Example sentences of "be [not/n't] on a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exuberance will characterise them , according to Robert Stern , simply because ‘ unlike the corporations of more recent times , the owners are not on a theological mission ’ . |
| 2 | In intuitive terms , we might also say that what follows + but + is not on a separate speaker 's topic , but continues the talk ‘ about ’ 'my drink' . |
| 3 | Generally speaking , If the service is scheduled along a fixed route , the vessel is a ‘ liner ’ ; if the service is not on a fixed route and is unscheduled , the vessel is a tramp . |
| 4 | And like , in the di in the disabled bathroom the , the er , it 's not on a proper pedestal , so it 's sitting on it |
| 5 | There was a lower success rate when the angle to be measured was not on a labelled part of the scale ( Table 4.14 ) . |
| 6 | This was not on a massive scale , for the area was sparsely populated in the past , and remains thinly populated even today . |