Example sentences of "[is] not [art] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not a substance at all , it is a property , the property of self-replication . |
| 2 | Basically , there are three categories that will be offered : ( 1 ) There will be a basic valuation , which is not a survey at all , but merely to assist the mortgage company to ensure it has adequate security for its loan . |
| 3 | The main sheet is not a sheet at all , but in fact a rope which allows you to control the Topper 's one sail . |
| 4 | A strongly aromatic , somewhat bitter-tasting plant , cotton lavender is not a lavender at all , but a member of the daisy family . |
| 5 | In fact the ‘ decision ’ is not a decision at all , but an acceptance of things as they are . |
| 6 | In a way it is not a message at all . |
| 7 | And the question becomes all the more pertinent because ‘ Thomas ’ is not a name at all . |
| 8 | Because that glitzy little bit of apparent nonsense is not a novel at all ; but a condensed version of the Real Life Story of Miss Pat Booth , who at 45 still looks as good as she did 20 years ago , and has found fame , fortune and happiness , all wrapped up in a very glossy package indeed . |
| 9 | The co-processor using groups of small engines , they will explain , is not a mainframe at all and in fact evidence that the mainframe is a gone gosling . |
| 10 | ‘ It is not a blow at all — you do n't win every order you bid for . |
| 11 | A word is not a category at all in the sense used : since a text may be decomposed entirely into a sequence of words , there is no linguistic sense in which one could choose to use something else instead of a word . |
| 12 | Some of Mrs Thatcher 's critics claim that she is not a Conservative at all , at least not in the paternalist tradition of Disraeli and One Nation Conservatism . |
| 13 | The reference to ‘ classiness ’ , mentioned above , is not a dig at Mr Major 's origins but at his style . |
| 14 | MV That is not a problem at the moment , but this part of the world has always been unpredictable . |
| 15 | This is not a problem at Center Parcs , where everyone else is so inept that you are embarrassed to show them up . |
| 16 | If the supposed punisher does not weaken a specified undesirable behaviour then it is not a punisher at all and so should not be used . |
| 17 | The moon rat , which is not a rat at all , is a genuine ‘ one-off ’ . |
| 18 | The USGA by contrast is not a club at all , but a representative organisation with 8,000 member clubs . |
| 19 | In other words , if the behaviour does n't change the supposed reward is not a reward at all . |
| 20 | Althusser elaborates his thesis that Marxism is not a historicism at some length , presenting a critique of the historicist and humanist traditions which he takes back from Sartre to the beginning of the century , even to the Russian Revolution itself , and in which he also includes the ‘ absolute historicism ’ of Gramsci and the Frankfurt School . |
| 21 | For the remedy which is sought to be applied , the removal of grievance is not a remedy at all , because the grievance is not the case , on the contrary it is an aggravation , it is dynamic . |
| 22 | Grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris is not a grass at all but a beautiful flowering plant which grows up to 12in tall in wet or marshy areas . |
| 23 | Discovery will not be ordered of evidence prepared by someone who is not a party at the request of someone who is a defendant or potential defendant wanting to obtain legal advice , even though this amounts to the non-party sheltering behind the privilege of the defendant or potential defendant ( Lee v South West Thames Regional Health Authority [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 385 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ He is not a pig at all . ’ |
| 25 | This is just one version out of the score of recipes for this venerable dish which is not a grill at all and which you will scarcely find nowadays simmering away in the galleys of the great petrol barges which whirl down the Rhone to Marseille . |
| 26 | This is not the case at the CAB . |
| 27 | ‘ So if it appears that the Princess has contrived to bring her own marriage down then that is not the case at all , ’ says Penny . |
| 28 | This is not the case at a rehearsal where the players are dressed casually , people come and go , some members of the orchestra are talking to one another , while others are sitting drinking coffee , tea ( or perhaps even soup ) . |
| 29 | In institutions where this is not the case at present it should be given priority in plans for staff development and forward planning . |
| 30 | They do a different kind of work , they 've traditionally done considerably responsible work within Oxford City 's Environmental Health Department , so there is n't a suggestion on the part of any of us that they are somehow lesser beings , because that is not the case at all . |