Example sentences of "we [am/are] not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are not automatically recognised in the market-place as innovative and technically oriented , and this belies our actual achievements , ’ he says . |
| 2 | ‘ Come now , chéri , my guests will be arriving before long and we are not yet changed for dinner . |
| 3 | In particular , I am interpreting it to imply that we are not simply governed by considerations of immediate personal advantage . |
| 4 | However we are not simply waiting for an upturn in the world economy . |
| 5 | ‘ We are not exactly dealing in bodies , ’ said Owen . |
| 6 | We are not just watching from the sidelines , but rather are rolling our sleeves up and getting involved not just in getting local people back into work , but in keeping them there . |
| 7 | We are not just looking for tax disc dodgers , we are looking for insurance offences , or MOT offences and the condition of vehicles . ’ |
| 8 | Managing Director of Rockcliffe , Graham Campbell said , ’ We are not just going with the trend , we are about to overtake it . ’ |
| 9 | We are not just talking about an environmental nuisance here — we 're talking about a real threat to life . |
| 10 | We are not just talking about information ; we are talking about the ability to respond to the living language . |
| 11 | They beat us in a pre-season friendly at Ibrox but we are not even thinking about that game . |
| 12 | So far as Mr. Beazley 's other points are concerned : ( a ) I do not accept that the English choice of law rule is relevant , since we are not here dealing with a choice of law problem . |
| 13 | When we talk of an increase in bank lending leading to monetary expansion , however , we are not normally talking about the behaviour of an individual bank but about banks as a whole . |
| 14 | We are not now talking of £2 million or £5 million . |
| 15 | We are not absolutely committed to the eight-day tie-up rule and would be prepared to discuss other means of reducing fishing effort , but they would have to be agreed with our European Community partners . |
| 16 | As noted in the introduction , we are not fully agreed about how much these actors matter , or why . |
| 17 | If you would count yourself as one of them , can I suggest that you reflect on the fact that as Christians we are not only welcome in this home but we belong here . |
| 18 | There are days when he moves so slowly that we are not only outstripped by joggers , but overtaken by old ladies out exercising their dogs . |
| 19 | We are not all made of the stuff of John Weller , nor should it be necessary for us to be so . |
| 20 | The fact that human beings have quite a variation of abilities and shortcomings attests to the fact that we are not all twisted in the same areas . |
| 21 | Mr Tennant explained that this was partly because payments for the LVMH shares had been delayed , but added : ‘ We are not really exposed to UK interest rates . |
| 22 | So we are not really talking about the survival of the earth , we are talking about the survival of the sort of earth we want . |
| 23 | As to discrimination , we are not necessarily talking about someone being fired , sacked , or NRB 'd . |
| 24 | I give my hon. Friend the Member for Islington , South and Finsbury an undertaking that we are committed to a terminal at King 's Cross , but we are not necessarily committed to the expensive and grandiose project , which seems to depend on property values that were optimistic three or four years ago and are hopelessly pessimistic now . |
| 25 | Why do we have exams for subjects which we are n't even setted for ? |
| 26 | We have n't got close to the matter yet , we are n't really working at it . ’ |
| 27 | We 're not fucking arguing about this again are we ? |
| 28 | ‘ We 're not nearly done with each other yet , are we ? ’ |
| 29 | We 're not simply talking about opening and closing in response to a stimulus then , this first stimulus has left the channels in a state in which they 're relatively unable to gate open . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're not exactly rushed off our feet . |