Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not living in a bed of roses but in reality . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I am not looking for a ghost . |
| 3 | I am not suggesting for a moment that this kind of problem can be resolved merely by putting more resources in , but at the same time there is need to spend more money , perhaps . |
| 4 | It is possible that I am not sitting on a chair at all , but lying on a sofa . |
| 5 | At that time , I could have got that girl a bed straight away in a decent place — I am not talking about a mattress on a floor . |
| 6 | The night is black and there are no streetlights , and I feel as though I am not driving on a road at all , but forcing my way through clotted bushes . |
| 7 | I feel so glad that I 've finally found something that works and am not confined to a life of bingeing/vomiting , etc . |
| 8 | As I have said , we are not dealing with a demon but something worse , a soul steeped in mortal sin . |
| 9 | Among others , these prevent double counting of non-trade exchange differences which could otherwise be included under deductions for cases III , IV or V Schedule D , of exchange differences on currency acquired under a forward contract and indefinite deferral of unrealised gains ; ensure carry-forward of losses are not prevented by a drafting technicality ; enable regulations to apply arm's-length test exclusions to debts that vary in amount ; and extend the rules on translating forward currency contracts to those not reflected in accounts prepared under normal accounting practice . |
| 10 | All I can say is , it is a good job players are not breathalysed before a match , because all of us were completely smashed ! |
| 11 | Usually a husband and wife are regarded as living together if they are not separated under a court order or a deed of separation or separated in such circumstances as are likely to prove permanent ( Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 , s282 ) . |
| 12 | Now if these maxims of co-operation are not honoured by a speaker on a particular occasion and the hearer has reason to suppose that this is intentional , the hearer will look for meanings other than those which are explicitly expressed . |
| 13 | ‘ The problem is the marginalisation of elderly people from mainstream society , a lack of rights , and the fact that they are not politicised as a group . |
| 14 | Attitudes towards employment , retirement , and early retirement are not formed in a vacuum . |
| 15 | If this population is representative of the situation nationally , substantial numbers of patients with end stage liver disease might benefit from liver transplantation , but are not referred to a centre . |
| 16 | In this case the seller will probably require some statement of the efforts that the acquirer will take to collect the debts , provision for unallocated payments received from debtors to be attributed first to pre-completion obligations , and a right to take over the enforcement of debts which are not collected within a period of , say , six months . |
| 17 | It may be that time limits , even when employees help set them , are not viewed as a standard of excellence by most employees in these job settings . |
| 18 | They are not examined with a view to appraisal which might require adjustments to concepts of syllabus design to accommodate them . |
| 19 | The various values and beliefs that coalesce to maintain , reinforce , or sometimes modify the political culture are not generated in a vacuum ; they are acquired through a process of socialization . |
| 20 | The charges are not intended as a pollution tax per se , although the NRA acknowledges that they may cause some businesses to review polluting activities . |
| 21 | They are presented in order to illustrate some similarities and differences in the way the Cockcroft recommendations are being interpreted in relation to assessment and are not intended as a review of all the initiatives currently being undertaken . |
| 22 | The surprises of God are not intended as a substitute for strategy . |
| 23 | of its shares and the other shareholders have not served notice requesting the preparation of group accounts and the company 's securities are not listed on a stock exchange in any member State . |
| 24 | After all , the exporters are not living in a vacuum : they rely on domestic producers for many of their materials , power , transport , and other services . |
| 25 | In this context we may well ask whether we are not living in an age when God is judging our Western civilisation — whether the inflation of the Western world is a judgment on materialism , or the rising unemployment a judgment on militant trade unionism or the crisis of capitalism a judgment on the secular humanism of our age . |
| 26 | There are only debates on ministerial statements and these are not followed by a vote : in any case such statements are rare . |
| 27 | Broadly speaking eligible trainees are individuals who pay for their own training or assessment out of their own resources , who do not receive assistance from an employer or are not funded under a Government Scheme towards the cost of such training . |
| 28 | The obligations , particularly where they are not funded by a scheme financially independent of the company , carry very significant deferred tax implications . |
| 29 | As has been normal for most organized communities that are not based on a money economy , African society was based on slavery ( in the sense of the life-long ownership of human beings who could be traded ) , which sometimes involved plantation work or even being used as a human sacrifice : there is no calculus to compare the disadvantages of local slavery with those of being taken across the Atlantic and used as plantation or mining labour . |
| 30 | And for the moment you are not watching on a colleague , because you are not working for M16 but directly for Winston . |