Example sentences of "[am/are] [not/n't] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'll just have to accept that I am not like other girls , ’ she said lightly . |
| 2 | I am not against physical punishment if it is needed , but only if it is called for . |
| 3 | I am not in total disagreement with Chris Baines , but a great many of use have not choice in where and when we work , or how we travel there . |
| 4 | For those tha who are not to familiar with , the initials P P G , it stands for planning policy guidance , and there are a whole series of these guidance notes produced by the Department of the Environment for the er advice guidance of , well not only the local planning authorities but anyone else who is interested in the development business , and they are expressions of , I suppose government policy , er and their attitudes towards various aspects , whether it 's countryside , housing , trans or transport , and they do pro provide a useful backcloth , in fact an extremely valuable backcloth to the way in which er this matter should be considered , erm I know from the submission which North Yorkshire County Council have used they would say that the fact they have n't had regard to all this er , but I would like to carry on the discussion against that background , and could you direct your thinking at this stage about the need for a new settlement in the light of the principles spelt out in P P G three and particularly paragraph thirty three . |
| 5 | Although all are good single scullers , they are not to Olympic singles standard , but combined they looked yesterday to have good potential . |
| 6 | Most patients coming to hospital after an overdose are not at serious risk . |
| 7 | Children are not at increased psychiatric risk if their mother goes out to work , for instance , providing the alternative day care arrangements are of good quality , ensuring continuity of caretaking , adequate love and attention and opportunity for play and conversation . |
| 8 | Definition : Investment is the production of or expenditure by firms on goods and services which are not for current consumption : that is , real capital goods , like factories , machines , bridges and motorways , all goods which yield a flow of consumer goods and services in future periods . |
| 9 | The improvement may only be apparent ( or pseudo ) if , in addition , the increase in real output per capita is accompanied by negative externalities or is caused by increased production of goods and services which are not for current consumption . |
| 10 | It is firms ' spending on goods which are not for current consumption but which yield a flow of consumer goods and services in the future . |
| 11 | Writing is the essential tool , even when the sources are not written ( as they are not for oral historians ) . |
| 12 | The Black Cuillin are not for ordinary mortals . |
| 13 | They are not for genteel walkers . |
| 14 | The proposals for it by the UDC 's consultants are not for retail use , but they are ‘ consumption- ’ rather than production-orientated . |
| 15 | Property profits , £4.8million in the six months against £4.9 million last year , reflect the group 's continued wish to weed out unwanted retail premises which are not on prime town centre sites .. |
| 16 | Property profits , £4.8million in the six months against £4.9 million last year , reflect the group 's continued wish to weed out unwanted retail premises which are not on prime town centre sites .. |
| 17 | In that situation , the officer and the suspect are not on equal terms . |
| 18 | Unequal negotiating positions Where the parties to a restraint agreement are not on equal negotiating terms . |
| 19 | ‘ They are not on quick visits to world hotspots . |
| 20 | across the board trouble is when you get these differential spend all the interpretation on them , not that you 're rewarding the good teachers but that some teachers are not worth rewarding . |
| 21 | Meanings are not onto logical existents |
| 22 | Such developments in South America are not without adverse environmental consequences , though they are more limited than those of African savannas where population levels are much higher . |
| 23 | Although the authorities are directly in charge of broadcasting , governments are not without considerable powers over broadcasting . |
| 24 | I just have to wait for his letter , but I think the sensible thing to do would be to talk to you about what he 's putting you on because a lot of these drugs are not without potential side effects . |
| 25 | These procedures are not without academic credentials ( Haynes 1980 : 102 — 7 ) , and describe the way most organisations have always behaved for most of the time . |
| 26 | Many of the grammatical and lexical oppositions in a language are not between equal members of a pair , but between two entities one of which is more marked than the other … . |
| 27 | Kohlberg 's dilemmas are not about real people — they ca n't be if the aim of the research is to discover objective principles of justice . |
| 28 | The sections which follow are not about computer-based systems and jargon but focus on the information needs and systems of schools . |
| 29 | They are not about industrial democracy at all . |
| 30 | The issues are not about inappropriate use of authority nor are they about the display of heroics . |