Example sentences of "[is] not [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | just for fun , you know but I 'm not a believer in using your fists , you ought to be using your brain to teach with but there were no there are no sanctions , if you say you must stay behind after school , you have to send a letter home and half the parents will write back and say my son or daughter is not staying after school and that is that ! |
| 2 | Rottweiler breeding aims at a powerful dog , black with well-defined mahogany markings , which despite a massive general appearance is not lacking in nobility and is particularly suitable as a companion , guard dog and working dog . |
| 3 | The Australian 's withdrawal from a three year contract immediately shifted a considerable burden back onto Jarvis , but the former England seamer is not lacking in confidence about his prospects . |
| 4 | The profitability margin will continue increasing , he said , because IBM is not investing in development at the same rate that sales of the RS/6000 are growing . |
| 5 | But it becomes clear that Krashen is not thinking of theory in general , that is to say of a theoretical perspective on pedagogy , but of a theory in particular which can be applied directly ; not , therefore , of the process of referring actual problems to abstract ideas but the process of making practice conform to a preconceived conceptual pattern . |
| 6 | Mr. Hacking , for the defendant , also drew attention to sections 24(4) and 28(6) of the Theft Act , which can be required only on the basis that section 15 , in at least some respects , is not dealing with theft . |
| 7 | His simple , understandable but rich symbolism and clever technique show someone who has put his whole heart into the character of his poem , if indeed he is not writing from experience . |
| 8 | Mukerji is not dividing off consumption from production , but showing how it is impossible to account for the development of the latter without considering the history of the former . |
| 9 | God is not looking for ability , but availability . |
| 10 | But the co-ordinator of the elderly peoples ' service development programme Paul Cousins says he is not looking for uniformity . |
| 11 | The mathematics — and indeed the physics — of the situation are extremely complicated , but we can note that the tippe-top is not operating in isolation . |
| 12 | SIB Core Rule 36(3) provides that for the purposes of the Core Rules a firm is not acting with knowledge if none of the relevant individuals within the firm is acting with knowledge . |
| 13 | I take it that the proceedings so far are conjecture — that the two of them are not in fact gazing into each other 's eyes — that Serafin is not waiting for Summerchild to supply an answer to her question . |
| 14 | Because he is not going for discovery or new connection or progression , but only to repeat upon himself a known reaction . |
| 15 | It is not going for growth . ’ |
| 16 | It is not going for growth . ’ |
| 17 | Even if you listen out carefully before you transmit , you have no guarantee that another pilot is not going to press his or her PTT at exactly the same moment as you do , with the probable result that both messages are drowned out and the Air Traffic Controller 's ears are assaulted by a high-pitched screech . |
| 18 | But there are differences , the WTA is not going to work on ‘ de luxe ’ lines . |
| 19 | It is worth remembering the apparently obvious at this point — electronic publishing is not going to work unless your information is in an electronic form ! |
| 20 | He ended on a more respectful note : ‘ adverse opinion is not going to elbow out this assured , intelligent , unlyrical artist . |
| 21 | Japan is not going about reform with a rush of Latin drama . |
| 22 | As a result , a few famous names wo n't be available here anymore , most notably the new solo comic Birdland , from Love And Rockets man Gilbert Hernandez , which Titan is not importing after advice from customs . |
| 23 | But , against that , the presence of Neil Edwards and Troy Coker ( if he is not suffering from jet lag ) in the line-outs should work in Quins ' favour . |
| 24 | However , as with every part of the curriculum , there is a wider perspective to be taken into account , and that is the fact that there is a limit on what an individual teacher can achieve if he or she is not working in harmony with the rest of the school . |
| 25 | The situation is much easier if the teacher is not working in isolation , but is part of a planned and coordinated programme . |
| 26 | It only works , in fact , partly because people do not eat very much and partly because most of the work , the energy needed to fire the bullock , is not coming from wheat , it is coming from food that is not directly available to man . |
| 27 | I think erm we are not going to say thank you to Eileen now because she is not finishing as Synod clerk and that 's a conscious decision . |
| 28 | Daley 's damaged knee is not responding to treatment and he faces surgery . |
| 29 | In these circumstances soil erosion is potentially of utmost importance to the livelihood of these vulnerable people , even if it is not happening at present . |
| 30 | But Mr Rickman , who co-starred with Bruce Willis in the movie Die Hard , and went on to other leading screen roles including the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood , Prince of Thieves , is not appearing for superstar 's wages . |