Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not criticising the Taiwanese , because they were better than the British . |
| 2 | I am not taking an easy road and that I risk not being understood by many fellow countrymen , " he wrote , " but this is the only road I can follow in conscience . |
| 3 | The official protested , but Miss Royal said , ‘ I am NOT having the poor old man frightened . |
| 4 | I am not to tell the other Rons . |
| 5 | ‘ I am not making a great song and dance about it , ’ she said in a softly dangerous voice and , with a hint of ostentation in her movements , stirred a saccharin tablet into a cup of black coffee . |
| 6 | In using this term I am not making the simplistic assumption that people who hold this position are sick . |
| 7 | I am not making the exorbitant claim that every black youth reaching adolescence in the 1970s and early 1980s underwent such traumas . |
| 8 | In any case , I am not making an official request . ’ |
| 9 | We are not suggesting a sharp break at the turn of the nineteenth century or at the accession of Queen Victoria or whatever . |
| 10 | And if pupils are not taught the basic disciplines of rhythm — then things become impossible . |
| 11 | Therefore , if we can not detect a particular coded message in an animal , there is no reason to say that they are not transmitting the particular message by some other means . |
| 12 | The UK , he says , gave full support to the system because it will cut out fraud and allow the EC to get tough with countries who are not operating the common agricultural policy fully or properly . |
| 13 | Earlier that day , Gorbachev had himself appeared to raise the possibility of his stepping down as general secretary at the CPSU congress when , clearly stung by the ferocity of the criticisms being levelled at him , he complained that " people are not taking the general secretary , the President of the country , very seriously " , and added : " It is not a question of me : tomorrow or in 10 or 12 days ' time someone else might be general secretary or party chairman . " |
| 14 | While other dictionary publishers are not taking the extreme stance taken by COBUILD , corpora are being recognised as increasingly useful tools for creating up-to-date dictionaries that accurately reflect the language . |
| 15 | If you are not using the original version , you should say so ( e.g. by noting " second edition " or " reprinted version " or " facsimile " ) . |
| 16 | Judge Peter Greenwood remanded Gillespie in custody for medical reports , but told him , ‘ I do not want you to think for one moment that you are not facing a custodial sentence . ’ |
| 17 | Try to be as sincere and enthusiastic as possible and be conversational — you are not addressing a public meeting . |
| 18 | Here it may be advisable to point out that we are not advising the rational man to be any more spontaneous than he already is , merely inviting him to continue reasoning about means , ends and principles as before , with his mind at rest about that little puzzle about passing from ‘ is ’ to ‘ ought ’ . |
| 19 | British farmers are not producing the right kind of food for a healthy diet . |
| 20 | It can therefore be argued that not only do social services not pull labour out of the manufacturing sector , but also if they are not expanded the redundant labour from the manufacturing sector simply remains unused and joins the existing long-term reserve army of labour . |
| 21 | All fixed date actions to which the rule does apply are now subject to automatic directions ( see Chapter 11 ) and are not given a return day at the outset . |
| 22 | But when hospitals are struggling to stay within budgets such initiatives are not given a high priority . |
| 23 | ‘ They are not clear on their objectives and are not given the technical tools to use on the field so that they can not play to their potential . |
| 24 | It is extraordinary that even though the Government found an extra £40 million for sport in the last Budget , which is near enough double the expenditure on sport year on year , Opposition Members criticise us and suggest that we are not providing the necessary resources for sport . |
| 25 | Small wonder , therefore , that egg producers feel they are not getting a fair deal . |
| 26 | There is now problems on the streets of , there is anger in the outer areas that through your postal code politics people are not getting a fair deal in the outer areas of this city . |
| 27 | Serious buyers are not seeking the homely smells of baking or the aroma of coffee beans . |
| 28 | ‘ In many of the instances we find that employers are not honouring the basic minimum wage and ignoring overtime rates , ’ she said . |
| 29 | Local states are not accorded a leading role in decisions about welfare . |
| 30 | They are not questioning the potential value of , in this context , high-quality environmental information per se . |