Example sentences of "[be] not [art] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not the type of manager to go in and say right , I 'll take this and create it into something else . |
| 2 | I am not the kind of person to be treated seriously , in Bob 's jargon . |
| 3 | I am not the master of tack and I always say what I think . |
| 4 | Graham said : ‘ I am not the sort of person who can just sit around reading . |
| 5 | You are not a child of Star Zoo . |
| 6 | Lower sales are not a sign of weakness of industry and commerce — just weakness of demand . |
| 7 | There are of course the court of protection costs which are to be calculated and are not a source of disagreement . |
| 8 | A second answer is that long working hours are not a cause of housework dissatisfaction because they are an expected part of the housewife role . |
| 9 | Consultants are not a waste of money , it was decided by an overwhelming majority at one of the liveliest debates of the 1993 BAIE convention . |
| 10 | ‘ You are not a waste of time , Jenna . ’ |
| 11 | In coming to terms with conflicting feelings about the relationship between their parents , and being helped to do so , children assimilate the capacity to manage other relationships in which they are not the centre of attention and from which they may be excluded . |
| 12 | These square panels from high up on a building , with only one , two or at most three figures on each , are not the kind of model on which the vase-painter drew for his battle . |
| 13 | ‘ They are not the kind of thing we want in this town and certainly not near my hotel . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ They are not the kind of thing we want in this town and certainly not near my hotel . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ They are not the kind of thing we want in this town and certainly not near my hotel . ’ |
| 16 | These mannequins are not the glamourpusses of Vogue , but the strange girl next door of a Diane Arbus photograph . |
| 17 | ‘ Corporal ’ — her voice was clear and could have been that of a schoolteacher reprimanding — ‘ I have n't much opinion of my legs , but I can assure you you are not the type of man I would allow within parade ground distance of them , let alone pull them . ’ |
| 18 | Although libraries ( especially young peoples ' libraries ) are not the havens of quiet of folk myth , they can cater for such children if staff are trained to recognize and respect them . |
| 19 | Defendants are permitted to prove their innocence to the extent of whatever accounts and receipts they may have , but case law has shown that it is impossible to prove that savings from wages are not the fruit of crime , being just money in the bank . |
| 20 | These three limits to structuralism are not the marks of failure . |
| 21 | The difficult situations that life presents to us are not the cause of stress . |
| 22 | Tories are not the Party of choice and ownership but the Party of restrictions and repossessions . |
| 23 | The numbers given in the boxes are not the numbers of leukaemia deaths as the presentation suggests — they are nearer to the total of all causes of death . |
| 24 | This is how a modern scientist , John Cole , has put it : Mysteries " are not the product of thought , but of experience . |
| 25 | Hayek points to the fact that many social institutions which are essential to the successful pursuit of our aims are the result of customs , habits , and practices which are not the product of design or invention and which , although they govern thought and action , are often not brought to consciousness . |
| 26 | ‘ Contracts of employment are agreements between employers and their staff - they are not the business of government , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ And , in order to keep the twins happy , we must make sure that we 're not a picture of doom and gloom , ’ he continued firmly . |
| 28 | If you 're not a lover of platform games it could be a wee bit tedious . |
| 29 | If it works out that 's great , but we 're not a piece of meat . ’ |
| 30 | If it works out that 's great , but we 're not a piece of meat . ’ |