Example sentences of "[be] not [adv] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not normally a vodka drinker but well , why not , it slipped down very easily with the sardines ! |
| 2 | If you are not already a Midland customer , take or post the form to your nearest Midland branch . |
| 3 | If you are not already a Midland customer , post or take the forms to the Midland branch of your choice , and the necessary formalities will be arranged . |
| 4 | If you are not yet a NatWest customer but would like a loan simply fill in the application form and call in at the branch of your choice where the staff will be pleased to discuss your needs . |
| 5 | He derided those who thought it was ‘ all right to stay in opposition so long as your socialist heart is pure ’ , and argued it was not they who suffered , but the poor in Britain and in the third world : ‘ We are not just a debating society . |
| 6 | Application forms are not just a routine procedure . |
| 7 | You 're not even a season holder are you ? |
| 8 | We 're not yet a police lab even if you do walk in and out of the place as if it 's your own kitchen . |
| 9 | Because , as I say , we 've got recycling credits on our side , we 've got the fact that we 've got this outlet in Exmouth which will take the paper , and that 's why we 're looking at producing this workshop area , so that a lot of this stuff that goes to landfill , I 'm talking about , fridges , tables , whichever else that can be repaired and reused er , I know this is only on a very small scale , but one of the things that I think is very important with is that we 're not purely a recycling centre , we also want to set an education project , to raise people 's awareness of what yo yet waste production is n't about recycling , it 's about not producing it in the first place , |
| 10 | but they 're not like a traffic regulation order . |
| 11 | Oh dear , I thought , feeling very sorry for myself , and I 'm not even a drinking man . |
| 12 | I I 'm not really a doctor person really , but this is really troubling me up here you know . |
| 13 | I I 'm not really a doctor person really , but this is really troubling me up here you know . |
| 14 | I 'm not really a Shakespeare fan . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not really a football fan , ’ she insists . |
| 16 | This was to be not just a travel book but one which should be of use if , as seemed increasingly likely , we should be involved in hostilities with Italy : a circumstance which I nevertheless felt could , with diplomatic skill , be avoided . |
| 17 | Telephone Frank turns out to be not only a money expert , or an expert on not having any . |
| 18 | ROBERT Stephenson and Hawthorns Limited were not strictly a Darlington firm , but for 64 years ‘ Stivvies ’ provided employment for thousands of men in the town . |
| 19 | Canal tours , blue-and-white china , narrow streets — if it were not also a university town it would be merely beautiful . |
| 20 | The Ranger series of spacecraft for impacting the Moon were not entirely a success story ; but the soft landing Surveyors , which followed them , were . |
| 21 | For example , speculative development of unit factories , offices and other premises suitable for small firms is not normally a planning matter : ‘ it is for market forces to determine whether there is a demand for such premises ’ . |
| 22 | John Patten , counting his blessings that he is not yet a Treasury Minister , opted to avoid the economy altogether and put his faith in education , as befits an Oxford fellow . |
| 23 | Malcolm , out to prove that he is not yet a Test has-been , quickly worked up a rare pace and was quite a handful , coming in with the pavilion behind him . |
| 24 | When a tenant who is not already a council tenant applies for a council house , the local authority , before granting a secure tenancy finds out whether the council house will be occupied by the tenant alone or whether the council house will become the joint home of the tenant and a member of the tenant 's family who has been residing with the tenant . |
| 25 | It is not even a hair cut . |
| 26 | Now this is not strictly a soul food recipe , but since Philadelphia is my home town and my family has eaten its way through tons of this , I always think of it as northern soul food . |
| 27 | There is therefore little or no scope for the clearing member who is not also a market member . |
| 28 | A Feminist Dictionary , compiled by Cheris Kramarae and Paula Treichler , is not just a nonsexist version of the standard dictionary , but an attempt to break down the monolithic authority of dictionaries in general . |
| 29 | How are you going to ensure that Care in the Community is not just a pipe dream ? |
| 30 | This is not just a publishing fad . |