Example sentences of "be not [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not flavour of the week in some quarters as you may well imagine . |
| 2 | Thus the two columns of section 2 are not opposites in the way that the two columns of section 1 appear to be . |
| 3 | Contrary to rumour our Clubreps are not Masters of the Universe , although even we admit that one or two of them seem superhuman . |
| 4 | Each Discussion Paper is prefaced by a non-technical summary which communicates its essential findings to those who are not specialists in the field . |
| 5 | Books on human evolution are often written by those who are not specialists in the subject and the results can be catastrophic or embarrassing . |
| 6 | The pair are not first-timers to the MPA competition , having won a first prize in the portrait section last year . |
| 7 | In the case of members of committees who are not entitled to attendance allowance because they are not councillors of the authority , there is , instead of the attendance allowance , a financial loss allowance in respect of any loss of earnings necessarily suffered , or additional expense incurred ( other than travelling or subsistence allowance ) in performing an approved duty . |
| 8 | In El Salvador , Guatemala and Honduras , education is simply not available to substantial portions of the population , particularly the rural poor and those who are not part of the majority Spanish-speaking culture . |
| 9 | Though these forests are equally important to the orang-utans , they are not part of the reserve . |
| 10 | I enclose a photograph of the display as it appeared at the National Library of Scotland ; obviously the cases are not part of the touring display . |
| 11 | However these considerations are not part of the remit of the panel . |
| 12 | These images are not part of the text . |
| 13 | The spiritual values are not part of the intellect . |
| 14 | Agreeing with Sahlins that ‘ Culture is not ordered by the primitive emotions of the hypothalamus ; it is the emotions which are organized by culture ’ ( 1977 : 13 ) , we have presented some different social orders where fighting , competition , and other violent behaviour are not part of the order , or part of the people 's ideas of what a human being is . |
| 15 | Certainly they are not part of the ratio decidendi of Butler , so that here BRS , which applies the common law principles in its ratio is to be preferred . |
| 16 | Further , in an intuitive way , the meanings of sir here are not part of the content of what is asserted ; they are background assumptions about the context , specifically the kind of person B is addressing . |
| 17 | Hanson has been built up into one of Britain 's leading companies over a period of twenty years based on an acquisition philosophy which involves a reduction in the acquired company 's bureaucracy , devolution of responsibility to local managers , a tight control of capital expenditure and a disposal of some of the peripheral assets which are not part of the company 's ‘ core activities ’ . |
| 18 | The last two are different from the first five visual elements in that , although they also convey information , they are not part of the interaction in the same way . |
| 19 | The Kislevites are not part of the Empire but their long standing friendship means that Empire armies often include contingents of the Tzar 's army . |
| 20 | Of course they are not part of the Chewong wider social universe of humans and superhumans , and hence they , fall outside their moral universe . |
| 21 | In studying stylistic values , we are precisely trying to determine the significances which are not part of the code itself , but are generated in its use of the code . |
| 22 | In my opinion , my Lords , the wrappers are not part of the selling price . |
| 23 | The feelings are not part of the game . |
| 24 | As permutations of speed restraint measures , lower speed limits and priority changes are not part of the package being applied in new areas , they are not seen as appropriate for existing ones either . |
| 25 | Disciplinary measures are not part of the package — they will be dealt with separately . |
| 26 | Another major problem for speech systems is interference from background noise , since it is necessary to remove sounds from the input data that are not part of the speech signal . |
| 27 | Of ten problems , say , three need extra training , two need clarification , two are not part of the job , two are due to organisational difficulties , and one is due to not having enough time . |
| 28 | ( Andorra , Monaco , San Marino and the Vatican City State are not part of the Community . ) |
| 29 | In China and Southeast Asia , where milk and cheese are not part of the diet , most adults are lactase-deficient , but they can regain the ability to produce lactase if they persist in drinking milk . |
| 30 | But they are a hybrid because , although closely associated with particular groups , they are not part of the web of cross-shareholdings . |