Example sentences of "not [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Not them other little things cos they know you 've got them at the school .
2 Now , it may or not me noticeable if it 's a minor alteration in the surface geometry then it may be so slight as to make no difference in the way it performs so if , for example , it 's an enzyme it may not affect it at all .
3 ‘ You 're not me fucking father , right ! ’ she yells at the sleeping head .
4 ‘ You 're not me fucking father , right ! ’
5 Which reminds me that the Jocks — I mean the real guardsmen who arrived from England this morning to make up the complement , not you phoney chaps , are going to be given their first lesson this afternoon .
6 If garbage pickers were to become regular employees , the price of waste paper would rise by at least three times and it would not he worthwhile the company buying it .
7 LEAs would not he able to restrict admissions to schools by using artificial admissions limits .
8 You may not he able to think of incentives and pressures that you can use , just because you have n't given sufficient thought to identify what the other person wants and needs and how you can match them .
9 Is not he ashamed at the remarks of his predecessor and of his ministerial colleagues who have constantly criticised Haringey 's education policy and have cut its revenue support grant ?
10 Is not he aware that thousands of people 's property will deteriorate unless grants are forthcoming ?
11 If nuclear non-proliferation is good enough for the rest of the world , why is not it good enough for us ?
12 Is not it necessary to recognise that in future the Crown prosecution service should be far more willing to listen to allegations and to investigate them ?
13 Is not it curious that you have taken the name ? ’
14 Is not it frustrating for aid agencies across the globe to have their efforts swept aside by deals such as this , which cheat the people of Guyana ?
15 Is not it extraordinary that Opposition Members are sanctimoniously concerned about leaks when their Front-Bench spokesmen live off leaks from Departments ?
16 Is not it reasonable that the House of Commons should be given the same information as is made available to the press in briefings ?
17 Mama named you de Warenne — is not it possible that you are in some way connected with the duke my father 's family ? ’
18 I accept that what you say is well-meant but is not it possible that you yourself … ’
19 Is not it possible to put many of those documents in the public domain and publish them as Public Accounts Committee documents ?
20 As the Select Committee has made serious allegations about interference in its important work , is not it worrying that it has taken quite so long to make any progress in dealing with its complaint ?
21 of British Rail 's freight business originates in the north-west , is not it strange that British Rail has not talked to the majority of its users already about times and tariffs for the channel tunnel ?
22 Is not it easy to give those people advice ?
23 Is not it sad to hear that until yesterday no representations had been made on the patients charter by NUPE and COHSE ?
24 Is not it unacceptable that pensioners should be defrauded of pensions to which they have contributed throughout their entire working lives , as is the case with the Mirror Group Newspapers pensioners ?
25 Given the crocodile tears on those matters from the Labour party , is not it essential that my right hon. Friend should as soon as possible launch an inquiry into how people 's pensions were protected by the prominent Labour party members who were directors and trustees of the Mirror Group Newspapers pension fund ?
26 Is not it true that a large number of small firms are in the tourism sector ?
27 Is not it true that the Government 's attitude towards CTCs is private affluence and , towards the rest of the education system , public squalor ?
28 Is not it true that the majority of pensioners have extra income from savings , from an occupational pension or from other benefits such as income support ?
29 Is not it true that throughout the United Kingdom , only about 100 such cases have been pursued despite the enormous amount which the Government have put into advocating the scheme ?
30 Is not it true that some documents that the Public Accounts Committee receives are not published , such as the memorandum that the National Audit Office drew up for me on the accountability of United Nations agencies ?
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