Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] not [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working with hydroquinone and other fairly simple soluble substances , I have grown long needle crystals or whiskers ( Chapter 4 ) which thicken by the growth of sleeve-like surface layers which are geometrically not unlike the growth layers in a tree . |
| 2 | We also consider that requests for assistance should come through the Deputy Director Operations as arranged and not be dealt with in a haphazard way between unit commanders who are presumably not in the full operational picture . ’ |
| 3 | The ones that led to death are obviously not with us . |
| 4 | As for the questions of how far responsibility is to be allocated between us and our tempters , how much temptation human beings can ‘ reasonably ’ be expected to stand — these are obviously not to be answered by mere mortals . |
| 5 | It might be objected that even though some criminal laws are in the interests of the dominant class and that others which are obviously not in these interests are ineffectively enforced , thus making them dead-letter laws , it still remains true that laws proscribing those types of victimizing behaviours of which we are all too aware and which set the nerve-ends of neo-classical/conservative criminologists , such as Wilson ( 1975 ) and Morgan ( 1978 ) tingling with fear and loathing , are in all our interests . |
| 6 | The Scottish Typographical Circular for instance rather specialized in joke articles over a woman 's signature which are obviously not by a woman at all . |
| 7 | The frills and lace are Perhaps not in the best of taste , but fashionable nevertheless . |
| 8 | They are furthermore not on the ends of words but in the middle : ‘ mariner/tarried in ’ , ‘ timber felled/Nimbrethil ’ , ‘ silver fair/silver were ’ , ‘ like a swan/light upon ’ . |
| 9 | Many historians of English seem to have shared the attitude of Oliphant ( above ) and have therefore been inclined to think that apparently non-standard linguistic forms are somehow not to be taken seriously as evidence for ‘ genuine ’ linguistic change . |
| 10 | The decisions to which the hon. Gentleman refers are largely not for me . |
| 11 | Such conflicts are generally not in the long-term interests of either party : the deterioration in the investment climate adversely affects the interests of both parties . |
| 12 | A practical lexicographer , however , would probably draw his line in a different place from ours : he might well argue that phrases such as fish and chips , bread and butter , etc. , while undoubtedly slightly opaque in the technical sense , present few problems of interpretation to speakers familiar with the normal constituent meanings of the parts , and are thus not worth listing . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're just not over them . ’ |
| 14 | The Prime Minister won a strong ovation when she added : ‘ The trouble with Labour is that they 're just not at home with freedom . |
| 15 | ‘ Treble Boost ’ are garbage ; they 're just not worth discussing . |
| 16 | Her self-esteem is visibly low — no matter how many times we tell her you 're just not worth it . |
| 17 | Freddie : we 're just not in love any more |
| 18 | FUNNYMAN Freddie Starr hugged his wife Sandie yesterday and said : ‘ I 'm afraid we 're just not in love any more . ’ |
| 19 | Some are completely on another plateau , you know , they 're just not in the real world ; they wander round and do n't make eye-contact unless they 're talking to you ; they just look at the ceiling all the time when they 're lecturing . |
| 20 | Hello I think he 's gone and I assume we 're still not on the air . |
| 21 | Or you 're likely not to be able to do anything at all . |
| 22 | I do n't know what their motivation is but we 're certainly not on a nostalgia trip . |
| 23 | I think I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere , because we 're certainly not at Threlkeld , where we ought to be by now . |
| 24 | Well , you 're certainly not in uniform tonight ! ’ |
| 25 | We 're certainly not in a position to do so at the moment . |
| 26 | There 's been a recent H M Is report , which has asked some questions about mixed ability teaching and expressed some worries about those teachers who perhaps do n't have the adequate support and preparation for mixed ability teaching , but they 're certainly not against it , or the H M Is are certainly not against mixed ability teaching . |
| 27 | And you 're actually not on anything at the moment are you ? |
| 28 | The other four INI files are usually not worth playing around with , but it 's useful to at least know what the control : |
| 29 | ‘ Many of my ex-boarder friends are still not in any permanent relationship . |
| 30 | If you 're so keen to see people who are as you , as you say articulate and and a go , in council houses it does seem an extraordinary argument to say that that those people are automatically not in need , it seems very bizarre argument . |