Example sentences of "[is] not [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reflecting a befuddlement judges often express when dealing with science ( and revealing again that science is not yet part of the mainstream of education ) one of the justices said : ‘ There are Harvard law professors on both sides of this case ; I had hoped you could get together and lead us out of the wilderness . ’ |
| 2 | After the summit , we must ask how the Prime Minister can claim to be at the heart of Europe when , because of his actions , our country is not even part of the key decisions that will shape the Europe of the future . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , the law is not particularly kind to the home-owner who finds himself the victim of a negligent surveyor ; in most cases he will not receive full compensation for his loss . |
| 4 | Anything else they do may be interesting , but is not strictly part of their linguistic role , to tell people things . |
| 5 | Open Edition is due out later this year , and is not just MVS with Posix bolted on the side , according to David Hammond , but a release that required a re-write of substantial portions of the MVS operating system . |
| 6 | It is not just discrepancies in enrolments which are significant , but the ability of children to remain at school and profit from their education . |
| 7 | But it is not just distance from the shore that is important — the number of birds between a duck and the shore is important too . |
| 8 | can a radically different work still be carried on under a single heading or department when there is not just diversity of approach but more serious and fundamental differences about the object of knowledge ( despite overlapping of the actual material of study ) ? |
| 9 | Letting a wine ‘ breathe ’ is not just part of its mystique — it allows oxygen to enter , which releases flavours and softens harsh edges , so you can appreciate its flavour . |
| 10 | Members will see at paragraph eight , how the dep er office compares with the national average , we are well , well below that , and I think this is a very good service indeed er , county council , which is not just value for money , that that 's too glib , but actually provides an excellent service , with within those limited constraints . |
| 11 | It is not just workers in industry whose health and lives are put at risk by criminal acts . |
| 12 | Philosophy , for Hobbes , is not simply knowledge of effects ( or causes ) based on knowledge of causes ( or effects ) . |
| 13 | It is not simply information to be taken at face value . |
| 14 | It is not simply ideas of fairness that move the public , but a desire for representative government . |
| 15 | The related business person 's turnover will be under the current registration threshold if ( broadly ) it is not over £36,600 in any of the last 12 calendar months and is not reasonably expected to exceed that amount in the next 30 days from any time ( VAT Act 1983 , Sch 1 , para 1(1) ) . |
| 16 | The academic community is not directly part of that process . |
| 17 | This means that , strictly speaking , so-called outer perception is not really perception at all . |
| 18 | The list of possible traits is very long and there is not always agreement on the most important trait . |
| 19 | It is not too alarmist in looking to the future — |
| 20 | But as any New York schoolboy will tell you , Broadway is not merely half-a-mile of down-at-heel glitz . |
| 21 | In the second place , possession is not merely evidence of ownership , but ( subject to the rights of the owner ) is itself and for its own sake entitled to legal protection . |
| 22 | It can not be explained on the grounds that ordinary life is just as tragic ( art is not merely imitation of life ) or by reference to moral feelings or pity and fear . |
| 23 | On the other hand , overt researchers are not only expected to ask questions that could seem impertinent coming from anyone else , but they might also find themselves sought out and given confidences that the believers want to share with a ‘ stranger ’ who has some understanding of their beliefs , but is not actually part of the official organisation . |
| 24 | That is not necessarily part of the press release but it does give the editor some important information . |
| 25 | Such students graduate at the point when they meet the regulations for the specific award , which is not necessarily July in any particular year . |
| 26 | The high number of joyful expressions about the salvation of the Führer , which is emphasized as a true stroke of fortune for the German people , is not only proof of the devotion and loyalty of the soldiers to the Führer , but of the firm determination of the soldiers to fight and conquer for him , which is also brought out in the letters … |
| 27 | A Roman catholic ethos is not only present in the constitution of 1937 but has penetrated into affairs of state , legislation , and decisions over the destinies of individuals with frequency . |
| 28 | It is not only species of animal that die out , but whole species of feeling . |
| 29 | It is not only shortage of contemporary evidence that makes the question hard to answer . |
| 30 | Light from distant places is not only red-shifted by the expansion of the universe , it is also old . |