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

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1 There are various procedural requirements applicable to a reduction in the standard number , including a duty of the proposer to publish details of the proposals and to refer the proposals to the Secretary of State if objections to them are raised by 10 or more local government electors or by the LEA or governors ( whichever of them is not the admissions authority ) .
2 I mean if you do n't , think , oh well I 'd I do n't want to be well it 's not the teachers fault cos you do n't get on !
3 This was not the operations room of a naval warship or a secret room in the White House but my modest office above a restaurant in north London .
4 The LEA , which had an equal opportunities policy for its education service , was not the admissions authority .
5 For it was not the Police Choir that sang but seven-year-old Maria O'Neil .
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