Example sentences of "be not the [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not the type of manager to go in and say right , I 'll take this and create it into something else . |
| 2 | I am not the kind of person to be treated seriously , in Bob 's jargon . |
| 3 | I am not the master of tack and I always say what I think . |
| 4 | Graham said : ‘ I am not the sort of person who can just sit around reading . |
| 5 | In coming to terms with conflicting feelings about the relationship between their parents , and being helped to do so , children assimilate the capacity to manage other relationships in which they are not the centre of attention and from which they may be excluded . |
| 6 | These square panels from high up on a building , with only one , two or at most three figures on each , are not the kind of model on which the vase-painter drew for his battle . |
| 7 | ‘ They are not the kind of thing we want in this town and certainly not near my hotel . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They are not the kind of thing we want in this town and certainly not near my hotel . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They are not the kind of thing we want in this town and certainly not near my hotel . ’ |
| 10 | These mannequins are not the glamourpusses of Vogue , but the strange girl next door of a Diane Arbus photograph . |
| 11 | ‘ Corporal ’ — her voice was clear and could have been that of a schoolteacher reprimanding — ‘ I have n't much opinion of my legs , but I can assure you you are not the type of man I would allow within parade ground distance of them , let alone pull them . ’ |
| 12 | Although libraries ( especially young peoples ' libraries ) are not the havens of quiet of folk myth , they can cater for such children if staff are trained to recognize and respect them . |
| 13 | Defendants are permitted to prove their innocence to the extent of whatever accounts and receipts they may have , but case law has shown that it is impossible to prove that savings from wages are not the fruit of crime , being just money in the bank . |
| 14 | These three limits to structuralism are not the marks of failure . |
| 15 | The difficult situations that life presents to us are not the cause of stress . |
| 16 | Tories are not the Party of choice and ownership but the Party of restrictions and repossessions . |
| 17 | The numbers given in the boxes are not the numbers of leukaemia deaths as the presentation suggests — they are nearer to the total of all causes of death . |
| 18 | This is how a modern scientist , John Cole , has put it : Mysteries " are not the product of thought , but of experience . |
| 19 | Hayek points to the fact that many social institutions which are essential to the successful pursuit of our aims are the result of customs , habits , and practices which are not the product of design or invention and which , although they govern thought and action , are often not brought to consciousness . |
| 20 | ‘ Contracts of employment are agreements between employers and their staff - they are not the business of government , ’ he said . |
| 21 | If it strikes you this way , let me remind you that Peter 's particular values are not the point at issue , and invite you to sit down quietly and compose your own , very different equivalent . |
| 22 | SERAFIN : But then you 're not the kind of man who would wish to arouse painful feelings in other people , so let's find some more plausible circumstance . |
| 23 | And it was n't because you suddenly remembered you were in love with another man , because you 're not the kind of girl who plays away from home . |
| 24 | If you 're not the kind of person who is used to daydreaming , try a simple one first . |
| 25 | We 're not the kind of thing that attracts government funding cos we 're not sort of we do n't go along with the architectural you know , the architectural establishment really insists that everything should be exactly just so . |
| 26 | If yo if you 're gon na come here yo you 're the ki not on a Saturday night , you 're not the kind of clientele that 's gon na go to the Empire |
| 27 | They 're very supportive , but they 're not the sorts of theatre where you want to open . ’ |
| 28 | You 're not the sort of man who likes to get into trouble , are you ? ’ |
| 29 | Well you see in an ideal situation of the six people I 've got on the second list there 's better quality people there but they 've got absolutely zero experience but we 're not the sort of company who can take these people on and train them really |
| 30 | You 're not the sort of girl to … dammit ! you 're not a slut like Bella , who 'll sleep with anyone for a cheap thrill . |