Example sentences of "[be] not [verb] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not suggesting an industry policy but a more active policy for manufacturing industry . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not anticipating a January reshuffle , ’ he said . |
| 3 | The large majority of employees whose tax is deducted at source under PAYE and are not sent an income tax return will be unaffected by the changes . |
| 4 | Heavier passengers will cause greater injury to others in an accident if they are not wearing a seat belt . |
| 5 | Films endorsing or encouraging depravity are not granted a BBFC certificate in Britain , and few such films were available as evidence to Royal Commissions until the advent of video . |
| 6 | The precedents in this chapter ( with the exception of Precedents 9 and 10 which are not following a court order ) should not attract a charge to stamp duty as a result of The Stamp Duty ( Exempt Instruments ) Regulations 1987 ( SI No 516 ) ( see Chapter 2 generally as to stamp duty ) . |
| 7 | A spokesman said : ‘ We are not making a PR film for the Army . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We 're not constructing a water park , ’ he said , demolishing her tirade in one short sentence . |
| 9 | Er and as for budgets erm you know I 'd , I 'd be saying to people come on you 're not buying a raffle ticket , let's talk serious funding . |
| 10 | Right , so we only do it once we 've got the formal , so we 're not generating a research approval form for , unnecessarily ? |
| 11 | But they promise solemnly to retire forever if it ever happens , so you can enjoy their sharp and amusing little ditties in the secure knowledge that you 're not creating a Barron Knights for the '90s . |
| 12 | No the suggestion is we 're in the golf club and we 're doing a planner we 're not doing a score card |
| 13 | You 're not making a christmas cake are you ? |
| 14 | It 's a safe bet you 're not hugging a phone book , |
| 15 | ‘ We 're not having an afternoon lesson today . ’ |
| 16 | I mean , you 're not missing a light bulb or anything , are you ? ’ |
| 17 | " Thank goodness , I 'm not having a heart attack " was my reaction . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not running a Sunday School outing . |
| 19 | " I 'm not running a riding school , " Matthew protested . |
| 20 | In spite of legislation which makes seat belt wearing compulsory , it is a matter of concern that 45% of the car passenger casualties in this age group were not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident . |
| 21 | He would leave the packet open so that the desk sergeant saw they were not getting a parcel bomb . |
| 22 | It should be remembered , however , that the results of this project were obtained from 4th year pupils , not the 5th year , and that the schools involved were not operating a GCSE curriculum . |
| 23 | An impressive 17 per cent of the potential readers were not buying a Sunday paper at the moment . |
| 24 | The Communists , critics argued , were merely in search of political stability , and security and were not attempting a world takeover . |
| 25 | ‘ We were not offering a babysitting service . ’ |
| 26 | Joe Guglielmi explained that Taligent is not building an operating system , rather it is building a total development environment for objects . |
| 27 | Members should note that the current intention is not to hold a January meeting as the first Friday of the month is New Year 's Day . |
| 28 | Jiminez de Arechaga concludes that recognising a third party 's assent through its actions shows that the third party is taking advantage of a pre-existing right , and is not concluding a collateral agreement . |
| 29 | The crisis centre is not called a crisis centre for nothing . |
| 30 | The company is not making a profit forecast , but profits for the 36 weeks to 9 January have grown to £9.79 million . |