Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [adv prt] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manager Harry McNally said : ‘ We are not out of the wood but we have been thrown a lifeline . |
| 2 | Power struggles are not out of the question and , if you are single , you may be drawn into a passionate , even obsessive liaison . |
| 3 | But we are not out of the woods . |
| 4 | We have been and some would still have us believe , I think it 's true , we 're not out of the woods yet as far as er er recovery of the housing market is concerned . |
| 5 | I mean , they 're not out of the way . |
| 6 | Then , after a bit , it becomes not something unacceptable , but something accepted or at least something which is demonstrated to be not out of the question . |
| 7 | You are n't out of the wood yet . |
| 8 | They were not out of the weather . |
| 9 | They were n't out of the woods yet — far from it . |
| 10 | In any case , repartition is not out of the question . |
| 11 | This seems to me to illustrate what I would call the ‘ Breakthrough Phenomenon ’ : the sudden discovery that something which has been assumed to be out of the question is not out of the question at all . |
| 12 | Such an agreement is not out of the question . |
| 13 | Though relegation beckons for Nottingham , victory over Northampton is not out of the question . |
| 14 | A windfall or an inheritance is not out of the question , and we could be looking at the end of March , May or October-November for a material or financial boost . |
| 15 | ‘ It will require a huge effort and a great deal of concentration , but the attitude of the players is so different now to what it was a year ago , it is not out of the question . ’ |
| 16 | A reconciliation is not out of the question . ’ |
| 17 | Gregory 's claim that he was hailed as consul and Augustus at Tours must be a misunderstanding , although an honorary consulship is not out of the question . |
| 18 | The idea is that their views will go forward to the IRFB and , astonishingly , it is not out of the question that one aspect or more of those variations could be dropped even before the Lions set foot in New Zealand . |
| 19 | Friends of the Prince , speaking without his authority , told the Sunday Times the breakdown was such that ‘ a divorce is not out of the court ’ . |
| 20 | The scheme is not out of the woods yet ; and rather than break the law Maxen last week filled in the local VATman 's registration form . |
| 21 | He is back home with mother Christine now but she yesterday said : ‘ The medical advice is that he is not out of the woods yet . ’ |
| 22 | Though its international activities and long term contracts business appear to offer some cause for cheer , it seems that Egham , Surrey-based consultancy P-E International Plc is not out of the woods yet . |
| 23 | You may pass her by unnoticed ; her appearance is not out of the ordinary . |
| 24 | And she said he 's not out of the woods yet , but , I 'll give you a collar , if he 's naughty , very crafty , and then I looked through the crack in the door and his looking . |
| 25 | ‘ And although he 's much better , the dear love is n't out of the woods yet . |
| 26 | Unlike nearly every microlight aircraft I 've flown to date , the power plant up front was not out of the Rotax stable . |
| 27 | Post-war governments in France and Italy , the most important states , were weak coalitions , short-lived and threatened by strong communist parties ; a Soviet invasion of continental Europe was not out of the question ; and Labour politicians disliked the Christian Democratic predominance on the Continent . |
| 28 | Despite the amputation , the indomitable ‘ Mac ’ was not out of the air for long . |
| 29 | So I 'd have thought three thousand was n't out of the way really . |