Example sentences of "[am/are] not [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked slightly amused as he said : ‘ I am not owed any explanations , this is your house . ’ |
| 2 | If you really can not talk then you can write your replies , but I am not leaving this room until I have them . |
| 3 | And I am not suggesting that learning to relax will change a single external circumstance ; what it will change is the effect those external circumstances have on your mind and body . |
| 4 | While I am not denigrating individual interpreters working for the immigration service or the Home Office , many of whom work extremely hard and do a very good job , it is essential that those seeking political asylum have an absolute guarantee that the person doing the translating is independent , is fully aware of the importance of an asylum application , is fully familiar with the cases and is somebody whose background has been inquired into to make sure that he or she is not in a position to infiltrate the immigration service and pass information back to the regime from which the individual may be fleeing , thus putting their family at risk . |
| 5 | I am not making pedantic points when I refer to all those complexities and difficulties which are now beginning to bite in a way that I find worrying . |
| 6 | ‘ I am not making this sacrifice for nothing . ’ |
| 7 | Note : We are not suggesting common size statements are the only or best way to do the analysis ; they are used here to illustrate the issue . |
| 8 | We are not suggesting any solutions , we want information with that information then er , a judgement can then be made by this Committee and something can be done to accept those jobs and to create employment for an unemployment . |
| 9 | Boys do not have the same pressures as we do , they are not taught that image is so important ; the media , society , and especially parents give them this impression . |
| 10 | Unfortunately we are not taught these things at school , and there are very few organisations offering practical , effective methods that really work . |
| 11 | Seventy-seven per cent think the youth of today are not taught proper standards of behaviour and 76 per cent thought parents allow their children too much freedom . |
| 12 | Although , for the most part , we are not considering all alternatives , there is such a striking difference in this development for Pr greater than or less than about 10 that a single illustration would be inadequate . |
| 13 | ‘ There have been approaches by several institutions but we are not considering new ventures as a priority , ’ he says . |
| 14 | But for those other people who were actually at the meeting agreed Didcot are not considering this step . |
| 15 | ‘ The Smiths , despite inaccurate rumours by one music paper last week , are not leaving Rough Trade — for the time being at least . |
| 16 | Although they are not competing this year , Tatra trucks are usually among the first home in the gruelling Paris-Dakar rally . |
| 17 | If you are losing weight , then you are not consuming sufficient calories daily . |
| 18 | Thus , regulating the total quantity of pollution and conducting a series of spot checks on individual producers to see that they are not violating agreed standards is a relatively simple policy which may avoid the worst outcomes . |
| 19 | Mr Irons and Mr Nicholson have made clear that they are not taking any view on the sale of works from the Torrie Collection until the legal issue of their position as trustees is settled . |
| 20 | If you are experiencing difficulty in any of the key areas of life listed below , the chances are that you are not experiencing whole health . |
| 21 | Verify with the LIFESPAN Manager that online LIFESPAN users are not experiencing any problems with LIFESPAN and that there are no System Errors in the LIFESPAN error log . |
| 22 | If these actions fail to resolve the problem , verify with the LIFESPAN Manager that online LIFESPAN users are not experiencing any problems with LIFESPAN and that there are no System Errors in the LIFESPAN error log . |
| 23 | The builders are not using any nails in the construction , in an effort to build an authentic cultural centre . |
| 24 | I think that maybe the magistrates are not using enough deterrent shall we say . |
| 25 | I HAVE listened with great interest to those voices who do n't want the ‘ South African tour rebels ' ’ ban to be lifted , and it is clear to me that many of them are not expressing these views out of a sense of justice or respect for the millions of blacks still suffering in South Africa . |
| 26 | However , despite the fact that Lord Hartington , the Chief Steward , appeared to bolster this view by saying : ‘ We are not forfeiting any power to Mr Haines . |
| 27 | That would provide the nutrients your body needs , but whether the mechanics of your digestive system would be happy with a diet of tablets and pills instead of bulky food is of course more than doubtful , as our bodies are not constructed that way . |
| 28 | If it is now assumed that the coefficients on and in the unemployment equation are different , so that we are not assuming structural neutrality , we can rewrite the unemployment equation as : |
| 29 | As all these craft are not to exceed 16 feet 6 inches no cover is given whilst the craft is in international waters . |
| 30 | Darker lashes and brows make you look more wide-awake and add definition , even when you are not wearing other make-up . |