Example sentences of "be not [noun] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without that proof , we would hold it against the conditional theory that it can not even show that we know that we are not brains in a vat . |
| 2 | And I do not know of any other argument , not relying on PC k , which Nozick could use to show that we do not know we are not brains in a vat without showing that we do not know most other things either . |
| 3 | Stroud ( 1984 , ch. 2 ) considers a similar argument against the sceptic 's attempt to generalize from the fact that we do not know we are not brains in a vat . |
| 4 | If you are not part of a discussion group you can still represent your parish at the Diocesan Assembly and become involved in local and Diocesan events that develop from there . |
| 5 | The following are examples of the three congruence variants : finger is a congruent meronym of hand ; doctor is a hypo-converse of patient , and patient a super-converse of doctor , because , for instance , dentists also have patients ; index is a semi-meronym of book , because there are books without indexes , and indexes which are not part of a book . |
| 6 | Superficial references to team work gloss over the fact that most of those who are required to act cooperatively are not members of a team in the usual sense . |
| 7 | In addition , member states are allowed to exempt from the notification requirement what are termed ‘ professional dealers in securities ’ if they do not use the securities acquired to interfere in the company 's management ; the expression ‘ professional dealers in securities ’ may be confined to market makers ( as under the 1985 Companies Act ) but the expression does seem wide enough to include own account dealers as well and this is supported by the fact that the exemption applies even to professional dealers who are not members of a stock exchange , provided that they are authorised or supervised by a competent authority ( an investment bank , for example ) . |
| 8 | I suggest to the Solicitor-General that a clear intellectual distinction can be drawn between evidence that relates to those who are parties to a trial and those who are not parties to a trial . |
| 9 | And what I 'd like to do is , we do welcome this Act cos y'know we 're not dog in a manger , when there 's a good Act well , we 'll welcome it and we 'll say so . |
| 10 | They were contributors to a family wage rather than independent earners , but they were not members of a family unit of production . |
| 11 | Chapman insisted that his players were not slaves to a system , but merely followed the ‘ fundamental principles of teamwork ’ . |
| 12 | To Napoleon , the reduction of the monasteries and the abolition of the Inquisition were not part of a plan to reform and regenerate Spain but improvised responses to financial necessity and to the French idée fixe that rebellion was the work of monks . |
| 13 | But local department stores or specialist shops which were not part of a chain were used less by credit buyers than cash buyers , whereas fuel board showrooms were used more . |
| 14 | Moreover , since the 1788 petitions were not part of a movement pursuing significant change in the political system or attacking the range of government policy , the application of humanitarian and general interest criteria to a question of trade probably appeared relatively innocuous to those who were not directly involved . |
| 15 | As Eikhenbaum so firmly insists : ‘ [ they ] were not advocates of a method , but students of an object ’ ( 1965 : 131 ) . |
| 16 | Convincing consumers to pay more for premium products is not evidence of a cartel : it is good marketing . |
| 17 | Thus , despite the striking familial association between gluten sensitivity and ulcerative colitis , it is clear from this study that the gluten driven proctitis is not part of a continuum of inflammatory change which culminates in some individuals in full blown ulcerative colitis . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , even though having angles equal to two right angles is not part of a triangle 's essence , it is because it is a three-sided plane figure that it has them . |
| 19 | The report is not part of a plot hatched by the Opposition to make the Government look bad . |
| 20 | ‘ It is not part of a doctor 's work to become involved in brawls , ’ he said firmly . |
| 21 | Although intelligence in a horse , or lack of it , is also an inherited characteristic , it is not part of a horse 's temperament . |
| 22 | It gives me the opportunity not only of placing on the official record the Committee 's thanks to its staff for their work , not only of drawing to the attention of the House what I think is the first debate on community care to be initiated in the Chamber which is not part of a debate on another measure , but also of drawing attention to the number of firsts that we score with this report and debate . |
| 23 | The argument that Linguistics-based courses are impracticable , cited a number of difficulties that are real enough , arguing that there is not time in a course already fragmented , and asserting that there were not enough people equipped to design and teach such courses as we envisaged and advocated . |
| 24 | What is at stake here is not innocence of a crime , but your reputation , and by a medical , not a legal tribunal . ’ |
| 25 | The Vendor can not be expected to anticipate what is and what is not material to a Purchaser . |
| 26 | No , it 's not part of a campaign of cleanliness in the school . |
| 27 | And it was not Marxism for a number of reasons and this is almost certainly going to be very controversial so I hope that it will feed discussion in the , in the second half . |