Example sentences of "[det] is not [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Under English law this is not straightforwardly a requirement , since one of the cornerstones of the law relating to inheritance is the principle testamentary freedom — the right of each individual to dispose of their assets as they wish . |
2 | This is not primarily a find-raiser at all , but is , rather , the hospitality we like to give visitors and helpers , especially those from other churches . |
3 | This is not simply a problem which affects writers and journalists , but more importantly it plagues the lives of people in those regions , and those in government who try to plan for the future . |
4 | When we consider the dominance of collectivism as an explanation of what makes Japanese experience unique , we do need to emphasize that this is not simply a characteristic of Western or American writing , but many Japanese social scientists have echoed this explanation in their attempts to identify the sources of consensus in Japanese society . |
5 | This is not simply a question of looking at the differences in income , wealth , or educational opportunities between men and women or between different ethnic groups . |
6 | This is not simply a question on the decision in R . |
7 | This is not simply a case of watching the vitamins and minerals . |
8 | Mr Mandelson was quoted in the article as saying : ‘ This is not simply a career move . |
9 | This is not simply a matter of those aspects of women 's sexual lives that are so often cited in evidence as disqualifying women from running the affairs of nations , or even from running a small business : menstruation and premenstrual tension ; conception , pregnancy and childbirth ; lactation and child-care . |
10 | The overwhelming body of evidence for Britain and the United States is that such ties are maintained after marriage and that this is not simply a matter of recognizing connections at Christmas and birthdays plus occasional visits or telephone conversations . |
11 | This is not simply a matter of learning through one 's own mistakes . |
12 | This is not simply a matter of economic growth , although that has become increasingly important and perhaps dominant , but of a more general development of a distinctive culture and way of life which would allow the society to take its ‘ rightful ’ place as an autonomous , self-determining unit among the other nations of the world . |
13 | This is not simply a matter of becoming uncomfortably aware that the rapid increase of world population and accelerated industrialization pose a serious threat to the environment both by the massive consumption of finite material resources and by the emission of man-made heat and chemicals into the atmosphere ; a situation dramatically portrayed in a report by the Club of Rome ( Meadows et al. , 1972 ) , subsequently much criticized but now taken more seriously again , which concluded that : ‘ If the present growth trends in world population , industrialization , pollution , food production , and resource depletion continue unchanged , the limits to growth on this planet will be reached some time within the next one hundred years . ’ |
14 | It confirms the clinical dictum that patients with ulcerative colitis often present with a greater degree of blood loss than patients with Crohn 's disease , and that this is not simply a matter of being concealed ( or occult ) in Crohn 's disease . |
15 | This is not simply a matter of maxims being " intentionally " flouted , as modelled in Grice 's work . |
16 | ‘ This is not simply a matter which can be looked at and comfortably quantified as a constant problem . |
17 | Our own Planning Committee County Council Planning Committee recommends route A on environmental and ecological grounds and route A is the popular choice the town speak and the Brandon Action Group and indeed the Suffolk member of Parliament , however the Norfolk County Council and the Weeting Parish Council oppose for the day and the Norfolk Member of Parliament supports their case , worth noting that Breckland District Council , the local planning authority in Norfolk also opposes for a day , now though it appears to be so this is not altogether a case of |
18 | This is not generally a problem but , as with all uncertainties , hits home on the occasions that you forget to check ! |
19 | Now this is not just a scholar 's whim , or , worse , a bit of conceptual art ; this is serious chic . |
20 | However , this is not just a case of ‘ talk to me today and there it is ’ it just depends on how the investigation flows . ’ |
21 | This is not just a bending to political pressure to bring in higher-paid jobs ; it is a commercial necessity . |
22 | I think this is not just a problem in Kent , I think that there has been a erm an undue er move in this direction nationally , er for what ever reasons public policy was very much about keeping people out of the courts , er I suspect that this is er er a policy which is of doubtful philosophical underpinning . |
23 | This is not just a showcase for any old star they could manage to drag along . |
24 | ‘ But this is not just a plea for money , ’ says Smith . |
25 | This is not just a metaphor . |
26 | Raising the question in the European Parliament of why wind power had been consistently misrepresented , Welsh MEP Llewellyn Smith , said : " we all know that this is not just a question of wave energy but about protecting the nuclear industry by discrediting other sources of energy " . |
27 | This is not just a question of the amount but also the form of the consideration . |
28 | This is not just a question of resources , but also of practice . |
29 | It has to be made clear , to the countries of Europe , to the countries of the East — to the whole world — that this is not just a fight against international communism . |
30 | This is not just a publishing fad . |