Example sentences of "[be] n't a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 er other than wh the church ones , which obviously are n't a lot of use to us for this
2 Well somebody had cleaned all sink cos sink were there were n't a mark on sink when I went today .
3 Buckingham Palace were n't a lot of help in the matter yesterday .
4 Were n't a lot of choice was there ?
5 There were n't a lot of bleach in it .
6 There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ?
7 This is n't a deficit in response inhibition as such because the animals never develop a history of being reinforced in one arm of the maze in preference to any other .
8 Now Russo then representative democracy is n't a refinement of democracy to make it appropriate for the modern world , but a way of giving away all the merits of democracy .
9 Which is n't a problem for Pool .
10 Erm that is n't a constraint to consideration of new settlement sites in the A sixty four corridor .
11 No , it is n't a home for fat , elderly over-the-hill musos , but a record label called simply robsrecords .
12 Her sufferings were enough to fill a few episodes of the soap and showed that career success is n't a guarantee of happiness .
13 However , most workers stress that rural deprivation is n't a function of rurality but is instead a product of the national social structure which according to Neate ( 1981 , 20–1 ) is then :
14 ‘ And I can assure you there is n't a hope in hell of getting access .
15 It 's plann i Planning is now policy led yes , but but but er planning is n't a slave to policy .
16 ‘ Yes , but that is n't a law of nature , Mr Wycliffe ; it is sometimes the result of manipulation .
17 ‘ This is n't a question of integrity or honour .
18 There is n't a sense of coresponsibility , and we need to change that . ’
19 " It 's perfect , and there is n't a speck of dust anywhere .
20 That 's why in Man in Shower in Beverly Hills ( 1964 ) , there is n't a bar of soap in sight .
21 ‘ I guess this Turhan Bey is n't a God of Peace , Forgiveness and Harmony then ? ’
22 ‘ Do n't you know that there is n't a bus till dawn ? ’ he rasped .
23 It 's easier , it 's the easiest thing is when there is n't a number in sight , when it 's all letters .
24 Whatever you say , you must be prepared to do ; it is n't a game of bluff .
25 This is n't a method of birth control !
26 there is n't a car in sight !
27 Still 200K is n't a lot of money for a player of his class at only 31 .
28 That 's what I mean , so what you 're actually getting for your , thousand pound is n't a lot of money .
29 There is n't a lot of love for Mum — they adored their Dad — it 's the old thing , ‘ We promised Dad on his death-bed that we 'd always care for Mum ’ , it 's a very real thing to them … ’
30 I think what we would now say is that of course women are extremely competent programme-makers , but there is n't a lot of evidence that they want to cover different topics .
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