Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is not that a terrible record on which to fight a general election , in which the Government will be defeated ? |
| 2 | Is not that a disgraceful state of affairs ? |
| 3 | Is not that a tragic waste of a life ? |
| 4 | Normally the kingship descended from father to son , but if this was not possible a suitable claimant played the role of Horus in the funeral ceremonies . |
| 5 | Mel Thompson ( chapter 9 ) goes some way towards rescuing the term , arguing that whilst the trumpeting of particular forms of entrepreneurial success is dangerous because it can be used to locate the blame for economic distress on the victims of economic disruptions , it is equally worthwhile not disparaging a broad set of practices that qualify under a more conventional definition of this term . |
| 6 | It will probably not be necessary to form an objective statement on all expectations , eg ‘ Opening presents on Christmas morning rather than Christmas eve ’ is not such a critical issue as decision-making or finances . |
| 7 | If this telegraphic style goes beyond our standard expectations , it is certainly not such a radical deviation as the opening " sentence " of Joyce 's Finnegans Wake , which is the completion of its last : riverrun , past Eve and Adam 's , from swerve of shore to bend of bay , brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs . |
| 8 | Confidentiality is therefore not such a strong theme and the results of nursing audit have always been available to managers . |
| 9 | Being without these tensions , pentatonic tones are therefore more bland , movement between them is free , and there is not such a strong feeling of the need for resolution as in the diatonic system . |
| 10 | We 've gone back and forth a couple of times on pickups and pickup placement — one of the problems with having 24 frets is that the pickup has to be slightly further towards the bridge and it 's not such a warm sound , so there might have to be some compromise there . |
| 11 | It is interesting to note that their evolution was a long and gradual one and not such a revolutionary concept but simply an extension of where we are now i.e. in centesimal potency ( 5th edition ) philosophy . |
| 12 | Although introduced during the World Cup , it was not such a revolutionary advance as had been claimed . |
| 13 | Not such a nice teddy though is it ? |
| 14 | but it 's not such a nice stool as this , it has n't got the knobs on like that . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Shah , ’ said the engineering master , ‘ is not such a nice man as you think ! ’ |
| 16 | The 1895 workshop of Alfred Morgan , undertaker and funeral furnisher of 2 Craven Buildings , Wych Street , Strand was not such a far cry from the confusion witnessed fifty years earlier by Oliver Twist in Mr Sowerberry 's establishment . |
| 17 | It was not such a good day for Waverley , Edinburgh 's third side in the last eight . |
| 18 | ‘ I had done Moliere 's The Misanthrope with him and The Hypochondriac , which is much more difficult and not such a good play . |
| 19 | ‘ Not such a good customer recently , ’ retorted Nubenehem , letting herself flop back down on her couch . |
| 20 | Choosing a field some distance upwind on the other hand , is not such a good idea . |
| 21 | Ideal in good weather ; not such a good idea when rough . |
| 22 | ‘ Often clients think it 's a good idea to come here but after a few weeks they think it 's not such a good idea . |
| 23 | According to Cary Cooper , professor of organisational psychology at UMIST , this is not such a good idea . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sure I would if he 's a friend of yours , Harry , but I think it 's not such a good idea for you to include me with Aubrey and Madeleine . |
| 25 | Dear me , that 's not such a good idea . |
| 26 | In sparring , this is not such a good idea , since the techniques do not lend themselves to repetitive actions . |
| 27 | Not such a good idea ! |
| 28 | I , no I , I get the impression that , you know , everyone just everyone just kind of freaked out end of nineteen forty six forty seven and they were just , oh God what are we gon na do now , wh what can we do to get some more support , oh excellent , yeah , let's go for equal distribution , what a great idea and then all of a sudden they think oh no , it 's not , you know , perhaps it 's not such a good idea after all . |
| 29 | Not such a good idea ! |
| 30 | But when you start to think about it in terms of erm sort of psychological explanation as you 're becoming used to , then it becomes perhaps not such a good way of thinking about perception Matlin 's got some very examples in it of this of those sorts of things By and large were concerned with people 's experience , self-reported experience quite often , of the phenomena saying well tell me what you see when you look at it rather than being based on the sort of lovely stuff that we love , good solid empirical data , yeah ? |