Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am not the automaton you appear to believe . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I am not the type of manager to go in and say right , I 'll take this and create it into something else . |
| 3 | I am not the person you think I am . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps I am not the person you remember . ’ |
| 5 | I would remind you that contrary to the comments made in your letter , I am not the chairman of the judges , simply the chairman of the committee that has the responsibility of organising the event that surrounds the judging and MC ( unpaid ) for the awards dinner . |
| 6 | ‘ I am not the Prince of Wales 's cook , ’ said Auguste tiredly . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not the King . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ No , I am not the King . |
| 9 | I am not the kind of person to be treated seriously , in Bob 's jargon . |
| 10 | I am not the master of tack and I always say what I think . |
| 11 | Do not expect me to congratulate you , madam , I am too busy congratulating myself that I am not the father-in-law of a man who can speak so demeaningly of any young girl in public . |
| 12 | Graham said : ‘ I am not the sort of person who can just sit around reading . |
| 13 | ‘ Paul , I do n't know if you have realised this yet , but I am not the understudy to the part of the father . |
| 14 | An eleven foot rod may be too long in many instances and these are not the venues to lumber along loaded to the gunnels with tackle and bait . |
| 15 | Are not the problems of duodenal ulceration , for practical purposes , solved ? |
| 16 | However , these shareholders are not the persons generally meant when one speaks of membership of the clearing house . |
| 17 | They are not grey , dumpy and invisible , but real women who are not the products of the plastic surgeon 's skill . |
| 18 | Those are not the statistics of an industry in terminal decline . |
| 19 | Plastics are not the villain they are made out to be as regards the volume of waste . |
| 20 | Of course , not everyone lives in a nuclear family , and there are families where the costs are shared equally or nearly so , or where the housing tenure is held jointly by both partners , but they are not the norm . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , homosexual practices are not the norm in our society and one must , I think , regard them as deviation in this respect at least . |
| 22 | His fishhouse is not intended to be a shop — casual callers are not the norm — and the majority of his sales go to fellow fanatics at shows . |
| 23 | Secondly , and a slightly personal comment , one front- bencher was asked , er , about my comments in opposition to O M O V and in favour of trade union participation and he said John Edmunds is expressing his views , they are not the views of G M B members . |
| 24 | Mr Johnston said : ‘ Strict financial limits are not the way to deal with the problem and that is why the whole Government approach is wrong . ’ |
| 25 | These pictures are not the work of children but of highly skilled craftsmen , and the thin silhouette with the triangular torso and angled , linear arms is carefully planned to dominate but not to stand apart from the overall pattern . |
| 26 | Are not the Government missing an opportunity to be both good Europeans and good environmentalists at the same time ? |
| 27 | Are not the Government bungling the building of the new British library , with expensive delays and omissions ? |
| 28 | We are not the Government who have put 2 million people on the dole from our manufacturing industries in the past 10 years . |
| 29 | Worthy as such sentiments may be , they are not the stuff of powerful drama . |
| 30 | Concrete underpasses and plastic shopping precincts are not the stuff that dreams are made of . |