Example sentences of "[am/are] not [adj] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So long as we are not like generals to them . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ These are not easy questions to resolve but I think that if it is possible , actually to speak to these characters in such a way that they feel that they are valued and that they do have a part to play in the community , then we are on the way to resolving questions of this sort . |
| 3 | Therefore hot and cold showers , arguments , and exercise are not good preludes to helping you get to sleep . |
| 4 | These are not empirical questions to be resolved by the collection of data . |
| 5 | Rabbits are not territorial creatures to the extent of evicting other rabbits moving into their home ground from further afield . |
| 6 | The work previously published by Andrews & Evans ( 1983 ) on mammalian carnivores is expanded here for comparison with the avian predators , and the conclusion of these authors that small mammalian carnivores are not significant contributors to the fossil record is sustained by the more detailed work . |
| 7 | It can not be over-emphasised that skeleton arguments are not formal documents to the terms of which anyone will be held . |
| 8 | They 're not like teachers to us , they 're more like members of the family . |
| 9 | Like , you get teachers who join the police ; they 're not good policemen to me , they do n't eat and think like policemen . |