Example sentences of "[pron] [be] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple of people who work for me are not too clever — and one feels that you have to repeat instructions , and they — even so they 're not undertaken . |
| 2 | But the adverts that really annoy me are not so much the ones aimed at women but the ones aimed at men . |
| 3 | Awareness of the variety of special children , some of whom are not visually identifiable , and of their needs . |
| 4 | ‘ The president , who is a great man , and some of the Government , some of whom are not so great , want a figurehead , a new symbol for our people . |
| 5 | As far as the true chemical tonics are concerned , there are several kinds of active substances available , although most of them are not well known . |
| 6 | April In footballing terms , two of them are not even on solids . |
| 7 | We are concerned with people , some of whom are men and some women , and the cognitive differences between them are not easily traced to their gender . |
| 8 | Although all these theories flourished during the latter half of the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth , the links between them are not simply the product of historical circumstance . |
| 9 | The non-crystalline , that is the amorphous cellulose , has no mechanism for protecting its hydroxyls from moisture , since most of them are not firmly attached to their neighbours , and so they pick up a shell , round each hydroxyl , of any water molecules which are available . |
| 10 | I mean , the thing is the they 're not you know , some of them are not that nice but er |
| 11 | It is ironic that the media tend to promote individuals in this last group — the autonomous but less creative — as the superstars of the business world , yet many of them are not actually very productive in our economic system . |
| 12 | If it is true that some of them are not quite what they were — and even this grasped-at straw is no more than speculation — we may rest assured that the successor generation brought on tour to breathe down their necks will be as good if not better . |
| 13 | One objection made against West German party , lists is that MdBs chosen from them are not directly answerable to the electorate . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , many of them are not very effective . |
| 15 | But before I start with the heavy stuff , I 'd like to tell you my own theory about grown-ups and their DOs and DON'Ts and why a lot of them are not very good at dealing with children . |
| 16 | Yet the base levels derived from them are not very different from the base levels derived from the study of marine and river terraces . |
| 17 | erm I , I erm , I am actually dead against this for various reasons , and I do n't think I would bring up all the reasons that I am , because some of them are not absolutely purely planning reasons , which should n't be aired at this meeting , but I do feel that the provision there for thirty six properties will create a traffic hazard , and access problems , which , which I feel will support this Council at the , the traffic authority after having done a sufficiently detailed survey , I think was the problem , was n't it ? |
| 18 | When we look closely at the plants and animals depicted on frescoes and vases , many of them are not really very lifelike . |
| 19 | Yes , but C and G are actually very good er very sound er on their er ratios , they 're pretty good , but erm some of them are n't so good , and you know , be careful when you 're coming to invest in building societies I 'd stick to the major players at the moment , even though you may get a premium by going to a smaller society . |
| 20 | ‘ Most of them are n't quite sure if God is on the payroll , but He 's certainly an honorary colonel . ’ |
| 21 | Yeah , cos them are n't really weapons are they ? |
| 22 | ‘ My wife and I are not badly off as we have the state pension , my police pension , and a police civil staff pension . |
| 23 | Julian and I are not terribly good at snooker . |
| 24 | My father and I are not very close — I 'm not a son who could be sent to sea . " |
| 25 | ‘ Well , clearly I are n't all right , ’ said Mrs Yaxlee with relish . |
| 26 | But my personal philosophy is that I am not incredibly optimistic , but I am a realistic utopian or a utopian realist . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You must know that I am not without artifice where magic is concerned , ’ said Weasel . |
| 28 | Again , I am not just talking about romantic attachments , but also about simple friendships . |
| 29 | ‘ I am not just saying that for effect . |
| 30 | While many of the 200 young mothers , grandmothers , shoppers and office workers who drifted into the Women 's Education Day might never have thought of themselves in this light , they probably identified immediately with the cartoon on the fact sheet : ‘ I am not just a housewife , I am an accountant , vet , nurse , negotiator , teacher , cook , red coat , driver … ‘ . |