Example sentences of "[noun] [be] not [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is his very first school visit as secretary of state , but St Edmunds primary are n't claiming any honours . |
| 2 | The builders are not using any nails in the construction , in an effort to build an authentic cultural centre . |
| 3 | Tranmere are not expecting any dramatic changes this time round , 12 months on after the massive upheaval that launched a new set-up last season . |
| 4 | During the Open Forum Gordon Graham , a former PA president and now editor of Logos , expressed concern that because of the United Nations sanctions against Serbia , British books were not reaching that country . |
| 5 | Mummy 's not having any . |
| 6 | The second rule is not to condemn another person 's feelings when they share them . |
| 7 | The case was then apparently dropped , and Agnes Brathwaite is not mentioned any more . |
| 8 | When Mrs Whatsit asks him tonight why her little Johnny is n't making more progress with his English , Iain McWhirter will reply that progress is not to be expected from a boy who is abysmally lazy and congenitally stupid . ’ |
| 9 | But he was almost canned again , this time because the director Larry Arrick thought Dustin was not giving enough of himself at rehearsals . |
| 10 | Some American businessmen wondered if the United States was not doing more harm than good by underwriting the domestic policies of the Labour government . |
| 11 | The head explained to Mrs Singh that Balbinder was not making much progress and that because of class sizes he would be unlikely to receive the kind of attention he needed . |
| 12 | Moreover the Keynesian analysis of the labour market as set out in Chapter 5 should have made it fairly clear that Keynes was not denying any of the neoclassical assumptions motivating self-interested households and firms to engage in trade in attempts to achieve Pareto-efficiency . |
| 13 | But Travis was n't having that . |
| 14 | Mr Patten is looking at plans for a longer school day after a Government probe into 15,000 schools in England found youngsters are not getting enough tuition . |
| 15 | ‘ On the whole intellectual sparks are not admired all that much . |
| 16 | They informed the Headmaster in April that " the 39 Articles are not to form any part of the tuition of the Schools and are not to be enforced " . |
| 17 | The parents were not shown all the items taken by the police ; nor were they able to oversee the systematic search of their home . |
| 18 | And it is clear that there were , that a very significant proportion were not reaching that level and it 's being taxed . |
| 19 | The general effect of the [ Limitation ] Act is not to confirm any particular claim to land but merely to extinguish stale titles to it … |
| 20 | " Well , now , Mr Hyde is n't receiving any visitors today ; come back another time . " |
| 21 | Railway enthusiasts are angry that Darlington borough council is not making any money available to help the town 's historic North Road station celebrate its 150th anniversary . |
| 22 | The parent of a new-born child is not providing all the input for a mind blank of any social or moral bias , but is dealing with a personality that will display a bundle of mixed motives and behaviour . |
| 23 | Avoiding the foods in question may be quite difficult , especially at school or with friends , and you may wish to reconsider other options , especially if your child is not affected all that severely or if he reacts to a great many foods . |
| 24 | But even though this version is n't quite as expensive as the original , the gallery is n't taking any chances ; a full-time guard prevents anyone from on cashing in on this artistic venture . |
| 25 | Niki thinks his engine is n't giving enough power ; he boosts his turbo pressure from 2 bars up to 2.5 and that is taking a hell of a risk with his fuel consumption . |
| 26 | Disappointed but scarcely surprised , since Bookwatch was n't tracking any of our titles ( or those of a good many travel publishers ) at the time when the list was compiled . |
| 27 | The softer her voice became , the greater the danger , but Nigel was n't to know this . |
| 28 | Sublimation was not working any more . |
| 29 | We 've got two officer 's for example who are leading on working the young people in the town , Youth Development Officer 's er we , the Local Government Unit has a policy team initiated work on the youth policy , and this arose out of erm a member seminar 's , September eighty nine , where er the members felt that really the Council was n't doing enough for young people , that we as a Council , not not to think about young in the way we deliver our services and it was felt that we needed to go out and talked to young people , which we did in the winter of that year , erm and find out what they wanted from us , and the res as a result of that , that , that policy , and that consultation exercise has now developed into a front line service where we have two people full time working with young people in the town and that 's on various things , graffiti project , the underpasses in the town we , which have got graffiti type I mean I know there not everybody 's cup of tea , but I mean they way . |
| 30 | ‘ The girl was not wearing these clothes when she was stabbed , ’ Catherine said . |