Example sentences of "be not a [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I wanted you to know , ’ he said , ‘ because whatever it is , I am not a part of it . ’
2 I do not have a handicap because I am not a member of a club , will never be able to afford to join one and ca n't afford the high green fees around London to play regularly enough to improve my game .
3 She maintained links with the Quakers but made a point of religious independence : ‘ As I am not a member of any community , no society can answer for my irregular conduct . ’
4 As I am not a member of his Church , it would be improper of me to make any theological observations .
5 Unhappily , I am not a member of the exclusive club of millionaires .
6 I am not a member of the Conservative party , so I do not receive this literature .
7 I am not a member of any party .
8 As I said , apart from Spanish I am not a speaker of any of the other languages I have recently been involved in .
9 I am not a lover of London . ’
10 You are not a child of Star Zoo .
11 You can join the library for £75 if you are not a member of the CIB .
12 Although we 're working er all the time to keep security as tight as we can at the John Radcliffe , er the scheme is going to give us the ability to challenge members of staff , legitimate members of staff , as we currently do , er and they will then have to provide , produce the card , er so we can then assess whether they are or are not a member of staff .
13 They are not a part of becoming ill , which went on , generally unnoticed , beforehand , but are a part of the healing process .
14 The drug pictures ( the totality of the symptoms ) which are so essential for homoeopathic prescribing are not a part of herbal lore .
15 Instead , doctors must educate the profession and the public that inchoate multiple symptoms of psychological origin are not a sign of weak will or malingering and are curable at little or no expense if doctor and patient collaborate in treatment .
16 Lower sales are not a sign of weakness of industry and commerce — just weakness of demand .
17 Abrashes are usually found in monadic and village items , where only small amounts of yarn can be dyed at any one time , and are not a sign of inadequate craftsmanship .
18 They represent the oesophageal body component of phase 3 of the migrating motor complex and are not a sign of oesophageal motor abnormalities .
19 One guide in 1861 ranked it with St Paul 's and Buckingham Palace and began its report : ‘ We are not a race of giants , but we enter on gigantic works .
20 Experiments with animals are not a feature of homoeopathic research and many people feel that it is ethical to carry out such studies only if the animals are to benefit , as in veterinary medicine .
21 36 , or relating to protection of the environment or the working environment ’ shall notify such provisions to the Commission , and the Commission may confirm them after having verified that they are not a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States .
22 It should be recognised that many of the problems that face us are not a result of the National Curriculum ; they have existed in the curriculum for decades .
23 There are of course the court of protection costs which are to be calculated and are not a source of disagreement .
24 Unfortunately , there are not a lot of good directors around .
25 There are not a lot of jobs you can get without a work permit , being a Registered Alien like me .
26 I take it too that you are not a habitué of Boston . ’
27 It is important to remember that the ‘ net published prices ’ are those set individually by each publisher for each of his books : they are not a form of collective trade price-fixing .
28 The market may be depressed , but aviation auctions are not a thing of the past !
29 A second answer is that long working hours are not a cause of housework dissatisfaction because they are an expected part of the housewife role .
30 Is it similarly possible that these emotions are not a consequence of the dream but of the apparently haphazard interaction between midbrain and hindbrain activity during REM sleep ?
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