Example sentences of "[is] not [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When it bought my container fleet it put goodwill on the balance sheet to reduce the unit cost ; because the company is not depreciating the goodwill , it increases profits . |
| 2 | This is not to ignore the value of knowing about and understanding the expression of other faith traditions , especially those which may impinge on the life of the pupil . |
| 3 | To admit that much is not to foreclose the question of defining that relationship since a nuanced understanding requires the command of historical detail that Kemp provides . |
| 4 | Like Wilkie , 50% is the magic proportion that Richet hopes see going to non-IBM sources in the medium term , but he frankly acknowledges that ‘ we have a credibility gap as a supplier to other companies , ’ that will only close once potential customers realise that IBM is serious about the business and is not entering the market as a temporary expedient to use over-capacity . |
| 5 | US officials insist that Washington is not pushing the idea , but confirmed that it will be a topic of conversation when the chairman of the Federal Reserve , Alan Greenspan , visits Moscow this weekend . |
| 6 | He is not contravening the Act in carrying ( In his business either by himself , by a manager , or by his trustee . |
| 7 | ( c ) If the suspect is not charged the custody officer may be required to release him . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure Suzy is dead , but the awful thing is not knowing the truth about what happened , ’ she said . |
| 9 | It may be said that this is not imagining the activity of a postman at all . |
| 10 | Sir Eric is not expecting the sky to fall in over his campus , but in a sense that is the problem — graceful degradation is just a mite too graceful . |
| 11 | ‘ The other printer is not telling the truth . |
| 12 | Above all , the conducteur is prominent ; he is not telling the band to stop , since Duport is at this moment ‘ dancing lightly around the hero laid low . ’ |
| 13 | This is not to denigrate the uniqueness and quality of working skills . |
| 14 | To say that it has been the poorer for it is not to denigrate the work that was done . |
| 15 | Complain that the Committee is not getting the coverage it ought to have for the work it 's doing . |
| 16 | He is smiling because behind the machine he is not taking the brunt of it , and because he is an earnest yokel who does n't realise what he is doing to people . |
| 17 | My right hon. Friend has made a number of important points about the changes that will be necessary if European monetary union is not to do the country enormous damage . |
| 18 | If an application is not made the court will consider matters relating to expert evidence of its own motion ( RSC Ord 25 , r3(1) ( a ) ) . |
| 19 | The Eastern approach to exercise is not to thrash the body for all its worth until the person is dripping in perspiration and aching all over . |
| 20 | ‘ Industry responds to legislation but argues that costs are important , so why should it spend money if it is not breaking the law ? ’ |
| 21 | The client was not able to sign a green form to obtain advice as she was not in receipt of income support but has been advised to make a claim for income support since she is not receiving the maintenance . |
| 22 | Madam Deputy Speaker : Barracking the Minister is not benefiting the debate . |
| 23 | Sukarno regained importance as consensus figure : ‘ If it should ever turn out that Sjahrir is not maintaining the demand for 100 per cent Merdeka … then I have the right to dismiss him ’ , he told a wildly cheering crowd on 17 February 1946 . |
| 24 | The bird is not violating the law of gravity . |
| 25 | The University is not leaving the matter there . |
| 26 | Constipation can also encourage cellulite formation — if the waste matter is not leaving the body through the normal channels the body will store it away from the bloodstream and again the islands of fat cells causing cellulite provide the perfect storehouse . |
| 27 | If this causal link is not present the application will fail . |
| 28 | There is a tedious pounding at the heart of this music , a sincerity that allows for only one angle of delivery , a passion that has created a pop atmosphere in which it 's impossible to be clever , cool or cynical , a soul whose impulse is NOT to embrace the avant-garde , like Faustus , and be cut into a thousand pieces by a sampling machine . |
| 29 | That is not to underplay the contribution of the other members of the quartet : all are heard here in ( mainly ) Jackson compositions and all make solidly individualistic contributions in advance of the more formal direction that Lewis would take up with the MJQ . |
| 30 | It 's surely because the right honourable gentleman is not providing the money to Welsh local authorities . |