Example sentences of "is not the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Art is not , as the metaphysicians say , the manifestation of some Idea of beauty or God ; it is not , as the aesthetic physiologists say , a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy ; it is not the expression of man 's emotions by external signs ; it is not the production of pleasing objects ; and , above all , it is not pleasure but it is a means of union among men joining them together in the same feelings , and indispensable for the life and progress towards wellbeing of individuals and humanity . |
| 2 | Art is not , as the metaphysicians say , the manifestation of some Idea of beauty or God ; it is not , as the aesthetic physiologists say , a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy ; it is not the expression of man 's emotions by external signs ; it is not the production of pleasing objects ; and , above all , it is not pleasure but it is a means of union among men joining them together in the same feelings , and indispensable for the life and progress towards wellbeing of individuals and humanity . |
| 3 | One must never forget that the reality of the twentieth century is not the reality of the nineteenth century , not at all and Picasso was the only one in painting who felt it , the only one . |
| 4 | Even in Europe , Saturn is not the only planet under whose influence it is possible to be born . |
| 5 | Describing the object is not the only sort of description that a reader can expect from a critic . |
| 6 | To say this is not the same as complaining of his acknowledgement that poor people can have a good time . |
| 7 | The lyricism that sells out to a state-ordained reality and solidarity is not the only lyricism we know , and it is the opposite of much of what we know by that name . |
| 8 | Byron 's is not the only ghost to be detected here : the cold hearts of his precursors Lovelace and Laclos 's Valmont are present in Pechorin , who has succeeded in attracting a certain princess . |
| 9 | This is not the first time that such considerations have arisen for readers of his fiction . |
| 10 | What interests her , apparently , is not the remark itself , but ‘ the degree to which the piece of recall ’ — her piece of recall , presumably — ‘ failed to affect the novel in any way ’ . |
| 11 | It is not the case that all her objections are mistaken . |
| 12 | Yet it is not the reality of a naturalistic drama , such as we would find in , say , Ibsen or Chekhov . |
| 13 | No particular accent is asked for , but Mike is not the conventional public school type who has gone to Cambridge . |
| 14 | But it has to be said ( it has to be said ! ) wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , typing , smiled to himself , it has to be said , wrote Harsnet , that if every project is likely , if not certain , to result in the addition of a little more shit to the shit that already exists , there is also the possibility , faint it is true but real , of the unexpected , and this is what delay makes possible and what the onward rush of time , the ever-increasing acceleration of time , perpetually denies , and in addition to the possibility of the unexpected appearing in the coils of delay , in addition to that , it has to be said , he wrote , that whatever the project , however trivial , however exalted , it will always say more than its maker knows , and , if genuine ( I will return to genuine ) , something will emerge which is distinct from whatever came before , from whatever elements went to make up the whole , a tone , a voice , which is not the tone or the voice of the maker but something else , something which , in my more optimistic moments , or perhaps my less clear-sighted moments , seems to be distinct from the shit though inseparable from it , a tone , a style , which links it to its maker 's other genuine ( I will return to genuine ) productions . |
| 15 | The reason destroying it now would be no solution , he wrote , is that what sickens me is not the object itself but the time and thought I have put into it . |
| 16 | Yet while empty part of wall or canvas feels sloppy , unfinished , this is not the case with the glass . |
| 17 | This is not the case with sugar , honey , grape must , cloves and other spices which increase its merit . |
| 18 | ‘ It is not the same thing . |
| 19 | For a start , it is not the hardiest of perennials ; not surprisingly considering that it hails from Uruguay . |
| 20 | Students and instructors often fail to realise that it is not the amount of height that matters but how much room there is ahead . |
| 21 | They are often told that gross over-ruddering is needed to spin , but this is not the case . |
| 22 | This is not the time to be thinking about what the chief instructor is going to think or say . |
| 23 | This is not the whole story about accidents associated with low ‘ g ’ sensations . |
| 24 | Stamina-building is not the only advantage of cycling . |
| 25 | For adaptations to a property to enable an elderly person over 60 ) who is not the owner or tenant , but who intends to live in the property to be cared for by a friend or relative . |
| 26 | However , in this case a decision must be made and is often given on the flimsiest of grounds ( though that is not the fault of the refereeing panel ) . |
| 27 | But this is not the only way to deal with an attack . |
| 28 | Surprisingly , some people think it is possible to score simply by sweeping the opponent , but this is not the case . |
| 29 | And he said , It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery , neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome : but the noise of them that sing do I hear ’ . ’ |
| 30 | As Cameron started to pick out wood to finish the forward half of the roof , Iain said to him quietly , ‘ Sandy McGlashan is not the only man with troubles . |