Example sentences of "[adj] be not the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , so this is not the price list you 're used to , this is the D I Y price list . |
| 2 | This is not the principle aim of Capitalism Socialism and Democracy ( written in 1942 ) , but it is the longest lasting element of that work , which actually Schumpeter wrote to demonstrate the inevitable and regrettable emergence of socialism ( as he defined it ) after the Second World War . |
| 3 | Considerable effort has been expended to reduce the dependence upon written language when this is not the subject matter of the test , for example , in science use is made of oral presentations of questions . |
| 4 | This is not the autograph manuscript of the poem , but it is an autograph manuscript of Robert Browning 's , since it is in his hand . |
| 5 | This is not the language meaning ( the words or syntax of the language ) but rather the message meaning or intended meaning of the speaker . |
| 6 | This was not the operations room of a naval warship or a secret room in the White House but my modest office above a restaurant in north London . |
| 7 | This was not the berserker bravery of the Chaos Hordes ; this incredible tenacity was allied to tactical cunning and consummate military skill . |
| 8 | THIS WAS NOT THE FAREWELL appearance Nigel Mansell had wanted . |
| 9 | But , as Mr Malik kept reminding him , this was not the target audience of the school . |
| 10 | Of course paying customers want to see a winning side , and they want superficial honours like League titles and Cup runs , but that is not the Whaddon way . |
| 11 | The project quality plan is produced by the project engineer looking after the job , and that is not the project coordinator . |
| 12 | That is not the coal lobby talking — that is the view of senior people in National Power who know exactly what is happening in terms of electricity generation in this country . |
| 13 | Trouble is , as our Law Survey shows , that 's not the way business wants to work . |
| 14 | The North East of the 1950s and early 1960s was not the North East of 1914 , not least in terms of domestic arrangements , demography and completed family sizes . |
| 15 | This last is not the day.today catering provided by a commercial restaurant , a hotel dining room or a canteen , but catering at one-off " events " . |