Example sentences of "be [adv] not an [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is obviously not an argument for not equalising the use of schooling . |
| 2 | An arrangement where an agent works on a commission with a consignment stock , is obviously not an agreement for the sale of goods , but is a contract under or in pursuance of which possession of goods passes ( UCTA , s 26(3) ( a ) ) . |
| 3 | In a purely agricultural context ( and MAFF has only very recently recognised others ) it is sensible to provide an incentive for increased agricultural production but this as we have seen is clearly not an objective of the LFA Directive . |
| 4 | Latin America is clearly not an area of vital security interest to the Soviet Union , notwithstanding the importance Moscow attaches to the preservation of a socialist Cuba ( see chapter 4 ) . |
| 5 | An Old Firm game played on the Saturday before an international match is clearly not an aid to Roxburgh and the fact that it was the 34th match of a gruelling 44-game championship did not escape his attention , either . |
| 6 | Divorce is simply not an option for people in our position , she said . |
| 7 | A refusal to answer police questions is plainly not an offence under section 51(3) . |
| 8 | In flood conditions , the entrance is submerged ; in any weather , this is certainly not an adventure for anyone not experienced in the terrors and hazards of subterranean exploration . |
| 9 | This is certainly not an example of the parallelism of greater precision , but neither is it an example of automatic writing . |
| 10 | This pre-modernist embrace of history was surely not an embrace of change or of movement . |
| 11 | He was wiring up the main hatch above the hold , in such a way that showed he was certainly not an electrician by trade , with the intention of giving a mild electric shock to anyone who might try to get into it . |