Example sentences of "[is] not the [noun] [prep] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | Art is not , as the metaphysicians say , the manifestation of some Idea of beauty or God ; it is not , as the aesthetic physiologists say , a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy ; it is not the expression of man 's emotions by external signs ; it is not the production of pleasing objects ; and , above all , it is not pleasure but it is a means of union among men joining them together in the same feelings , and indispensable for the life and progress towards wellbeing of individuals and humanity . |
| 2 | Cool-headed and light-hearted about life , Zeelenberg is not the sort of man to have been worried by the doubters . |
| 3 | But then Paul is not the sort of man to talk about his private life at work . |
| 4 | He is not the sort of man you wait to see what he will do to you . |
| 5 | My wife is sure Maurin 's not the type of man to be violent and that the men who came were n't sent by him . ’ |
| 6 | And the reason he remains friends with his ex-wives and lovers is that he 's a man 's man , essentially , he 's not the sort of man who would not have women friends around him unless they had , in some way , been involved with him . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're right , Bill 's not the sort of man to include information like that in casual conversation . |
| 8 | Because he 's not the sort of man you can bully … ’ |
| 9 | He 's not the sort of man you order around ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , she might have been angry with him , ’ Adele chattered on , ‘ but he 's not the sort of man one can ignore , is he ? |