Example sentences of "[pers pn] is not [adj] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not feasible at this stage to set a precise timetable for each acquisition since much will depend on the availability of information and the complexity of each deal . |
| 2 | It is not well at all ! ’ |
| 3 | It is not impossible at all . |
| 4 | When it is sitting in the medicine chest or pharmacy it is not Homoeopathic at all ; it is just a potentised remedy ( potentisation is the name given to the process of preparation of the remedies used ) . |
| 5 | ‘ It is not possible at this moment to give a precise date as to when and if any such agreement will be signed and until such time your co-operation in directing enquiries direct to Ray Crofts would be appreciated . ’ |
| 6 | Commonsense , not without distinguished endorsement from past centuries , thinks as Hart Crane did that it is not true at all ; that on the contrary there are occasions too trivial , too lacking in dignity or resonance , to deserve the ceremoniousness that , as Tomlinson perceived , verse-writing always brings with it . |
| 7 | The problem comes in how these terms are defined : it is , for example , only at best very approximately true that nouns are ‘ the names of persons , places or things ’ , or that verbs are ‘ doing words ’ ; and in some instances it is not true at all . |
| 8 | It is probable that the dryopithecin apes were mainly arboreal , but it is not clear at this stage what their diet was in such an environment . |
| 9 | It is not clear at this stage what the demand for such reports will be . |
| 10 | Eternal values can also be sought in art , as they were by the French art historian Élie Faure , whose open mind accepted disparate arts , a view which he expressed like this : ‘ It is not paradoxical at all to affirm that an Ivory Coast mask and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel express the same need to manifest a harmonious rapport which exists between mankind and the universe . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He is not mad at all , ’ Ana said cheerfully . |
| 12 | Unenthusiastic about the entire Gulf episode , he is not thrilled at this unprecedented task but he must obey the Security Council . |
| 13 | He is not eager at all . |