample er , of ce the cera cereblis fluid during the course of acute bacteria meningitis you will find it 's drowning , drowning , not due the fact that it 's an organism , but present , being due to the presence of puss cells . |
| 18 | As old age advances this can become a very disturbing experience and even where the medical problem is not grave the hospitalization itself can accelerate confusion and frailty among old people . |
| 19 | Is not this the worst possible decision for both 4 and 15 Para ? |
| 20 | ‘ Is not this the time to drop the whole affair ? |
| 21 | As the decision in Curtis shows , a business should take care to ensure that its employees do not misrepresent the effects of its terms . |
| 22 | For reasons that are not clear the banding is absent from polar regions , but the generally ‘ granulated ’ appearance probably arises from upward convection . |
| 23 | Where the statute is not clear the court 's determination of which of the options set out above applies may well depend on the strength of the presumption . |
| 24 | I would have said , not half the man I am . ’ |
| 25 | The Bf110 , he thought , as he flew sedately north towards Denmark , was not half the plane the 109 was . |
| 26 | You see it 's not , not alcoholic the wine . |
| 27 | Auctioneers maintain the introduction of new technology buying will complement not destory the markets , but inevitably they will bring changes to the traditional market day . |
| 28 | Although she was not suicidal the therapist agreed that she might have been feeling as if she wanted to die at the time of the overdose . |
| 29 | If we are not careful the innovation for which the UK has been famous will disappear in a headlong rush to maximise shareholder returns . |
| 30 | I there is a worry of course , that , er County Farms if we happen to end up in three unitary authorities , could be said to be not a core activity of those three new authorities , especially the core of an urban one , and it may be that if we 're not careful the County Farm estate can end up in the hands of the residuary body for sale , and I think what we 're looking , asking Mr to do , is to find ways of , of moving it forward , without ha falling into that net , which may not be what we want . |