Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not a wart-hog from hell , ’ she moans . |
| 2 | I am not an optimist by nature , but since coming to this country I have blessed by good fortune . |
| 3 | You are not a child of Star Zoo . |
| 4 | Lower sales are not a sign of weakness of industry and commerce — just weakness of demand . |
| 5 | Members must have been trading in the UK for at least two years and must disclose their turnover and profits — lack of profits are not a bar to membership however , he added , because ‘ we would hate to disallow the big international business machine companies ’ . |
| 6 | There are of course the court of protection costs which are to be calculated and are not a source of disagreement . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ You are not a waste of time , Jenna . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | If you 're not a lover of platform games it could be a wee bit tedious . |
| 12 | If it works out that 's great , but we 're not a piece of meat . ’ |
| 13 | If it works out that 's great , but we 're not a piece of meat . ’ |
| 14 | When Catherine died , she was all I had left , but you ca n't hang on to young people … they 're not an insurance against loneliness in old age . |
| 15 | Now I would be the first to admit that I I 'm not a judge as accountant , I 'm an insurance broker er and erm I do n't understand er and I 'm not aware of all of the rules and regulations that affect accountants er and affect the way audits are carried out , b but I must say I was a bit surprised t to hear during the debate , er that that was really what the problem was , the problem with B C C I was this conflict of interest , that fraud was known and it was not declared er and er I think that these er these regulations should now make that considerably er more clear . |
| 16 | I 'm not a hater by nature . |
| 17 | Well I 'm I 'm sorry but I 'm not a lot of use to him if I let him just walk away from the shield . |
| 18 | I , I do n't , I 'm not an expert for poet , I , I , I feel about it , perhaps did n't |
| 19 | For such a contention there would seem to be not a shred of evidence . |
| 20 | er other than wh the church ones , which obviously are n't a lot of use to us for this |
| 21 | They were not a subdivision of Judaism , propounding one or another theological position . |
| 22 | The general form relied on the argument that the riots were not a form of protest against the insufferable social conditions of inner-city areas or the actions of the police , but a ‘ criminal act ’ or a ‘ cry for loot ’ . |
| 23 | So all their efforts to create helium from hydrogen hat been fruitless ; the traces of helium that they saw had been absorbed from the environment and were not a product of fusion . |
| 24 | When the Allied Socialists met later in February 1918 MacDonald 's fears were fully realized — the keynote speeches insisted that the War Aims were not a basis for negotiation with German socialists : the latter would have to accept them wholesale before any ‘ Stockholm'-style conference of all belligerent socialist parties could be considered . |
| 25 | He claimed scientific evidence had shown low levels of salmonella in water were not a risk to health . |
| 26 | Well somebody had cleaned all sink cos sink were there were n't a mark on sink when I went today . |
| 27 | Buckingham Palace were n't a lot of help in the matter yesterday . |
| 28 | Were n't a lot of choice was there ? |
| 29 | There were n't a lot of bleach in it . |
| 30 | There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ? |