Example sentences of "[be] not [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems little reason why the proportion of women entering HE should not equal that of men in the future , particularly as research from Scotland ( Raffe , 1984 ; Willms and Kerr , 1986 ; McPherson and Willms , 1987 ) shows that in Scotland women are not outperforming men in all SCE school examination . |
| 2 | From this viewpoint cultural rules are not given determinants of individual action but are continually built up and broken down as the result of individual choices and decisions . |
| 3 | Most travel writers are not travel writers at all . |
| 4 | When we identify common ground we need to be sure that we are not making assumptions about other people 's values and interests . |
| 5 | I 'm not saying that 's right , but he took it upon himself to say ‘ You 're not taking liberties with any of our lads . ’ |
| 6 | When they 're not debating matters of national and international importance , MPs also try to help their constituents , or indeed , anyone else with a problem . |
| 7 | Actually French Brownies are n't called Brownies at all . |
| 8 | So how do Trading Standards make sure that people are n't selling fireworks to those under age ? |
| 9 | English Electric were not building trams by this time , and the new cars had to be ordered from a railway wagon builder , Roberts of Wakefield . |
| 10 | He got together with the head of the local shopkeepers ' association to try to make shopkeepers understand how important it is not to sell solvents to young people . |
| 11 | The prime aim of the Marriott fellowship is not to turn chemists into budding journalists , but to give them the chance to see some of the opportunities available in scientific publishing without committing themselves . |
| 12 | Er and finally to say that the strategy th that we have is not to take jobs from other areas , it is simply to meet the needs of the resident workforce . |
| 13 | ‘ And if you explain to Thomas that he 's not to touch things like that , but must come and tell you when he finds one , then he 'll avoid any danger in future . ’ |
| 14 | Whatever he was doing with the extra money , he was not settling accounts with those he had defrauded . |
| 15 | Shorebury Park who had a wedding cake made and she kept phoning her up and Alison was n't making cakes at that particular time . |