Example sentences of "are not [adj] [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such broad groupings are only possible when many separate thin section analyses are grouped together ; they are not applicable where the study is of one sandstone sequence from one particular area of a sedimentary basin . |
| 2 | This is likely to be unacceptable in certain underground storage systems where personnel are not present unless the system is ‘ locked off ’ . |
| 3 | Amounts representing VAT in a claim are not payable if the Policyholder is registered for VAT and where the vessel is owned by the Policyholder and is being used in connection with the Policyholder 's business . |
| 4 | It established mechanisms to ensure that the limits set by LEAs or governors on the number of pupils a maintained school admits are not lower than the school is physically capable of accommodating , normally the number admitted in 1979 , when school rolls were at their highest . |
| 5 | Detectives are not sure whether the girl was deliberately kidnapped or if the thieves simply did not notice her when they jumped into the car . |
| 6 | So far AMP executives are not sure where the Pearl is going wrong nor what they would do about it , other than perhaps improve the British group 's technology and have more centralisation of the selling operations . |
| 7 | He , therefore , uses his rhetorical skills to persuade the level-headed but inexperienced Eudoxus that Irenius 's fears are not unreasonable when the nature of the Irish situation is grasped . |
| 8 | Her voice was soft and sort of lazy sounding , the kind of voice that most of the time you are n't sure if the person is kidding or being serious . |