Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a confirmed anti-wilkoite I may agree with his sentiments on lack of flair , but that s not really the point is it ? |
| 2 | But it is not generally the stuff that appears on television , where self-restraint has become the norm . |
| 3 | However , this is not generally the case , and a whole variety of GUIs have developed , each adopting a slightly different subset of these principles as guidelines . |
| 4 | INCONTINENCE is not generally the sort of thing people chat merrily about which means that there are , apparently , a lot of silent sufferers thinking they 're the only one . |
| 5 | On the coast of Maine , Colton ( 1916 ) found a colony of herring gulls , Larus argentatus , predating the local dog-whelks very heavily , but this is not normally the case . |
| 6 | At common law the dealer is not normally the agent either of the finance company or of the customer . |
| 7 | The common law position appears to be that a dealer is not normally the agent of the finance company , and a customer is bound by the terms of the document , unless the finance company knows that it does not accord with the customer 's intentions ( United Dominions Trust Ltd v Western [ 1976 ] QB 513 ) . |
| 8 | Thus FRF′R ’ is not normally the identity ; it is the identity , if and only if FR=RF , that is , F and R commute . |
| 9 | A visiting fossilist from Aberdeenshire drew Johnson 's attention to a species of ash tree , enabling the great man to support his recurring arboreal obsession : ‘ The present nakedness of the Hebrides is not wholly the fault of Nature . ’ |
| 10 | This is not yet the case as the Sterling exchange rates can still fluctuate considerably against other E.R.M. currencies whilst it is in the wide band and exporters should cover or hedge currency exposures as heretofore . |
| 11 | At present , the Commission 's thinking is that express services should be liberalised where this is not yet the case . |
| 12 | Comecon , he points out , was coercive in that a Member State was unable to secede ; this is not yet the case within the EEC , but protectionist trade policies make non-membership a very difficult option for largely agricultural countries . |
| 13 | A change for the better , for now the Japanese can concentrate on the new industries of Computers and Lasers where , because there is not yet the world competition as in radios and televisions , they can recover better margins making their industries more wealth-creating . |
| 14 | We may raise , although this is not yet the place to answer , the question : does he need any aesthetic standards which can not be treated as implications of ‘ Be aware ’ ? |
| 15 | Clearly , although he is not yet the owner of the goods , he has the authority of the owner , X , to re-sell them . |
| 16 | Where you college is one of several offering a particular course , and that course is not already the subject of national development work , I would suggest that there are significant advantages to be gained from engaging in consortium development of unit specifications for that course , and I hope that SCOTVEC can provide support to such consortium development . |
| 17 | ‘ Is it not possible that you are too much under the influence of Washington which is not even the New York atmosphere ? ’ |
| 18 | Elsewhere there is not even the clue of a sentence in Pindar to show who was behind some great construction : Segesta , for instance , a long way over in the interior of the west of the island , had a fine fifth-century temple , the expenses of whose construction can only have been met ( given the position of the city ) from agricultural wealth , that is , from the product of the labour of the native Sikels . |
| 19 | The important thing for us is not where the state border runs , but whether or not the working people of all nations remain allied in their struggle against the bourgeoisie … |
| 20 | The recent debate about whether Spenser is typical of ‘ New English ’ perspectives on Ireland or more extreme than most is not particularly the point . |
| 21 | This , though , is not why the game treasures the softly-spoken , bespectacled grandfather who served me tea in an Oxford Street flat the other week . |
| 22 | It is not when the merchant set out on his round because at that time Mrs. Jones ' coals was as yet unascertained — McDougall v. Aeromarine of Emsworth ( above ) . |
| 23 | the manufacturer or distributor in question is not also the person who sold the goods to the consumer . |
| 24 | But it is not just the fertilizer side which is developing the business with marketing innovation . |
| 25 | It is not just the quantity of your achievement during a campaign that counts but the quality . |
| 26 | Can I just change the picture in closing thinking of harvest is not just the harvest that we reap for ourselves , the benefits that we get , but Jesus said also , he said , you look on the fields , they 're white all ready to harvest . |
| 27 | It is not just the country 's size , and its 70 years under communism ( against Poland 's 40 ) . |
| 28 | That beauty is not just the goal for the Church ; it is terminus ad quem of marriage . |
| 29 | It is not just the Sunday League , but Boys ’ Brigade and Scouts who will also be affected . ’ |
| 30 | However , power in modern capitalist societies is not just the ability to influence the way people think , and includes the control of knowledge and of ideas . |