Example sentences of "[am/are] not [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not normally a vodka drinker but well , why not , it slipped down very easily with the sardines ! |
| 2 | I am not normally a follower of the daily horoscopes in magazines as I could not see how one small horoscope could possibly influence so many millions of people born under a particular starsign . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not just a child . ’ |
| 4 | While many of the 200 young mothers , grandmothers , shoppers and office workers who drifted into the Women 's Education Day might never have thought of themselves in this light , they probably identified immediately with the cartoon on the fact sheet : ‘ I am not just a housewife , I am an accountant , vet , nurse , negotiator , teacher , cook , red coat , driver … ‘ . |
| 5 | I am not just a snake he said . |
| 6 | I am not just a teacher , I 'm so much more than that ! |
| 7 | Though I am not particularly a Christian , I thought with sadness of my beloved dead . |
| 8 | ‘ I am not always a villain , ’ he added quietly . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not always a monster who will attack you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I am not quite the Hochhauser rapist I am made out to be , but I expect a little peck , just here , on the cheek . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't have to prove to anyone that I am not only a serve and volleyer . |
| 12 | I am not really a hero , they were only small daysacks , but my fitness surprised me . |
| 13 | I am not really a coward or even a ‘ nervous ’ person . |
| 14 | Such piscatorial matters are not normally the column 's province , of course . |
| 15 | Where there is coverage of such systems as potential IT-based contributors to improved corporate strategy , the reference will be to systems that are not normally the province of librarians and information scientists ( such as financial market systems , credit-rating services ) ; or it will be to videotex-based systems which most librarians and information scientists would n't be seen dead using ! ( cf. Prestel ) . |
| 16 | Irish singles champions from the NIBA are not exactly a dime a dozen . |
| 17 | However , the new approaches are not simply a response to administrative or organizational problems . |
| 18 | Links with the disability movement are not simply a part of the justification of student participation , as argued earlier ; they may also play an important role in change within schools . |
| 19 | ‘ It is the first time in 30 years that an international financial institution has been created , and we are not simply a bank , but also a political endeavour . |
| 20 | The destruction tests are not simply a means for the practitioner to show off his power . |
| 21 | Standardization to take into account the differing age and gender composition of the class groups indicates that the observed variations are not simply an artefact of the differential age and sex composition of the social class groups ( Table 4.12 ) . |
| 22 | 3.2 Geographical extent Important factors to be considered when examining a geographical area are not simply the distance involved ( usually a radial measurement from a given place ) but the character of the area , the ease of travel/communication and the character of the business in question . |
| 23 | So far , so good , but finding a set of correlations of this sort still says nothing about whether they are necessarily part of the memory formation process unless I can find a way of showing that they are not simply the aftermath of the unpleasant experience of tasting the bitter bead ; that is , I must meet my own third , reductionist criterion . |
| 24 | First , the reasons for the expansion of the social services are not simply the desire and anxiety of successive governments to reduce unemployment , cheaply and speedily , as Bacon and Eltis claim . |
| 25 | Although all these theories flourished during the latter half of the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth , the links between them are not simply the product of historical circumstance . |
| 26 | At this season of the year we should remind ourselves of the parable that neighbours are not simply the people who live next door , rich friends , or even merely those with whom we agree . |
| 27 | These values are not primarily the pursuit of small amounts of money paid in a weekly wage . |
| 28 | The warning notices pointing out the danger of bullets are not altogether a bluff . |
| 29 | In addition , although not technically unfit , a house can still be very unsuitable for the needs of its occupants in terms of accommodation and access to jobs and services , aspects that are not generally the subject of legislation . |
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