Example sentences of "[noun prp] is not [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | II Maccabees is not a book to be used without some closer scrutiny . |
| 2 | It must be noted that the use of MRDs is not a panacea to the problem of lexicon construction . |
| 3 | Edwina Currie had kept him talking and Edwina is not a woman to be rushed . |
| 4 | The James Brothers ( Pembrokeshire Aviation Group , 36pp , illus , sbk , £4.00 inc p&p ) by Paul Williams is not a reference to the infamous Jesse and Frank James of cowboy legend , but tells the story of Howard and Hebbie James from Pembroke , two of Wales ’ aviation pioneers . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , Croydon and Cooper , you shall see me face to face soon enough and then you will know that Emily Grenfell is not a woman to be trifled with , ’ she said grimly . |
| 6 | His efforts to recover them have been hampered by the fact that Britain is not a subscriber to the 1970 UNESCO convention for the return of cultural property to its country of origin . |
| 7 | It is about time that we started to realise that the financial centre of London is not the key to our success . |