Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] not [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Local states are not accorded a leading role in decisions about welfare .
2 So let's sweep aside this idea of appointees because the Home Secretary of the day and his predecessor and the Home Office and the inspectorate feel that the police authorities are not doing a proper job , give them the tools to do a pres proper job .
3 British machinery companies are not making a big enough effort to promote their products in the recently opened markets of Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland , according to an export consultant .
4 Reserve requirements on banks will have to be standardized if some banks are not to suffer a competitive disadvantage .
5 There is now problems on the streets of , there is anger in the outer areas that through your postal code politics people are not getting a fair deal in the outer areas of this city .
6 The Irish hierarchy are not anticipating a miraculous recovery to form this season .
7 But when hospitals are struggling to stay within budgets such initiatives are not given a high priority .
8 But he warned : ‘ It would be naive to think the Provisional IRA are not planning a major attack on the British mainland . ’
9 But he warned : ‘ It would be naive to think the Provisional IRA are not planning a major attack on the British mainland . ’
10 But he warned : ‘ It would be naive to think the Provisional IRA are not planning a major attack on the British mainland . ’
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