Example sentences of "[be] not a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The 24-year-old athlete insisted outside his home in Caldicot , Gwent : ‘ I am not a drug cheat . ’
2 He replied : ‘ I do n't agree with it , I did n't agree with it in the '80s , I was a minority view in the '80s , I am not a minority view now — and anyway I am in a better position to expound my views . ’
3 I am not a minority view now and , anyway , I am in a better position to expound my views . ’
4 I am not a taxi driver and I do not have seven Cure albums .
5 A DIRECTOR whose company illegally dumped lethal paint stripper told a court yesterday : ‘ I am not a cowboy operator . ’
6 He said : ‘ I am not a cowboy operator .
7 ‘ I always stick to the limits and am not a boy racer , ’ he said .
8 ‘ Everyone I meet seems pleased that I am not a merchant banker or barrister from London , ’ he said .
9 Indeed , one of the chapters in Mr Coupland 's book is titled ‘ I am not a target market ’ .
10 I am certainly a general practitioner , but I am not a family practitioner .
11 ‘ I am not a football fan , ’ said Ms Simonsen , shaken but not stirred .
12 I am not a city person and have never lived in a city in my life I represent a rural area , a hunting area , a hunting area erm I believe the terrier men from the some of them live in my area .
13 I am not a street fighter , I do n't need to hate him to beat him .
14 For women who have had no children at all , they are not a first-choice method of contraception , but can be used .
15 So if you are not a UK taxpayer you are advised not to enter into Deeds of Covenant , but to make your regular charitable payments by simple Banker 's Order without any covenant .
16 So if you are not a UK taxpayer you are advised not to make a payment under the Gift Aid scheme but to make a straight payment by cash or cheque .
17 If you are not a board member , send a copy of this book to every board member you know , highlighting these two pages with the annotation : " I 'm sure you 'll agree " .
18 But can we be sure that the last three decades of sustained growth in crime are not a recording phenomenon ( Bottomley and Pease , 1986 ) ?
19 However , we believe that it is only right to point out that we are not a specialist tour operator in the field of holidays for the disabled .
20 We conserve our steam locomotives : We are not a preservation society , this is left to others .
21 The Albanians in Yugoslavia are not a minority population , but the third largest national group in the country ; there are more than 3 million of them , but their national rights have long been abolished by the Yugoslavian Government .
22 To change the picture ; presuppositions are not a booster rocket to get faith off the ground — to be jettisoned as soon as faith is in orbit — but are as vital to faith as an engine to an aeroplane .
23 The treatment techniques we describe are not a treatment programme as such : they are examples of what you might see the patient doing , with explanations of what the physiotherapist is trying to achieve , and how the patient should respond .
24 U2 are not a pop group like The Undertones , although their music is driven and energised by exactly the same instinctive romantic desire — wish fulfilment .
25 A Software Performance Report ( SPR ) is used by anyone , even if they are not a LIFESPAN user , to report suspected or real faults and failures , suggestions , observations or any other comments pertinent to modules stored in LIFESPAN .
26 A Software Performance Report ( SPR ) is used by anyone , even if they are not a LIFESPAN user , to report suspected or real faults and failures , suggestions , observations or any other comments pertinent to modules stored in LIFESPAN .
27 Lowe says his company went further than its original plans for a 5,000-mile range aircraft because customers wanted it , and that the GV and its performance figures are not a paper exercise or design concept , but a wind-tunnel-proven reality .
28 are not a swimming stroke .
29 So in that sense , we are not a volume car producer and er the company historically , I mean back through the seventies and sixties was a not very successful volume producer .
30 The population is very cosmopolitan , most un-Highland , and there is plenty to keep everyone amused , even if you are not a game fisherman .
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