Example sentences of "[Wh pn] is [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've yet to meet one who is n't engrossed in comparing his talent with other guitarists or who is n't frustrated or embarrassed by the fiscal constraints on the equipment he uses . |
| 2 | Let's face it the real shocker would be who IS N'T plotting behind the smoothie 's back . |
| 3 | Who is n't drained at Christmas ? ’ |
| 4 | erm How does one in any case fine a motorist who is n't standing by his car or sitting in it ? erm I would , if the question is shall we try it , if that is implied , I would say it 's worth trying in a very moderate way , it may require the police and the police representatives so to speak , the wardens if they 're going to be empowered to do this kind of thing , I think it 's going to force them to become very , very diplomatic and civilized in the way they handle it , but we of course too will have to learn to respond in a civilized manner . |
| 5 | Now frankly , an admiral who does n't pick his own bombing targets and a broker who ca n't choose his own investments do n't seem as oppressed to me as a clerk who is n't allowed to press her own return key . |
| 6 | ‘ Luck often spares the man who is n't doomed , as long as his courage holds ’ , agrees Beowulf . |
| 7 | Matthew 's style was snappy : ‘ John Major was the Chancellor who got us into recession and he is the Prime Minister who is n't going to get us out … ’ |
| 8 | 3.18 The consideration that loss of amenities may be more serious for someone already disabled than for someone who is not does not only apply to the elderly . |
| 9 | For the cat , in search of a friendly lap on which to sit , makes a bee-line for this ideal companion , who is not moving around , not waving hands about , not making shrill remarks and , above all , not staring . |
| 10 | So please look out for that endangered species — the lesser-paid landscape architect , who is not feathering his own nest but simply trying to occupy a niche in the food chain . |
| 11 | The urbane Mr Zhu , who is not connected with the Tiananmen Square crackdown and who speaks excellent English , would be ideal . |
| 12 | Apart from that , I do not think that I learned a great deal from Conservative Members ' contributions to the debate — except , perhaps , that the hon. Member for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) , who is not noted for his breadth of vision , does not like Labour councillors , which did not seem to me to advance the argument very much . |
| 13 | In 1681 he described himself as ‘ gardener to her Majestie ’ , probably Henrietta Maria [ q.v. ] , the dowager queen , at Somerset House , before she left England in 1665 , rather than Catherine of Braganza , Charles II 's consort , who is not recorded as sharing her mother-in-law 's interest in gardening . |
| 14 | Affiliated and party organisations entitled to appoint delegates to the General Committee and the Executive Committee of this party , may nominate an individual member of the Labour Party who is not disqualified under the constitution of the Labour Party , or under the decisions of party conference as a parliamentary candidate . |
| 15 | A large woman who is not apologising for her size is certainly not a figure to invite the dominant meanings which our culture attaches to femininity . |
| 16 | By contrast to her sister-in-law , the Duchess of York , who is not invited to the church service or the family lunch , will be at Sandringham for Christmas . |
| 17 | Note that an officer who is not authorised to test and inspect will have to ask the driver before his examination . |
| 18 | Staff and parents should be encouraged to question anyone in the unit who is not wearing identification , while anyone leaving the hospital in a stealthy manner should also be questioned . |
| 19 | And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin , that soul shall be cut off from his people ; he hath broken my covenant . |
| 20 | ‘ Nor do we see any reason why a wife who is not separated from her husband , even a wife who is still to be regarded as cohabiting with her husband , should lack this protection of the criminal law . |
| 21 | As conceded by the ombudsman , these submissions are well founded in the case of a valuer who is not employed by the society . |
| 22 | It is essential , therefore , when employing freelance staff , or anyone else who is not employed on a permanent contract of employment , to make contractual provision for determining ownership of copyright . |
| 23 | Thus , in a thoroughly typical way , man , who is not endowed with an instinctive love of animals or care for them , achieves the ability to make a success of animal-husbandry as a form of economic life by channelling his otherwise rampant aggressiveness back against himself as a force of conscience which frequently expresses itself in pastoral cultures as a vengeful and recriminating god of the sky . |
| 24 | ‘ Having a good cry ’ , especially while being held by someone who is not trying to talk you out of it , is good , provided doing so does not seriously breach further injunctions about being ‘ feeble ’ and ‘ out of control ’ . |
| 25 | He is an enigma who is not trying to be one . |
| 26 | The temptation to ‘ fiddle ’ quotas or interviews is always present , and for an interviewer who is not getting interviews this temptation must at times be great . |
| 27 | Paul Chadd , prosecuting , claimed Harper , who is not related to the twins , set fire to straw bales to provide light . |
| 28 | He also formally directed the jury to return a not guilty verdict on an arson charge against carpenter David Harper , 21 , of Uckington , who is not related to the twins . |
| 29 | Mr Justice Auld also directed the jury to return a not guilty verdict on an arson charge against David Harper , 21 , of Uckington , near Cheltenham , who is not related to the twins . |
| 30 | The judge also formally directed the jury to return a not guilty verdict on an arson charge against David Harper , 21 , of Homecroft Drive , Uckington , near Cheltenham , who is not related to the twins . |