Example sentences of "[is] not [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pop is not about schemes but about SELF ! |
| 2 | Eubank had a perfect reply : ‘ It is not about belts , it is about winning and I beat you . |
| 3 | It is not about figures . |
| 4 | However , the America 's Cup is not about launches and , as even Gardini could see , the boat hanging from the crane could take the Spanish far . |
| 5 | Where Owen 's preface to his poems had declared ‘ This book is not about heroes ’ , Douglas in both his poetry and prose celebrates the last stand of the chivalric hero , men like his colonel , ‘ Piccadilly Jim ’ . |
| 6 | The concern here is not about inequalities which are natural but about inequalities which are socially determined . |
| 7 | But this is not about personalities . |
| 8 | Do n't let anyone say politics is not about personalities . |
| 9 | Right and that was the result we generally observe in agriculture in that , for example , if you have ever been down to er the West the West of England where there is a number of apple growers you will find that when there is a very big harvest , right , apples just left to rot on trees , right , simply because it is not worth farmers harvesting er those apples because they wo n't get er price to cover their average vanable costs . |
| 10 | This approach however is not without problems and to cope with them sophisticated administration systems are needed exercising controls in five main areas : |
| 11 | But as with any organisation , it is not without problems and these can hinder its effectiveness . |
| 12 | The denitrification or ‘ denitrator ’ filter is not without problems , it needs feeding with lactose or methanol . |
| 13 | Although it remains a popular option , for many organisations it is not without problems . |
| 14 | Furthermore the finding itself — that women in each class use more standard forms than men — is not without problems . |
| 15 | The use of such checklists is not without problems . |
| 16 | This is not without problems , such as when to intervene and make an evaluation . |
| 17 | However , the Type I system is not without problems . |
| 18 | Not having seen Debord 's films ( he refused screenings at the ICA in London ) , Levin 's arguments are in one sense untestable ; nevertheless the article is not without difficulties . |
| 19 | The relevant — and revealing — comparison is not between CDs and cassettes , but between Britain and America . |
| 20 | The breeding tank — the Java Moss is not for eggs but to protect the female . |
| 21 | ‘ St Dominic and my order , ’ Athelstan said tartly , ‘ have in their wisdom decreed that wine at full strength is not for monks . ’ |
| 22 | Yes , we have to fight for our equality , for our own rights but w we can change men and our , the responsibility is not for women to change men , it 's for women to change our own lives , our own situations , and for we , men to change their own . |
| 23 | It is not for teachers to tell them what to believe or value , but it is for them to try to equip pupils in such a way that they can enter into the debate and develop a coherent and perceptive worldview for themselves . |
| 24 | In Land and Rose 's ( 1985 ) evocative phrase , altruism is ‘ compulsory ’ for women in a way it is not for men . |
| 25 | ‘ Giving thought is not for lovers , my lord , ’ she said softly . |
| 26 | As such , it is not at odds with the ‘ litmus-test ’ of self-advocacy , seeming to support a view of people as potentially autonomous and with a right to self-determination within a less restrictive social milieu . |
| 27 | GUIL : No , no , no — what you 've been is not on boats . |
| 28 | We 've argued that that would stimulate migration as opposed simply to accommodate past trends , so we 've argued that , but the the problem for West Yorkshire well for Leeds in particular is that the brown field sites we have , the regeneration that we need is not of sites which would readily accommodate housing , they 're not sites which lend themselves as nice places to live . |
| 29 | The analysis undertaken is not of goods in general , but of those selected as the most ‘ cherished ’ possessions by the informants . |
| 30 | However , my tale is not of legs and the man . |