Example sentences of "[be] not [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In opposing human spirit to human force I am not simply setting cognition against physique . |
| 2 | I am not seriously advocating suicide right on stage , although I know a man who does . |
| 3 | They are not even taking enforcement order now . |
| 4 | So we , we are not just creating capitalism per se we are building in that direction er but there will be elements of socialism there which we can then build on and take us forward . |
| 5 | But these changes are not just taking place at regional level . |
| 6 | When older people think of the past they are not just taking stock of their lives but trying to decide what to do with the time that they have left , and trying to do so in relation to concluding or making sense of what has gone before . |
| 7 | These firms are not just saving cash . |
| 8 | We are not just talking power-dressing for women ; Armani makes men look even better than the fairer sex in a way that 's so thoroughly macho it 's no wonder the world 's aggro merchants have taken him to their hearts as eagerly as Hollywood 's glitterati . |
| 9 | As general manager David Lynch stated , ‘ We are not just selling air purifiers , but ensuring a healthy indoor environment . |
| 10 | This group are not currently paying rent or rates to a private landlord or the Council , so can not currently apply for help . |
| 11 | Estates Services are not only providing accommodation for AEA staff , at Harwell they also have some unofficial tenants — a family of little owls . |
| 12 | By getting them to respect property , people and themselves , we 're not just stopping crime today , we 're making an investment for tomorrow . |
| 13 | I feel too tired to sleep so I play some Despot when I get home but my heart 's not in it and the Empire is still in a tattered-looking state after all the earlier disasters and I 'm almost wondering if I should start again but that would mean going back to the fucking dawn of civilisation and the temptation in Despot is always to swap PoV , which people who do n't know the game always think sounds sort of innocent , like some detail , but it is n't : you 're not just swapping point of View , you 're swapping your current Despotic power Level for something less , even if it 's a regional lord or other king or a general or royal relation close to the throne , and it is not to be done lightly because as soon as you renounce the current Despot 's PoV the computer takes over and it 's a smart fucking piece of software . |
| 14 | WE 'RE NOT JUST TALKING TURKEY |
| 15 | No we 're not actually losing money but I mean with Traidcraft we are getting to the low point where we put borrowed stock |
| 16 | I 'm not even dreading work . |
| 17 | Cos I 'm not actually losing weight , but my clothes all feel , you know I can get into clothes I have n't worn for ages . |
| 18 | Sociology will need to make use of psychoanalytic theory to the extent that it seeks to be not only accumulating knowledge and developing theory for its own sake , but also acknowledges that by doing this it is changing society 's own self-understanding . |
| 19 | ‘ My God , they were n't just hitting it sideways , some of them were n't even making contact . |
| 20 | She adds that while the CHA is not presently advocating de-insurance of any specific service , a practical example is the hotel cost of hospital stays . |
| 21 | ‘ It is not easy playing game after game even for fit players it becomes a chore and you tend to pick up knocks . |
| 22 | This is why reviewing is not properly speaking criticism , though it calls for critical qualities , and an extended review-article , looking at a whole oeuvre , may well be . |
| 23 | In consequence , it was often easier to overwrite ( superimpose ) parts of records with the same information , which is not good updating practice as errors can be introduced into the system . |
| 24 | I 'm still thinking about B S 5750 where we have to make sure that not only we know what training we have given people , that we also continue to give them , future appropriate training so that they can do their jobs , and so compliance by B S 5750 is not just trapping history it is also making sensible plans about the present and the future . |
| 25 | This is not just avoiding violence — it is simply avoiding the issue . |
| 26 | In this poem you get the feeling that Owen is not actually taking part in this but he has seen it happening before and so , unlike all the rest , it is not completely based on his own experience . |
| 27 | To make sure the coil is not continually draining power , there are three switches in its circuit . |
| 28 | I mean , it 's not exactly swimming weather , is it ? ’ |
| 29 | " But she is n't just having food today . " |
| 30 | But I also think that er the Community Charge as it is being brought in is probably being brought in too sharply which means that it is n't actually taking account of some of the marginal cases where people are going to face a very steep increase in Community Charge bill , er and the Community Charge itself is rather a blunt instrument . |