Example sentences of "[is] not [noun] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Convincing consumers to pay more for premium products is not evidence of a cartel : it is good marketing . |
| 2 | Thus , despite the striking familial association between gluten sensitivity and ulcerative colitis , it is clear from this study that the gluten driven proctitis is not part of a continuum of inflammatory change which culminates in some individuals in full blown ulcerative colitis . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , even though having angles equal to two right angles is not part of a triangle 's essence , it is because it is a three-sided plane figure that it has them . |
| 4 | The report is not part of a plot hatched by the Opposition to make the Government look bad . |
| 5 | ‘ It is not part of a doctor 's work to become involved in brawls , ’ he said firmly . |
| 6 | Although intelligence in a horse , or lack of it , is also an inherited characteristic , it is not part of a horse 's temperament . |
| 7 | It gives me the opportunity not only of placing on the official record the Committee 's thanks to its staff for their work , not only of drawing to the attention of the House what I think is the first debate on community care to be initiated in the Chamber which is not part of a debate on another measure , but also of drawing attention to the number of firsts that we score with this report and debate . |
| 8 | Mr Keith Pavey , the architect responsible for the project , says , ‘ Car parks are a much-maligned building type and it is rare to have the opportunity to design one that stands alone and is not part of an office block , shopping centre or other development . ’ |
| 9 | Delivery of a defence is not waiver of an irregularity , but the defendant must promptly apply to set aside the proceedings and take no other step meanwhile ( Ord 9 , r 13 ) . |
| 10 | The argument that Linguistics-based courses are impracticable , cited a number of difficulties that are real enough , arguing that there is not time in a course already fragmented , and asserting that there were not enough people equipped to design and teach such courses as we envisaged and advocated . |
| 11 | I believe that when Milton Friedman defends capitalism as a necessary but not sufficient condition to ensure a free society , it is not capitalism as an ideology to which he refers , but the guarantee by the state to respect private property rights . |
| 12 | What is at stake here is not innocence of a crime , but your reputation , and by a medical , not a legal tribunal . ’ |
| 13 | The Vendor can not be expected to anticipate what is and what is not material to a Purchaser . |
| 14 | No , it 's not part of a campaign of cleanliness in the school . |
| 15 | This week , in yet another head-to-head about the threatened Wensleydale railway , he sought assurances from BR that their apparent reluctance to allow charter excursions on the line is n't part of a closure strategy or ‘ stitching the line up ’ , as local campaigner Stan Abbott vividly puts it . |
| 16 | ‘ There is n't time for a debate . |