Example sentences of "not a real " in BNC.
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| 1 | The derogatory phrase ‘ he 's not a real polis ; he 'll never be a polis as long as he 's got a hole in his arse ’ quickly set out markers to define who was one of us and who was not . |
| 2 | Mr Wolfe had just been doing his customary job of explaining to the passengers why we were late : ‘ We have an emergency situation which is not a real alarm situation . ’ |
| 3 | Part of the point of selling state businesses is to raise hard cash , and taking on more debt to fund worker buyouts in return for low or non-earning equity stakes ( which may prove to be worthless in the long run ) is not a real option for the government . |
| 4 | Lord Hanson 's firm , it is said , is an asset-stripper , not a real business , and is therefore not fit to buy a firm like ICI . |
| 5 | I would like green eyes if I could have them but it 's just a passing thought , not a real obsession . |
| 6 | ‘ A lot of our traders , particularly the younger ones , compete to see who can wear the most outrageous clothes , ’ says a spokesman , ‘ There was a discussion to do it as a joke but there was not a real consensus . |
| 7 | Some scholars have claimed that the fact that Ambrose did not give an exact site for the church — indeed , it seems he was actually careful not to — means that it was not a real church at all , merely a metaphor . |
| 8 | I apologise if this description of Boy sounds to you like some fantasy and not a real person , a real young man ; and worse still , if this looks like a photograph from that kind of magazine which you would n't even buy , let alone be seen reading in public , on public transport for instance . |
| 9 | Identical spellings for words that sound the same are not a real problem . |
| 10 | You see , I 'm not a real mother . |
| 11 | Colour matching is not a real problem , heraldry has distinct tinctures laid down and these are adhered to , although Mary has had the occasional viewer saying that the badge was never that colour ! |
| 12 | ( WARNING : NOT A REAL GROUP ! ) |
| 13 | Rehabilitation is not a real term for staff [ he said ] , especially when men are serving such long sentences . |
| 14 | You 're not a real climber until you 've had some epics ! ’ |
| 15 | Much of the psychological pain caused by infertility of either partner comes from the idea that you are not a real man or a real woman if , for any reason , some small part of your reproductive system works inadequately . |
| 16 | But it may be taken for granted that nowadays the ‘ moral majority ’ is not a real ( electoral ) majority , just as a ‘ moral victory ’ ( the traditional euphemism for defeat ) is not a real victory . |
| 17 | But it may be taken for granted that nowadays the ‘ moral majority ’ is not a real ( electoral ) majority , just as a ‘ moral victory ’ ( the traditional euphemism for defeat ) is not a real victory . |
| 18 | Nowadays the moral majority is not a real ( electoral ) majority , just as moral victory is not a real victory . |
| 19 | Nowadays the moral majority is not a real ( electoral ) majority , just as moral victory is not a real victory . |
| 20 | Not a real law of course , but a rule Carrie had made up for herself and had stuck to , until she forgot it today . |
| 21 | " Not a real bear . |
| 22 | I 'm having a bit of trouble with Spike 's laser printer at work cos it 's not a real It it says it 's a Hewlett-Packard Two Plus but it ai n't . |
| 23 | Please remember it 's not a real animal . |
| 24 | The aunt and the children talked , but it was not a real conversation . |
| 25 | Professionals and family members have to be very clear about an individual 's own internal experiences and personal needs ; clearly it is no good pretending , for the sake of normalization , that delusions , hallucinations and abnormal moods do not exist and that aberrant and unsocial behaviour is not a real and sometimes pervasive aspect of mental disorder . |
| 26 | He 's not a real professional . ’ |
| 27 | It just proved how Monsieur Martin , with his jumped-up-gentleman 's fancies , was not a real farmer at all . |
| 28 | The child 's point of view is relegated to ‘ dreaming ’ ; it is not a real and valid point of view at all . |
| 29 | Some adult educators felt that the ‘ alternative education ’ offered to such communities was not a real alternative . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're not a real prince , ’ she reminded him gently . |