Example sentences of "'s not the [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He 's not the kind of person any of them want to have as a friend .
2 ‘ Anyone who knows Jo would realise that she 's not the kind of person to do that , ’ he said .
3 That 's not the kind of vision that distinguishes people .
4 ‘ It 's not the kind of document you are going to get a dramatic reaction to ; you might say it 's more of a White Paper , ’ Ernst & Young 's Mort Meyerson told ACCOUNTANCY .
5 But that 's not the kind of music I like .
6 And she 's not the kind of girl to be bothered by any of your smutty revelations … so tell away , old thing .
7 It 's not the kind of book which you would find being written today , by psychologists , or anthropologists , or social scientists in general .
8 The evidence was of the way in which the rocks of the oceanic crust are magnetized ; it 's not the kind of thing that one comes across every day , so it will take a bit of explaining .
9 I was horrified at the lack of concern … but that 's not the kind of thing this band addresses . ’
10 Of course , it 's not the kind of thing that everyone would want to get involved in … ’
11 ‘ It 's not the kind of thing that would influence you , of course , ’ says Caroline , ‘ but the prospects would be quite good . ’
12 ‘ It 's not the kind of thing you 'd want to be true , ’ she said .
13 Though it 's not the kind of thing should be second nature to a kid .
14 Perhaps it 's not the kind of humour that transfers well to paper — try explaining Reeves 's hero , Tommy Cooper , in print .
15 That 's not the kind of game we like to play against .
16 Green a bad area , it 's not the whole of Green , it 's just the flats .
17 Of course , these days , there 's not the sense of panic
18 My wife is sure Maurin 's not the type of man to be violent and that the men who came were n't sent by him . ’
19 He replies : It 's not the type of car I 'd want my wife to take to the shops .
20 cos there 's not the depth of soil in this one .
21 It 's not the job of education to ensure that young people settle for the status quo .
22 In short , it 's not the use of language that distinguishes being told the truth from other ways of finding it out : it 's the fact that when we tell people the truth , we do so by getting them to believe what we believe .
23 I wonder if it 's not the game of football that 's a problem , but the attitude of many of the people involved .
24 It 's not the amount of faith that we can muster .
25 And the reason he remains friends with his ex-wives and lovers is that he 's a man 's man , essentially , he 's not the sort of man who would not have women friends around him unless they had , in some way , been involved with him .
26 ‘ You 're right , Bill 's not the sort of man to include information like that in casual conversation .
27 Because he 's not the sort of man you can bully … ’
28 He 's not the sort of man you order around ! ’
29 ‘ Well , she might have been angry with him , ’ Adele chattered on , ‘ but he 's not the sort of man one can ignore , is he ?
30 ‘ It 's not the sort of work Super Mario has ever had to do , but I feel a little more patriotic about this than any of my other jobs , ’ he says .
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