Example sentences of "[is] not [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is not much sign of peasant migrants escaping seigneurial control altogether . |
| 2 | There is not much evidence of a determined drive by the Communists to control NICRA and even less that they had a great deal of influence . |
| 3 | However , there is not much evidence of this judicial activity in the landscape before the Middle Ages , although it must have been there and some places were obviously more significant than others in its instigation . |
| 4 | There is not much evidence for active hellenization outside old Greek centres like Halikarnassus , Smyrna and Ephesus ; though some progress is made at inland Anatolian sites like Etrim ( the Syangela of the Athenian Tribute Lists , later hellenized as ‘ Theangela ’ ) : objects like a Panathenaic amphora made in Athens c.420 , and red-figure pottery , attest the same penetration of Greek influence . |
| 5 | Unless we can use our intelligence to control our aggression , there is not much chance for the human race . |
| 6 | Summing up : there is not much chance of an artist from one member state receiving subsidies from another . |
| 7 | There is a controversy going on in America at the moment because President Bush has decided to cut his military arsenal which means that many people working would lose their jobs , and because of the recession there is not much chance of them getting other jobs . |
| 8 | But there is not much excitement in people 's lives and there is no difference to the reaction to pop stars like Madonna or Michael Jackson . |
| 9 | Although there is not much use of frequencies above 20GHz , below 15GHz there is intensive use of traditional fixed service frequency bands . |
| 10 | There is not much time for academic work , though some courses include lectures on theatre history . |
| 11 | There is not much time for thought of any kind . |
| 12 | Some people claim there is not much difference between the after-tax earnings of low-paid workers and their social security entitlements when out of work . |
| 13 | So , ontologically speaking , there is not much enlightenment to be-gained by pursuing this road either . |
| 14 | There is not much point in weighing less but looking as if you are suffering from some wasting disease . |
| 15 | ‘ We just have to believe we can do it , ’ said Nottingham 's captain Chris Gray , ‘ otherwise there is not much point in carrying on . ’ |
| 16 | She insists that even with the provisions of such a charter the idea ‘ can only work out in reality if both partners , in fact , share [ the childcare ] , because there is not much point in allowing women the opportunity of going further up the ladder if they continue to have almost sole responsibility for childcare . ’ |
| 17 | Today is Pentium launch day when the likes of NCR Corp , Unisys Corp , Compaq Computer Corp and some two dozen other companies take the wraps off their first Pentium machines , but there is not much point in their making too much noise about it — Intel Corp expects to ship only about 10,000 Pentium chips to customers through June ; machines are generally expected to start at about $5,000 , but the Wall Street Journal hears that Advanced Logic Research Inc will announce a basic Pentium box for about $3,000 ; Compaq also plans an $18,000 Pentium version of its SystemPro server . |
| 18 | The only exceptions are shots for television or for the Sunday colour magazines ; unless these have been specifically arranged there is not much point in worrying about them . |
| 19 | One might as well welcome them , after all : there is not much point in rejecting them . |
| 20 | In a true dilemma there probably is not much point in agonizing over which route to take . |
| 21 | In general , the complications introduced by having to predict changes both of system and of behaviour are so great that most forecasters assume that the system will not change ( except by evolution ) and claim that if everything is going to change there is not much point in having a forecast anyway because there will no longer be an organisation to act upon it . |
| 22 | If so , there is not much point in us debating the issue . |
| 23 | There is not much point in delivering information in a manageable and flexible format if the skills required to perform even the most trivial tasks with those data are not widely available . |
| 24 | But while there is agreement on the benefits of this approach , there is not much information on implementing such a policy . |
| 25 | ‘ But there is not much future for a king without a queen . ’ |
| 26 | It may well be that the overall shape of income distributions is roughly constant , but that is not to say there is not much movement within it intra-and intergenerationally . |
| 27 | There is not much truth in this portrait . |
| 28 | ‘ It astonishes me , to be quite honest , ’ he said , showing that it is not all swagger on the courts over here . |
| 29 | There must be something gone wrong somewhere — Jason is not that type of person . ’ |
| 30 | With certain organizations you 've got to get a whip out occasionally , but this is not that type of situation . |