Example sentences of "[is] not [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is not through lack of support by this Government , who have put £17 billion into the coal industry since 1979 . |
| 2 | It is not for want of encouragement . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , this is not of importance in relation to our present consideration . |
| 4 | On this damp cold ground , the grass is not like grass in picture books : it is town grass-tufty , unkempt , in patches of mud . |
| 5 | But at that time the plaintiff had no actual existence ; was not a human being ; and was not a passenger — in fact , as Lord Coke says , the plaintiff was then pars viscerum matris , and we have not been referred to any authority or principle to show that a legal duty has ever been held to arise towards that which is not in esse in fact and has only a fictitious existence in law , so as to render a negligent act a breach of that duty . |
| 6 | The package is not in state for approval — listings can not be prepared . |
| 7 | This is not in terms of methodology , I hasten to add , for I learned by first-hand practice in the late 1960s that the application of scientific methods of investigation in the so-called ‘ agricultural-botany ’ model had little value in developing understanding in education . |
| 8 | This is not in terms of methodology , I hasten to add , for I learned by first-hand practice in the late 1960s that the application of scientific methods of investigation in the so-called ‘ agricultural-botany ’ model had little value in developing understanding in education . |
| 9 | That way , the way of Camp , is not in terms of beauty but in terms of the degree of artifice , of stylisation . ’ |
| 10 | It is not easy to set standards for what is acceptable and what is not in terms of production expertise and technical quality . |
| 11 | The referential , truth-functional nature of language is not in abeyance in fiction : rather it is exploited in referring to , and thereby creating , a fictional universe , a mock-reality . |
| 12 | As P2 is not in privity of contract with B , he has no contract action against him . |
| 13 | However , a general trade embargo would not be effective and would require international support , which is not in prospect at present . |
| 14 | For example , an employer is not in breach of contract for sacking someone because of his or her age . |
| 15 | The effect of clauses which define the contractor 's obligations is that , if the contractor performs in accordance with the express undertaking , it has performed the contract and is not in breach of contract at all . |
| 16 | All plant , machinery , vehicles and other equipment used in connection with the Business is in a good and safe state of repair and condition and is not in need of renewal or replacement . |
| 17 | Equally well , rather than disappoint you , the assistant may say ( hat the item is not in stock at present but may be in next week — after several weeks of returning to ask about it , you may suddenly realize that the item never is coming in . |
| 18 | The dangerous journey in store for Sard is not in fact in pursuit of the ideal woman , but a prosaic attempt to get back to his ship before it sails , an attempt frustrated by the theft of his bicycle and by wanderings that involve him with a silver-train and a period in gaol , the traverse of an appalling desert and a rock-strewn mountain . |
| 19 | So the id is a jumble of contradictions and the reason it 's a jumble of contradictions is that it 's not in contact with reality . |