Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [noun] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as you learn you learn your basic modes of essay writing in essays that I 'm not going mark for A Level exams , okay , erm , but there is another way . |
| 2 | ‘ We are not providing food in a normal environment , ’ he says . |
| 3 | ‘ I have no rational ground for going back on the arguments that convinced me of God 's existence : but the irrational deadweight of my old sceptical habits , and the spirit of the age , and the cares of the day , steal away all my lively feeling of the truth , and often when I pray I wonder if I am not posting letters to a non-existent address . ’ |
| 4 | The oil company is in deep water for not taking part in a half-price fare offer — because they say people in Northern Ireland are n't interested . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ I am not making promises of a vague future , a never-never land that exists only in dreams ; these are the tangible developments that will take place , things that will happen in this coming year in which we will build the foundations of economic success that will endure and the foundations of social justice that will prevail . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We 're not laying claim to a social plan just for the pleasure of doing one , but because we believe accompanying measures must be put in place and the occasion must be seized to explore all possible avenues towards preserving the maximum employment , ’ the representative is quoted as saying . |