Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [not/n't] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eldest daughter , even if she is not the eldest child , is much more likely to be asked by her mother to help in the care of younger children than is an eldest son . |
| 2 | Although she is not the best-looking boat in the world , she may , with her radical shape , twin rudders and blistering turn of speed , just survive in the hands of a true enthusiast . |
| 3 | While ‘ justification ’ is the primary blessing it is not the highest blessing . |
| 4 | The most popular route of ascent is from Ingleton and this is the one invariably followed by first-time visitors although it is not the best , and the much-trodden path is well populated on most days of the year . |
| 5 | He does so believing that if , in the long run , it is not the best for all concerned God will intervene through circumstances or additional information . |
| 6 | Although this may be a powerful motive , it is not the best reason . |
| 7 | It is not the best of assignments , says one experienced blue-beret wearer , but it is still better than Lebanon . |
| 8 | The purpose of the subsidy is to increase the recipient 's consumption of good X. While the cash transfer appears efficient at increasing the recipient 's welfare , it is not the best instrument to stimulate consumption of a particular good . |
| 9 | For a start , it is not the hardiest of perennials ; not surprisingly considering that it hails from Uruguay . |
| 10 | Civil War is an awful thing , not to be lightly encountered , but it is not the greatest evil which confronts us if the coercion of Ulster is tried . |
| 11 | It is not the easiest language to learn , but it has structure and legibility . |
| 12 | As flying characteristics go , it is not the easiest microlight to master . |
| 13 | It is not the easiest thing in the world to enter a closed order and have a chit-chat with a monk , who has most probably taken a vow of silence . ’ |
| 14 | But it is not the worst thing that can happen . |
| 15 | It is not the slightest use my pointing out that my product is good enough to sell in America , or Italy . |
| 16 | It is not the hardest peak in the Alps but it is one of the classics , and we had done it , though we had only been in the area a couple of days and had still been acclimatising . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , ’ Constance said , ‘ that 's alright , but it is n't the best part . |
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| 19 | Which it is n't the easiest thing , when you 've just moved into a place , is it ? |
| 20 | But but it it is n't the longest enquiry in this part of the world in in living memory . |
| 21 | it is n't the biggest deterrent in the world backed by . |
| 22 | ‘ Although he is not the best of our cooks , ma'am . |
| 23 | If he is not the greatest gloveman the game has known , he is a very successful wicket-keeper-batsman ; in his first two Tests in Australia in 1981–2 he appeared solely as a batsman before taking over from David Murray , and by the end of the 1989–90 series he had played in 68 Tests , made 223 dismissals ( a miserly five stumpings tells a sad tale ) and scored almost 3,000 runs at an average of 35 with five centuries . |
| 24 | Ben seems to forget that he is not the only one in the world to be making progress , that it is not just the routes he puts up which are the difficult ones , and that he is n't the best climber there is . |
| 25 | ‘ He waves about so that they 're not quite straight , but he is n't the greatest moving horse in the world ’ . |
| 26 | Rangers have a top performer in Richard Gough , though he is n't the biggest of central defenders . |