Example sentences of "[be] [adj] is not [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do notice something unusual which you are sure is not a software problem , then you should take a careful look for the cause or things will just get worse , possibly with more serious consequences . |
| 2 | For example , ( a ) damage to paths , is also caused by walkers , witness the problems of erosion on many popular tracks ; ( b ) the passage of cyclists requires walkers to step aside ( ! ! ) — this and para ( c ) sound really churlish , I might almost say childish , and give the impression of an RA membership composed entirely of geriatrics — which I 'm sure is not the case . |
| 3 | All eyes of course will be on Cheltenham where John Taylor will be trying to prove that being black is not a bar to becoming a Conservative Member of Parliament . |
| 4 | Being Fat is not a Sin , by Shelley Bovey ( Pandora 1988 ) talks about the prejudice and oppression suffered by fat people , particularly women , and about ways to feel good about yourself which do n't involve losing weight . |
| 5 | The conclusion that could be drawn from this argument is that is not a phoneme of English , but is an allophone of several different vowel phonemes when those phonemes occur in an unstressed syllable . |
| 6 | Now the probability of any one step being positive or negative is ½ , so that the probability of having , say , r positive steps and n — r negative ones is This is not the probability of arriving at the point m = r = ( n-r ) =2r-n , however , since the successive steps may be taken in different ways . |
| 7 | That Marxists may or may not be correct that this threat is illusory is not the point : the United States ' political leaders felt a threat , and this was the reason for their involvement in the Cold War . |