Example sentences of "[am/are] not [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I am not a Christian because I do not credit , as I earlier put it , that nature and history could be other than closed causal nexuses or believe that there can be events which are in some way qualitatively different from other events .
2 It will be clear from what I have already said that I myself do not have a Christology and am not a Christian .
3 That is my advice , although I emphasise to my hon. Friend that I am not a clinician and he does not need to be told that .
4 The 24-year-old athlete insisted outside his home in Caldicot , Gwent : ‘ I am not a drug cheat . ’
5 It is no good my standing up in court and saying them , even to the right person at the right time , because I am not a judge .
6 I am not a magician !
7 Then he laid down his challenge : essentially , he announced , ‘ I am not a van Gogh . ’
8 ‘ I am not a villain , but I make no claims to being graceful , ’ he murmured .
9 ‘ I am not a man to play with a pledge ’ , Baldwin told the Conference .
10 ‘ I wanted you to know , ’ he said , ‘ because whatever it is , I am not a part of it . ’
11 He replied : ‘ I do n't agree with it , I did n't agree with it in the '80s , I was a minority view in the '80s , I am not a minority view now — and anyway I am in a better position to expound my views . ’
12 I am not a minority view now and , anyway , I am in a better position to expound my views . ’
13 Larissa talks of going beyond structuralism and goes so far as to disown it : ‘ of course I am not a structuralist I never have been I merely played with it ’ ( 84/662 ) .
14 ‘ I am not a gambler , ’ the president told a television interviewer , ‘ I am an engineer . ’
15 ‘ I am not a gambler , I look at ten year careers not ten minute careers and I believe Kylie has all the potential necessary to have a very long life span in this business , ’ he said .
16 When you put it to Sole that his approach to captaincy is more intellectual than gung-ho he laughs : ‘ Well , I am not a Finlay Calder by any means .
17 ‘ I am not a thief .
18 " Now Miss Graham , as you know , I think , I am not a fool and I am always on the side of my staff — if it is possible to be so without alienating a client .
19 ‘ Bewdsley , ’ Dacre said gently , ‘ I am not a fool .
20 Oh , I am not a fool !
21 I do not have a handicap because I am not a member of a club , will never be able to afford to join one and ca n't afford the high green fees around London to play regularly enough to improve my game .
22 She maintained links with the Quakers but made a point of religious independence : ‘ As I am not a member of any community , no society can answer for my irregular conduct . ’
23 As I am not a member of his Church , it would be improper of me to make any theological observations .
24 Unhappily , I am not a member of the exclusive club of millionaires .
25 I am not a member of the Conservative party , so I do not receive this literature .
26 I am not a member of any party .
27 " I am not a guard at all . "
28 I am not a Chairman , Jill is , Jill Dobsworth is , and the other fact .
29 During frantic negotiations broadcast on Sarajevo Radio , Mr Murat Sabanovic , the former Civil Defence chief of Visegrad , said : ‘ I am not a terrorist .
30 Take Lao-Tse 's celebrated question : ‘ If when I was asleep I was a man dreaming I was a butterfly , how do I know when I am awake that I am not a butterfly dreaming I am a man ? ’
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