Example sentences of "[am/are] not a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 24-year-old athlete insisted outside his home in Caldicot , Gwent : ‘ I am not a drug cheat . ’ |
| 2 | Then he laid down his challenge : essentially , he announced , ‘ I am not a van Gogh . ’ |
| 3 | He replied : ‘ I do n't agree with it , I did n't agree with it in the '80s , I was a minority view in the '80s , I am not a minority view now — and anyway I am in a better position to expound my views . ’ |
| 4 | I am not a minority view now and , anyway , I am in a better position to expound my views . ’ |
| 5 | When you put it to Sole that his approach to captaincy is more intellectual than gung-ho he laughs : ‘ Well , I am not a Finlay Calder by any means . |
| 6 | I am not a taxi driver and I do not have seven Cure albums . |
| 7 | A DIRECTOR whose company illegally dumped lethal paint stripper told a court yesterday : ‘ I am not a cowboy operator . ’ |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I am not a cowboy operator . |
| 9 | ‘ I always stick to the limits and am not a boy racer , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ Everyone I meet seems pleased that I am not a merchant banker or barrister from London , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Indeed , one of the chapters in Mr Coupland 's book is titled ‘ I am not a target market ’ . |
| 12 | I am certainly a general practitioner , but I am not a family practitioner . |
| 13 | ‘ I am not a football fan , ’ said Ms Simonsen , shaken but not stirred . |
| 14 | ‘ I am not a Miss Peepy , ’ shouted Gwendolen , more infuriated than wounded . |
| 15 | I am not a city person and have never lived in a city in my life I represent a rural area , a hunting area , a hunting area erm I believe the terrier men from the some of them live in my area . |
| 16 | I am not a street fighter , I do n't need to hate him to beat him . |
| 17 | For women who have had no children at all , they are not a first-choice method of contraception , but can be used . |
| 18 | So if you are not a UK taxpayer you are advised not to enter into Deeds of Covenant , but to make your regular charitable payments by simple Banker 's Order without any covenant . |
| 19 | So if you are not a UK taxpayer you are advised not to make a payment under the Gift Aid scheme but to make a straight payment by cash or cheque . |
| 20 | If you are not a board member , send a copy of this book to every board member you know , highlighting these two pages with the annotation : " I 'm sure you 'll agree " . |
| 21 | But can we be sure that the last three decades of sustained growth in crime are not a recording phenomenon ( Bottomley and Pease , 1986 ) ? |
| 22 | However , we believe that it is only right to point out that we are not a specialist tour operator in the field of holidays for the disabled . |
| 23 | We conserve our steam locomotives : We are not a preservation society , this is left to others . |
| 24 | The Albanians in Yugoslavia are not a minority population , but the third largest national group in the country ; there are more than 3 million of them , but their national rights have long been abolished by the Yugoslavian Government . |
| 25 | To change the picture ; presuppositions are not a booster rocket to get faith off the ground — to be jettisoned as soon as faith is in orbit — but are as vital to faith as an engine to an aeroplane . |
| 26 | The treatment techniques we describe are not a treatment programme as such : they are examples of what you might see the patient doing , with explanations of what the physiotherapist is trying to achieve , and how the patient should respond . |
| 27 | We are not a West Yorkshire or a South Yorkshire er polic in a in a West Yorkshire or a South Yorkshire policy regime . |
| 28 | U2 are not a pop group like The Undertones , although their music is driven and energised by exactly the same instinctive romantic desire — wish fulfilment . |
| 29 | A Software Performance Report ( SPR ) is used by anyone , even if they are not a LIFESPAN user , to report suspected or real faults and failures , suggestions , observations or any other comments pertinent to modules stored in LIFESPAN . |
| 30 | A Software Performance Report ( SPR ) is used by anyone , even if they are not a LIFESPAN user , to report suspected or real faults and failures , suggestions , observations or any other comments pertinent to modules stored in LIFESPAN . |