Example sentences of "[coord] be not the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , subjects ( which can be people or , with suitable techniques , animals ) are asked whether two complex shapes , presented in different orientations , are or are not the same . |
| 2 | Such visions can be utilised at all levels within an organisation and are not the sole prerogative of those at the top . |
| 3 | They were discovered in a search for diuretics , i.e. drugs which increase the volume of urine , and were not the first diuretics to have additional valuable properties . |
| 4 | Piecemeal reform makes the tax system more complicated , and is not the best way to promote saving . |
| 5 | And is not the ultimate ‘ nostalgia-trip ’ beloved of so many Protestants to return to the full power of the New Testament church ( the golden age par excellence for Christians ) ? |
| 6 | What is loosely described as ‘ the elderly population ’ covers an age range from 65 to 100+ years and is not the homogeneous social group that this unitary term would indicate . |
| 7 | That which causes a comment is thus at one remove from the comment and is not the sole agent necessary to bring it into being . |
| 8 | The whole book comes into the category of good dirty fun , and is not the worse for that . |
| 9 | Mum-of-two Eileen , who had to take two intensive training courses , stresses that Reiki has no religious connotations and is not the same as faith-healing . |
| 10 | The real Kilfinnan Fall is worth a special visit but it is elusive and is not the safest of access — hence the neglect . |
| 11 | Now these were perfectly fine eating establishments that served wholesome food on crisp white table cloths , but were not the usual sort of house favoured by top stars . |
| 12 | The ‘ big nine ’ sought to regain some of the major services they had lost to the counties , but were not the only districts dissatisfied with the present position . |
| 13 | But is not the Prime Minister 's decision to opt out of the social charter — — ’ opt out ’ were the words that he used — an admission that , after 12 years of Tory rule , the economy is not as sound , robust and healthy as the Government try to claim but is so fragile that it can not support the most basic workers ' rights that will be enjoyed in the rest of Europe ? |
| 14 | Trichomonas vaginalis is undoubtedly a cause of non-gonococcal urethritis but is not the elusive ‘ organism x ’ that has been sought so exhaustively . |
| 15 | He will be aware that there is still a problem in my constituency and the south-west with the burden of the business rate , but is not the last thing that small businesses want the layers of bureaucracy that would result from 10 new regional assemblies , new sex and race discrimination legislation and the hundreds of new quangos that Labour would put into practice in its first year of office ? |
| 16 | For instance , Susanne Langer , in most of her writing on Aesthetics has been concerned to establish that emotion expressed through Art is derived from but is not the same as that felt in real life . |
| 17 | This is the same as RF →FU , but is not the same as FR — FU . ) |
| 18 | The coming of the railways had a considerable effect upon the prosperity of canal companies but was not the sole cause of their decline . |
| 19 | The women I spoke to were almost always subsidiary wage earners ; the money they brought in was essential for survival but was not the main wage of the family and their jobs were often far more unpleasant than their husband 's . |