Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 The two entrances are not the same shape .
2 Shame and penance are not the same things .
3 But they are not the same gaps .
4 On this form , the applicant signs a declaration that , to the best of his knowledge , the sire and dam do not suffer from hip dysplasia , entropion , undershot or overshot jaw , wrymouth , incomplete dentition , extreme shyness of or viciousness towards people , total absence of tan marking , yellow bird-of-prey eyes or eyes that are not the same colour , white markings .
5 Perceptions are not the same thing as knowledge , but they are what the holder of the perception believes to be knowledge .
6 Remember that quotations and estimates are not the same thing , and that a low estimate can very easily turn into a high bill .
7 Kähler 's insistence that faith and historical research are not the same thing is obviously valid .
8 Although they recognize that social relations , discourses , and language are not the same thing , their practice tends to belie this .
9 However , scientific problem-solving and public policy-making are not the same thing , and Carter as a policy-maker was ‘ a scientific man searching for certitude in an area of human experience , that of political conflict , which lacks mathematical or material certitude . ’
10 It is not the same thing , ’ she had said , ‘ they are not the same thing . ’
11 Mourning and depression are not the same thing .
12 But of greater importance for the social anthropologists themselves is that in many societies the distinction between biological kinship and sociological kinship is quite clearly recognized and the degree of their identification or dissociation is a matter of formal rules : " Copulation and marriage are not the same thing " or : " Copulation and marriage are the same thing " as the case may be .
13 ‘ Peers and friends are not the same thing … ’
14 Peers and friends are not the same thing .
15 It should be noted that an omission is not sufficient for unlawful act manslaughter and that neglect ( omission ) and negligence are not the same thing .
16 Whereas Russia is erm , is to do with the Cold War situation but I take Michael 's point that fascism and communism are not the same thing and to say that he has fascist ideas does not necessarily mean that he therefore represents Russia in this political equation
17 You are not the same people who left that station
18 But this left unresolved the basic problem that " those who take the decisions about what to spend money on are not the same people who have to account for it " ( Gretton and Harrison 1988 ) .
19 And they are not the same age .
20 This is obvious when one considers that two identical copies of a blueprint clearly contain the same information , but two identical cars are not the same car .
21 Of course , these are not the same sort of friends that she might have met on her débutante rounds or at Royal Ascot , but as she says , social class goes out the window beyond the prison walls .
22 They 're not the same birds
23 No they 're not the same thing , er , cooperatives are er , organizations of workers who come together to provide services , and the County Council has actually provided some support and enabled them to get started .
24 Right so there i they 're not the same compound at all .
25 Now as far as I 'm concerned , if the benefit to B is greater , supposing for example , they 're not the same age , sorry , I should n't have said that about being the same age .
26 Er , supposing they 're not the same age .
27 But I 'm not the least bit maternal .
28 ‘ But I 'm not the same person .
29 ‘ I 'm not the same person at all , ’ she insisted , and was very relieved to find that her voice sounded quite convincing .
30 I 'm not the same person who walked in here .
  Next page