Example sentences of "is not [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our view , however , the cautious approach is not to ignore the epidemiological evidence of declining semen quality . |
| 2 | In stressing the challenges that face us in health and safety it is not to ignore the environmental challenge however we recognize it needs to be considered much more widely so that our resources can be most effectively targeted . |
| 3 | This is not to ignore the informal side of organisational activity . |
| 4 | Boss Kevin Keegan is not pushing the 30-year-old striker out of the door , but he is unlikely to stand in the way if Quinn decides he wants to leave . |
| 5 | To be concerned simply for Jesus ' message , a message which anyone could have preached and which is now acknowledged quite independently of the person who preached it , is not to hold a Christian position . |
| 6 | The idea is not to replace an active form with an active one and a passive form with a passive one ; it is always the function of a category rather than the form it takes that is of paramount importance in translation . |
| 7 | But Clough is adamant , saying : ‘ Pearce is not getting a new contract . ’ |
| 8 | Hatton , for example , summed up the delinquency of Reggie Smashem and Billy Dustup as ‘ nothing more serious than the symptoms of healthy , vigorous , adventurous adolescence ’ : ‘ I propose to make a practical examination of this question of the ‘ hooligan ’ ’ , for I am seriously concerned that he is not getting a fair deal . ’ |
| 9 | The stated aim is to bring product engineering closer to customers ; the Wall Street Journal quotes a senior DEC manager saying president Ken Olsen feels DEC is not getting an adequate return on its $1,600m annual investment in product engineering . |
| 10 | ‘ Aid to these countries is of a high humanitarian priority at the moment , ’ he said , ‘ and it is not getting the desired coverage because of problems in neighbouring states . ’ |
| 11 | Like bees buzzing up and down my window pane , the instinct is too deep for such a creature to see or to reason that he is not getting the expected response . |
| 12 | The circle has to be broken if the Book Trade is not to miss a major opportunity for a logical , practical and lucrative diversification . |
| 13 | Kemira is not seeking a complete ban of imports from the East . |
| 14 | Kemira is not seeking a complete ban of imports from the East . |
| 15 | Jason Donovan is not seeking the full amount controversially awarded him by the jury in the High Court , but we are still required to pay him the sum of £95,000 in reduced costs and damages . |
| 16 | To say this is not to belittle the sincere concern shown by many religious people in the debate over embryo research . |
| 17 | To claim money as a current human necessity , however , is not to claim the concomitant necessity of any particular mode for its generation and distribution ( such as the capitalist economy ) . |
| 18 | Obviously to say that an ontological existent qua possible topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as " the same A " is not to say a great deal unless a clarification is given of the distinction and the relationship between these two kinds of sameness . |
| 19 | The point here is not to exonerate the violent behaviour of certain Liverpool supporters but rather the reverse , i.e. to emphasize the potentially fatal risks which are being run each week in stadia where large and rowdy confrontations of young spectators take place . |
| 20 | It can also help us to identify why a student is not achieving the stylistic effect he or she is seeking . |
| 21 | That is not to deny the wide range of activities that have involved employers . |
| 22 | All this is not to deny the possible relevance of the results of comparative experience as an aid to practitioners and policy-makers who may hope to utilise ideas , approaches or techniques adopted in other countries . |
| 23 | This is not to deny the immense amount of valuable warm support and practical help given to old people by social work assistants . |
| 24 | This is not to deny the vital role played by language in naturalizing cultural differences such as gender roles , but rather to assert that artefacts may be still more powerful mechanisms in this process . |
| 25 | Thus , the purpose of a rent review clause is not to revalue the original bargain between the parties , but to give the landlord the income which he would have got , on the terms on which he would have let , if he had had the property in hand on the rent review date . |
| 26 | Our purpose is not to define a basic library for you , but rather to suggest kinds of books which you might look for ; and our choice of texts is based primarily on their convenience as illustrations . |
| 27 | Having noticed the fertility ofodrugs as metaphor , what Ronell wants is not to explore the cultural meaning of drugs , but to get a piece of the action for herself . |
| 28 | Even when an oxytocic agent is not given a small proportion of patients show an increase in plasma oxytocin concentration during the late second or early third stage of labour . |
| 29 | If this is not done a disillusioned employee may well leave after a short time and you will have to repeat the expensive and disruptive process of interviewing all over again . |
| 30 | Stitches may be necessary to close a gaping cut , and if this is not done a permanent scar may result . |