Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Solidarity with the Spanish Republic undermined the pacifism of many on the left , and Russell knew that he was swimming against the tide when he urged the friends of peace to ‘ avoid the crusading spirit … in relation to Spain , on the grounds that even the best cause is not worth a great war . ’ |
| 2 | ALL THE PAIN THAT MONEY CAN BUY : The Life of Christina Onassis by William Wright Gollancz , £5.99 MANY MIGHT think that Christina Onassis 's 37 years of life , notable only for her four marriages and succession of lovers , is not worth a full-scale biography , certainly not one of almost 400 pages . |
| 3 | Whatever may be the attitude of any individual teacher , if s/he does not receive adequate support from the school in implementing change , s/he is likely to give up , or decide that the innovation is not worth the extra time and energy required . |
| 4 | It will provide you with two sides of an A4 sheet giving you very little detail about the property except that it is or is not worth the agreed purchase price . |
| 5 | While such intervention is not without a moral hazard problem , it may still remain the best solution for those seeking income insurance ; in other words the government can handle the moral hazard problem better than the market can . |
| 6 | P1 is not under a contractual duty to tell P2 of any defects he is aware of , unless P2 specifically asks . |
| 7 | The groundsman is not under the present LMS scheme . |
| 8 | In my judgment the Secretary of State , if he sets a tariff period which exceeds that recommended by the judiciary , is not under an absolute obligation to give reasons for departing from the judicial view . |
| 9 | The argument for feminist education , free from male control , is not as a remedial exercise , it is because we have important work to do together , from which we can not afford to be distracted by the interference and destruction we know happens when men remain in control . |
| 10 | It recognises that the newer and better way to govern the law-breaker is not through the expiring system of the cell and the lash , but rather through the mind and the heart ( Bridgwater , 1909 , p. 9 ) . |
| 11 | The fact that he demonstrated his interest in those eight cases , emphasised them and talked so wildly about them , shows that his concern is not with the genuine asylum seeker , but with diminishing the respect that this country should hold for people who are in desperate trouble and whom , in better and more self-confident days , hon. Members of all parties would have been in favour of helping . |
| 12 | If the charge on the property in favour of the husband is not for a fixed amount but is expressed to be equivalent , for example , to one third of the net proceeds of sale , then the husband has acquired a chargeable asset ( Marren v Ingles [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 983 ) and payment of the capital sum by way of redemption of the charge would appear to be a disposal for capital gains tax purposes ( TCGA 1992 , s22 ) . |
| 13 | The aim of treatment is not for a young child to lose weight as it would be in an adult , but to maintain their weight or make below normal weight gain ( Dietz 1984 ) . |
| 14 | How d , I 'm sorry I do n't understand how you know the local preference is not for a new settlement . |
| 15 | In arguing this he not only collapses the specificity of consumption but also misrepresents the relationship between the ‘ individual ’ and the ‘ social ’ in Marx 's argument , for it is not for the individual consumer to recognize himself in another individual 's product anyway , but to recognize the socially-imprinted character and meaning of the product … and so to find in it the satisfaction of ‘ need ’ ( ibid : 30 ) . |
| 16 | In particular , he could say that it is not for the Conservative Party or anybody else to determine the budget options of Parliament . |
| 17 | If it is not for the full amount of the debt , why is n't it ? |
| 18 | So the water table is not at a constant level , but rises and falls during the year as the amount of water stored in the aquifer increases and decreases . |
| 19 | But if it is not thoroughly conscious or if the youngster is not at a mature level of understanding any examination of feeling may be very disturbing for the child . |
| 20 | This is often an unintentional form of steering which happens when the sail is not at the correct angle to the wind — the section of the sail next to the mast does not fill with wind and the driving force acts from a couple of feet farther back . |
| 21 | Otherwise , if the oil is not at the right temperature , you end up boiling the food rather than deep-frying it . ’ |
| 22 | But , to enable the searcher to know where the register is kept , if that is not at the registered office , the general part of the return has to state where that is . |
| 23 | In intuitive terms , we might also say that what follows + but + is not on a separate speaker 's topic , but continues the talk ‘ about ’ 'my drink' . |
| 24 | Generally speaking , If the service is scheduled along a fixed route , the vessel is a ‘ liner ’ ; if the service is not on a fixed route and is unscheduled , the vessel is a tramp . |
| 25 | NOT ON DC This module is not on an active Design Change ( DC ) via the package and is selected as LATEST-ISSUE . |
| 26 | The country 's politicians , believers in consensus , stress that the naysayers must be assured that the European Community is not on the slippery slope to a federal Europe . |
| 27 | Select a point A that is not on the straight line . |
| 28 | Although the matter of Thursday 's meeting is not on the official agenda , the council 's freedom of speech policy may be called into question . |
| 29 | I then found my application for financial assistance for part-time study had been rejected ‘ because anthropology is not on the approved list of subjects ( in the Circular ) ’ ( Memo from HQ 1977 ) . |
| 30 | Thus , the administration referred to is not of a governmental nature and the other legislation to which I was referred is of no assistance . |