Example sentences of "[am/are] not [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Besides , ’ Theda added , her eyes flashing , ‘ after the way he spoke to me , I am not of a mind to hand him gifts . ’ |
| 2 | I am not against the use of antibiotics — as a Nurse I see many infections managed effectively by their use and have used antibiotics on other people 's fish many times . |
| 3 | Although I am not in a position to provide any of the detailed statistics Mr Gillett calls for , I can certainly tell the sad tale of the missing books . |
| 4 | I am not in a position to judge . ’ |
| 5 | I am not in a position to query that once I adjourn the enquiry . |
| 6 | ‘ My human sympathies ’ , said Lord Diplock , ‘ are with Mr Cheall , but I am not in a position to indulge them ; for I am left in no doubt that upon all the points that have been so ingeniously argued , the law is against him . ’ |
| 7 | Our intended publication of a Lothian Rail Development Strategy has slipped somewhat , and I am not in a position to give you an indication of likely completion dates . |
| 8 | I am not in a position to defend British Rail , but when we analyse the problems with commuter services in the south-east and the problems that British Rail faces in general , we must remember that they are caused because the Government will not allow British Rail to introduce the schemes that it wants , including electrification of other lines , in order to improve services . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman may be right — I am not in a position to argue with him — and I am prepared to concede the point for those 2 million pensioners ; but millions of other pensioners have benefited enormously under this Government , not only from increases in the standard pension but from rising income from the state earnings-related pension scheme , rising occupational pensions and increased income from savings . |
| 10 | I have not undertaken a review of NIE plc 's purchases of generation and I am not in a position to comment on the relative costs of the various options . |
| 11 | Second , that I am not in a position of knowledge and I ca n't deliver some goods to them ; that basically , I 'm on a journey and I will hate the techniques I 'm learning for unpicking the threads of my life by becoming assertive and getting new knowledge with them . |
| 12 | I have n't yet married and am not in a rush to do so , so I suppose that in this regard I am a disappointment to my father , though I 'm sure he understands that it would be unfair for me to marry with my present commitment to athletics . |
| 13 | ‘ I am not in the groove at all , ’ he muttered . |
| 14 | Take Ian Woosnam , who , if I turn my notebook back a week , I find saying such things as : ‘ I am not in the groove at all . |
| 15 | ‘ I am not in the mood to play games , ’ she said with false bravado . |
| 16 | ‘ I am not in the way of trafficking with Humans , but I know of the Gruagach , ’ said the Robemaker , standing very still . |
| 17 | When I am not in the room with it , he wrote , it no longer exists . |
| 18 | ‘ Lord above , Mr Aycliffe , I am not in the market for a husband , you know ! |
| 19 | ‘ I am not in the habit of holding discussions with half-naked men , ’ she said coldly . |
| 20 | I am not in the business of arguing with either . |
| 21 | Boss Denis Smith , after Saturday 's 3–0 win over BIRMINGHAM , said : ‘ I am not in the business of selling my best players . ’ |
| 22 | I am not in the business of calibrating the relative evil of the atrocities carried out by the IRA , but I am conscious that the events that we have just witnessed come in the train of the attack on the remembrance day ceremony in Enniskillen four years ago , when 13 civilians were killed , and of the proxy bomb a year ago , which killed a civilian who had been tied to the driver 's seat of his vehicle . |
| 23 | Alternating periods of flood and drought are not to the liking of any plant , certainly not to roses . |
| 24 | If you are not at a school or college , write after 1 June in the year preceding entry to PO Box 67 , Cheltenham , Glos . |
| 25 | The finance costs for the new debt are not at a level which is greater than that of the existing debt . |
| 26 | An increase in the price of debt is as significant as its refinancing : for this reason the [ draft ] FRS requires that the maturity of borrowings be assessed by reference to borrowings under related facilities only where the finance costs for the new debt are not at a level which is greater than that of the existing debt . |
| 27 | Innovations in teaching methods do not usually come in the form of simple additions to a teacher 's repertoire , generalizable to all subject matters , but are usually designed to achieve more effectively an understanding of some particular X. Usually , for a variety of reasons , the descriptions of ‘ how to proceed ’ are not at a level of precision which makes the teacher a programmed automaton ; it follows that any teacher persuaded to adopt the innovation must be willing and able to explore modifications to his repertoire in order to try and achieve the hoped-for improvement in his pupils ' understanding of X at which the innovation is aimed . |
| 28 | You are not at a loss and can choose , from the textbooks to hand , the derivation that looks best , or that is closest to that of the lecturer . |
| 29 | Chris Turner at Barclays de Zoete Wedd says : ‘ We are not at the bottom yet . |
| 30 | The CBI report on manufacturing , even in its narrow understated way , shows that we are not at the bottom . |