Example sentences of "[be] not [art] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I am not a guard at all . " |
| 2 | Sometimes you make a mistake , and you are not a Bisu at all , but simply what they " — he gestured resignedly at the howling spectators — " call us all anyway , just " lady boys " ! " |
| 3 | You are not an entertainer at a children 's party . |
| 4 | If it strikes you this way , let me remind you that Peter 's particular values are not the point at issue , and invite you to sit down quietly and compose your own , very different equivalent . |
| 5 | yes , but mum , you 're not a teacher at the Leeds High |
| 6 | I 'm not a martyr at all — I love Factota . |
| 7 | ‘ You are n't a servant at Thornfield Hall , of course . |
| 8 | It is not a substance at all , it is a property , the property of self-replication . |
| 9 | Basically , there are three categories that will be offered : ( 1 ) There will be a basic valuation , which is not a survey at all , but merely to assist the mortgage company to ensure it has adequate security for its loan . |
| 10 | The main sheet is not a sheet at all , but in fact a rope which allows you to control the Topper 's one sail . |
| 11 | A strongly aromatic , somewhat bitter-tasting plant , cotton lavender is not a lavender at all , but a member of the daisy family . |
| 12 | In fact the ‘ decision ’ is not a decision at all , but an acceptance of things as they are . |
| 13 | In a way it is not a message at all . |
| 14 | And the question becomes all the more pertinent because ‘ Thomas ’ is not a name at all . |
| 15 | Because that glitzy little bit of apparent nonsense is not a novel at all ; but a condensed version of the Real Life Story of Miss Pat Booth , who at 45 still looks as good as she did 20 years ago , and has found fame , fortune and happiness , all wrapped up in a very glossy package indeed . |
| 16 | The co-processor using groups of small engines , they will explain , is not a mainframe at all and in fact evidence that the mainframe is a gone gosling . |
| 17 | ‘ It is not a blow at all — you do n't win every order you bid for . |
| 18 | A word is not a category at all in the sense used : since a text may be decomposed entirely into a sequence of words , there is no linguistic sense in which one could choose to use something else instead of a word . |
| 19 | Some of Mrs Thatcher 's critics claim that she is not a Conservative at all , at least not in the paternalist tradition of Disraeli and One Nation Conservatism . |
| 20 | The reference to ‘ classiness ’ , mentioned above , is not a dig at Mr Major 's origins but at his style . |
| 21 | MV That is not a problem at the moment , but this part of the world has always been unpredictable . |
| 22 | This is not a problem at Center Parcs , where everyone else is so inept that you are embarrassed to show them up . |
| 23 | If the supposed punisher does not weaken a specified undesirable behaviour then it is not a punisher at all and so should not be used . |
| 24 | The moon rat , which is not a rat at all , is a genuine ‘ one-off ’ . |
| 25 | The USGA by contrast is not a club at all , but a representative organisation with 8,000 member clubs . |
| 26 | In other words , if the behaviour does n't change the supposed reward is not a reward at all . |
| 27 | Althusser elaborates his thesis that Marxism is not a historicism at some length , presenting a critique of the historicist and humanist traditions which he takes back from Sartre to the beginning of the century , even to the Russian Revolution itself , and in which he also includes the ‘ absolute historicism ’ of Gramsci and the Frankfurt School . |
| 28 | For the remedy which is sought to be applied , the removal of grievance is not a remedy at all , because the grievance is not the case , on the contrary it is an aggravation , it is dynamic . |
| 29 | Grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris is not a grass at all but a beautiful flowering plant which grows up to 12in tall in wet or marshy areas . |
| 30 | Discovery will not be ordered of evidence prepared by someone who is not a party at the request of someone who is a defendant or potential defendant wanting to obtain legal advice , even though this amounts to the non-party sheltering behind the privilege of the defendant or potential defendant ( Lee v South West Thames Regional Health Authority [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 385 ) . |