Example sentences of "[be] not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From this perspective the previously existing moral order is not seen as being wholly positive , and consequently its destruction — for both the conservative- and liberal-historians identify such a process-is not necessarily perceived as being problematic . |
| 2 | I am not just trying to extol the virtues of a well-managed filtration system , nor should I need to , but this is an actual necessity to maintain Siamese Tigers at their best . |
| 3 | But he added : ‘ I am not just trying to play now so I can force my way into the Cup final team . |
| 4 | Again , I am not just talking about romantic attachments , but also about simple friendships . |
| 5 | ‘ I am not just saying that for effect . |
| 6 | I am not even asked if I want a line . |
| 7 | I am not even going to attempt to tell you why I was so attired , or guess at why fate should have made Donald and his equally well-equipped companions walk across that particular piece of wilderness at precisely the same time as me . |
| 8 | ‘ It means , Sir ‘ I am not away to stay away , I am not away to leave you , I am not away to stay away , I shall always come back to see you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It means , Sir ‘ I am not away to stay away , I am not away to leave you , I am not away to stay away , I shall always come back to see you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It means , Sir ‘ I am not away to stay away , I am not away to leave you , I am not away to stay away , I shall always come back to see you . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I am not here to lose , ’ he said , never far from the negative response . |
| 12 | And I am not here to lose you readers . ’ |
| 13 | I am not here to defend British Rail 's management decisions — I am usually better at condemning them — but during the passage of the legislation to which my hon. Friend referred earlier , British Rail stated that it had picked the least safe of the 100 crossings to which I have referred . |
| 14 | Both of them appear to suffer from a form of mental myopia in imagining the consequences of such proposals , and I am not here referring only to Mill-type consequences of harm brought about by unwise decisions . |
| 15 | I am not here to discuss that now , but I mean it 's just to make sure that you know that things are n't planned for five years or ten years , but possibly for a lot longer than that . |
| 16 | ‘ I am not here to make myself known to the police . |
| 17 | ‘ I am not here to become involved in a controversy , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Of course I am not here arguing for a return to a three-tier model of reality seen in literalistic terms . |
| 19 | I announce that I plan to throw one honey of a tantrum , complete with sound effects and meteorological events , if I am not instantly issued with a remote to keep tabs on my subject . |
| 20 | I am not wholly retracting that , but as Martin Davies said in the speech to which I refer , when questioned about the relationship between NCC and SEAC and our traditional disease . |
| 21 | And I am not longer prepared to put up with the various parasitical fringe groups , ranging from the self-importantly irrelevant to the downright obnoxious , who are an unchanging part of the demo scene . |
| 22 | I am not exactly pushing a supermarket trolley but I make sure I have plenty of apples , bananas and water to keep me going . |
| 23 | I AM NOT FUCKING SHOUTING AND SWEARING . |
| 24 | ‘ You must know that I am not without artifice where magic is concerned , ’ said Weasel . |
| 25 | In opposing human spirit to human force I am not simply setting cognition against physique . |
| 26 | I call this an alternative theory because it seems obvious to me that the committee did think that clause 12 was necessary — and I am not simply referring to the definition of ‘ deception . ’ |
| 27 | But if I claim that my religious experience is experience of God , then I am not simply talking about my own feelings but about a transcendent being that I am claiming my feelings to be feelings of . |
| 28 | That is worth considering , but I am not completely sold on that idea . |
| 29 | ‘ I am not out to steal her man ! ’ |
| 30 | And that 's an encouraging line because those of us , and I include myself who am not always articulate , who ca n't always get the , the words together to make a sentence and finish it , can try nevertheless to come up with something which is interesting , can contain the ‘ Hey , this is for you , ’ for the audience , along the lines we 've been talking about yesterday . |