Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not on about houses I 'm on about main buildings like St Paul 's an' all that |
| 2 | I 'm not on about money , so long as you 're happy , yourself . |
| 3 | You 've got to have a thirty percent I 'm not on about seats . |
| 4 | not in at weekends Joyce |
| 5 | And it 's i it 's e exactly , I mean it 's not down with landlords . |
| 6 | The little insert in the middle of the article , which I take it is not down to Sir Nicholas , is even more misleading because it suggests that the income eligibility limit on civil cases would be reduced from £3,060 to £2,293 . |
| 7 | When feeding characteristically run a little way and then stop , often bobbing head nervously ; head held up as if listening , not down like Knot ( p. 129 ) or Dunlin ( p. 127 ) . |
| 8 | The long struggle by popes and bishops for celibacy among the clergy was not over by Innocent 's pontificate . |
| 9 | ‘ So I 'm not off to France ? ’ |
| 10 | If they are not up to standard then the supplier is in breach of his contract with you and you are entitled to your money back . |
| 11 | Pakistan hit back with claims that the England umpires were not up to standard , repeating calls for neutral officials in future . |
| 12 | Seconded to each enterprise and design bureau , they are empowered to reject , at factory expense , production which is not up to standard . |
| 13 | G. says he thinks the man is lying , that the vat went over not by accident but because the ice cream was not up to standard and pouring it away was the most convenient way of getting rid of it . |
| 14 | Under such automated systems and automated quality controls , the production line will be stopped if performance is not up to standard . |
| 15 | There are many standard ways of making disapproval obvious in an oblique way ( not up to quota , not up to standard , disappointing , seem unable to match performance of competitor , there must be a problem somewhere , etc. ) which may be less offensive than the direct method — but may also be less effective . |
| 16 | The inspections will be carried out at local level by independent inspectors who will be registered with Her Majesty 's Inspectorate , which will withdraw the registration of inspectors who are not up to standard . |
| 17 | They protest when the food is not up to standard or of the quality that they have come to expect . |
| 18 | Crawford had already clashed with Sherrin when told one week that Lewis and Dobereiner 's script was , unusually for them , not up to standard and , although he would be paid , he would not appear unless they provided a better one . |
| 19 | ‘ Her work was not up to standard . |
| 20 | ‘ Games can be cancelled in the Midlands Senior League for the slightest reason and the opposition is not up to standard . |
| 21 | We decided the cleaning was not up to standard at that particular time . |
| 22 | Bennett said : ‘ The food provided on Thursday was not up to standard so we decided to provide our own . |
| 23 | there and I said no my handsome you did n't pick that up and the case fell , fell to bi he , cos he was going on this is inferior not up to standard and so I said |
| 24 | Body roll is well contained , grip is strong ( though not up to S levels ) and there is a progressive feeling to the handling that the S lacks . |
| 25 | Jean-Claude must have told M. Chaillot that , because of a bereavement , he was not up to contracts and their clauses , and discussions relating to money . |
| 26 | Encouraged by the vision thus conjured up , Nutty watched the opposition with narrowed eyes , and was pleased to see that , yes , Colin Constable , for all his smart appearance , was certainly not up to Nails 's standard and not even up to Jazz 's , although better than Hoomey and herself . |
| 27 | It is not up to councillors to frustrate the will of Parliament in this matter |
| 28 | A general degree is sometimes seen as an alternative for students who are not up to honours standard ; this is largely though not entirely the case with the Scottish ordinary degree . |
| 29 | Despite various friends trying out the route and checking the text , the book is not up to date . |
| 30 | First of all , if the records are not up to date — and it is difficult to see how they could be up to date during high level activity — the source of the information is missing . |