Example sentences of "[be] not [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , the test was a success , and I am not displeased that a French area was chosen as the site . |
| 2 | I am not sure whether a statement on yesterday 's meeting would be appropriate , but I shall draw the hon. Gentleman 's request to my right hon. Friend 's attention . |
| 3 | I am not sure whether a wheel clamp would be particularly attractive to owners in inclement weather , but does my hon. Friend agree that , if a device is visible , inside or outside a car , it acts as a valuable deterrent ? |
| 4 | In the ensuing chaos and confusion , I am not certain whether a new record was set or not — or how you count such things . |
| 5 | I am not medical or a scientist , but can guess that the garlic affects the whole of the blood stream as far as the insect is concerned . |
| 6 | Organisations are reassessing their priorities , says Price Waterhouse consultant Nick Cherrie , and , if they are not convinced that a project can offer a quantifiable and speedy payback , they are likely to shelve it . |
| 7 | If you do not feel competent enough to fit them then entrust the job to someone who is Instructions are not available but a |
| 8 | At least know your gestation times so that you are not surprised when a mating at some forgotten date actually produces a calf ! |
| 9 | Doctors are not infallible when a child 's peace and happiness are at stake . |
| 10 | Disputes between natural and adoptive parents are not unusual and a fair proportion of arrangements break down . |
| 11 | If you prefer very light footwear , fabric boots might serve you well ; but remember that they are not waterproof unless a waterproof membrane is used in their construction . |
| 12 | We are not aware that a male preponderance has been previously seen in association with any form of pouchitis . |
| 13 | I be four I 'm not four and a half am I mum ? |
| 14 | I 'm not sure that a radial-arm saw is accurate enough for this at the best of times , but , at the moment , mine rattles up and down its rails like a train in the sidings , and is definitely not fit for the job . |
| 15 | shall we just look at one or two erm documents that you 've already looked at please , would you go to page twenty nine , just the illustration that seen and this is the I 'm not sure whether a point is going to be made about this or not , but if you look at page thirty one there there 's a golf club on the left and a man fishing on the right |
| 16 | According to Slater , the semiconductor suppliers just are n't confident that a market exists for Alpha . |
| 17 | But though diesels made sense on paper , some staff were not convinced and a few even changed jobs to escape employers who imposed diesel cars on them . |
| 18 | Bill were not more than a baby when his brother Harold died . |
| 19 | A person who erects or installs such plant must ensure that the installation is not unsafe or a risk to health . |
| 20 | The ability to speak French is not essential but a willingness to learn would be considered desirable . |
| 21 | It is not believable that a Protestant residential street would have been selected nor is there any instance of such an occurrence on any other occasion . |
| 22 | The manipulation of such traits is not new because a form of genetic engineering has been in operation since humans , c. 10 kyr BP ( section 3.3.1 ) , first began to select plants and animals for agricultural purposes . |
| 23 | The division is not watertight since a project may be relevant to more than one area of research and , indeed there are overlapping themes and issues between many of the individual projects . |
| 24 | that drinking too much is not clever or a sign of being grown-up |
| 25 | For if the general shape , the location , and the motion of objects can be computed in a low-level , autonomous fashion , then it is not impossible that a kingfisher may possess comparable perceptual mechanisms capable of computing the depth of a fish in water . |
| 26 | Jones ( 1931 ) implies that it can , but experimental work ( e.g. O'Connor and Tooley ( 1964 ) ) suggests that in many cases it is not perceptible unless a speaker is deliberately trying to avoid ambiguity . |
| 27 | Even in the war-fighting role described by Mark Hewish ( Countdown to the cruise , 31 March 1983 , p 878 ) , it is not credible that a 12-yard accuracy is needed to destroy bases , camps , etc with a 10-Hiroshima sized bomb . |
| 28 | ‘ I find myself in complete agreement with Professor Knight and would go further in saying that it is not credible that a karate chop to the base of the nose could cause a fracture of the anterior cranial fossa without considerable damage to the nasal structure . ’ |
| 29 | The court at first instance can always distinguish except in very similar cases , and appeal is not easy unless a judgment is so unreasonable as to be perverse . |
| 30 | Of course , taking account of the value of a house and its contents and personal savings and investments it is not surprising that a great many people have estates that exceed the inheritance tax threshold . |