Example sentences of "[pers pn] is not [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hector believes that ‘ She is not worth the holding ’ , and , ‘ T is mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god ’ ; But Troilus counters with the statement : |
| 2 | This is not the mother , who lays down a ground plan for life and provides nourishment ; she is not of the future . |
| 3 | In print she boasts that she is not in the least attracted by drugs , even scared to touch ‘ ordinary cheerful liquor ’ . |
| 4 | A multivariate analysis of WFS and other statistics confirmed that mortality of children under age five is higher if the mother is employed than if she is not in the labour force . |
| 5 | She is not in the mood for gossip , unwilling to pass on her views of current films ( let people buy Outsider if they want to know the Rosenbloom line ) , and uncharacteristically indifferent to news of cheap Thai restaurants in Crouch End . |
| 6 | and correct him/her if he/she is not on the right lines . |
| 7 | It is not about the behaviour of individual members of the Royal Family . |
| 8 | It is not about the promotion of one particular kind of experience over another , for this only creates the kinds of divisions so obvious in the political and religious systems of today . |
| 9 | So this debate is not about saving foxes , it will achieve nothing for animal welfare it is not about the merits or otherwise of fox hunting , from which it diverts attention , it is about the county council seeking to make hollow gestures against their tenants ' rights . |
| 10 | And it is not beyond the mental capabilities of anyone with a reasonably well-formed mind to learn how to play an instrument — even badly . ’ |
| 11 | I suppose it is not beyond the realms of possibility that he was passively involved in the supposed robbery — an accomplice who was merely required to ignore it . ’ |
| 12 | Although it is not beyond the ingenuity of the vigneron to protect his vineyards from such isolated hazards , in fact little can be done which would be economically viable . |
| 13 | Surely it is not beyond the wit of man to devise laws with suitable safeguards so that legalised euthanasia is not abused . |
| 14 | It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that the regional conferences demonstrated such a diversity of views on important aspects of educational policy that the way was left clear for a more decisive lead from the centre . |
| 15 | It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that sexual abuse by women invokes more secrecy than that already disclosed . |
| 16 | Now it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that during the intervening twenty-five years the lord had bought out most of the freeholds , which , with few exceptions , must have been very small , and might just be identified with the sixteen ‘ Farme Landes ’ . |
| 17 | It is not beyond the wit of man to introduce a weighting system to deal with local variations . |
| 18 | Indeed , it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that the rise of almost £25 , a chunky 9pc when inflation is running at 4.1pc , will act as a Labour Party reminder to the charge payer of past Tory gaffes ? |
| 19 | With roses that are normally grown on their own roots , propagating your own by cuttings is quite feasible , but with H.T.s , many Floribundas and those which are budded and grafted , apart from the fun it is not worth the trouble . |
| 20 | Otherwise you could be changing status now only to change back again very shortly and it is not worth the upheaval for what would only be a marginal difference . ’ |
| 21 | it is not worth the salesperson 's time to let the buyer finish . |
| 22 | At the present stage of scientific development , it is surely sad that a healthy human fetus should be destroyed merely because it is not of the sex the mother prefers . |
| 23 | But of course no one wants to buy a product if it is not of the highest quality and this is where the Potato Marketing Board can help . |
| 24 | It can not , however , act as the relation of dominance of a branching hierarchy , as it is not of the sort which can be successively differentiated . |
| 25 | It is clear that the Soviet economy is at an impasse , but we have tried to suggest that it is not at the abyss . |
| 26 | Since it is not at the moment clear how general this type of sociolinguistic pattern might be , any attempt at explanation is premature ; however , it is probably possible to relate the narrow range characteristic of the higher-status speakers ' pattern to parallel structural tendencies in languages which have undergone processes of standardization ( Milroy and Milroy 1985a , chapters 1 and 2 ) . |
| 27 | In the case of Sunday trading , it is not at the moment clear , because of the House of Lords ' ruling , what the law may be . |
| 28 | Even with the property market at its height — I do not need to remind the House that it is not at the height at the moment — British Rail would not be able to cover the £1.4 billion capital cost out of its profit from property development or out of revenue from running the trains . |
| 29 | His words were echoed by Kay Kirkham , Stockton South Liberal Democrat candidate : ‘ We want to bring health in general back under democratic control which it is not at the moment . |
| 30 | If the flat only has one entrance/exit ( which it will because it is not on the ground floor ) , it should have a fire escape , or some means of escape over a balcony or roof . |