Example sentences of "be not [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not sure the Church should use television advertising at all . |
| 2 | However , one of the scientists directing the study , Dr Derek Stevenson , says : " I am not sure the pesticide industry is getting a fair deal at the moment . " |
| 3 | ‘ And I am not such a man . ’ |
| 4 | I am not such a fool . |
| 5 | I am not such a fathead as to attempt to describe the pleasure of eating , but I would draw your attention to the vegetable soup cooked with a hambone ( le garbure ) , to the river trout braised in Henri IV 's favourite Juranon wine , the grilled breast of duck . |
| 6 | ‘ My lord , I am not such an idiot as to go fleeing into that downpour . |
| 7 | I am not such an optimist as to imagine that we are always going to agree with you about the type of regulation , or its costs , but I do want to emphasise that we are determined always to try to talk through contentious issues with you and to ensure that there is real dialogue . ’ |
| 8 | Says Nina : ‘ The immediate answer is that if the couple are not married the mother has all the rights the father has none . |
| 9 | It is , therefore , understandable that some ‘ whitecollar ’ unions are not welcoming the arrival of the microcomputer with open arms . |
| 10 | Incidentally this accounts for the interminable debate about education , since objectives are not specifiable the content can only emerge as a consensus within the current zeitgeist . |
| 11 | If these levels are not well-separated the transistor T2 switches on and off at a very high frequency , causing interference with adjacent equipment and additional iron losses it , the motor . |
| 12 | Where data for a particular zone are not available the code -1 is used . … ) |
| 13 | If we are not careful the innovation for which the UK has been famous will disappear in a headlong rush to maximise shareholder returns . |
| 14 | For reasons that are not clear the banding is absent from polar regions , but the generally ‘ granulated ’ appearance probably arises from upward convection . |
| 15 | Horses have a number of psychological needs , too , and if these are not satisfied the horse is likely to become anxious or depressed . |
| 16 | If the three limbs are not satisfied the property which has been given away is referred to as " property subject to a reservation " ( Finance Act 1986 , s102(2) ) . |
| 17 | If these conditions are not satisfied the charge is valid only to the extent of any cash , goods or services supplied to the company , or the discharge of any liability of the company , where these take place ‘ at the same time as , or after , the creation of the charge . ’ |
| 18 | But we 're not all the homework we 're just trying to find some pattern in the spelling . |
| 19 | So I said , and for once L. ( Leonard ) said : ‘ You 're not such a fool as you seem ’ . |
| 20 | Then I allowed myself the luxury to think ‘ Hey , yeah , at 30 you 're not such a failure after all . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You should n't have pinched his biscuits , you know you should n't , you 're not such a baby . |
| 22 | If she does make a noise you probably wo n't shoot her , and anyway there 's a chance she could n't make enough of a noise to be heard outside the front door ; it 's a big house and although there are a lot of hard , sound-reflective surfaces in it , you 're not convinced a scream would make it all the way to whoever 's outside , either down the stairwell or through the double-glazed balcony windows . |
| 23 | And , health and safety watchdogs say they 're not convinced the Channel Tunnel has sufficient safety measures in place to protect passengers . |
| 24 | . Health and safety watchdogs say they 're not convinced the Channel Tunnel has sufficient safety measures in place to protect passengers , and after that incident a few weeks ago , which was er certainly played down by the authorities , I wonder just how safe the Tunnel is . |
| 25 | You can visit it , it 's open it 's best to phone up and find out when they 're open , because they 're not open every day . |
| 26 | set the pace for Austria with the , track record run of fifty seven point seven four and the second bob is fifteenth see I mean they 're , they 're , they 're fifty seven , eight for nine against fifty seven , seven , four , so I mean they 're not half a second then , I mean they were , they were first in the two man and then they dropped six after one run so |
| 27 | ‘ You 're not cross-questioning an enemy spy , you know , ’ she flared , and turned her attention back to her revolting biscuit . |
| 28 | I there is a worry of course , that , er County Farms if we happen to end up in three unitary authorities , could be said to be not a core activity of those three new authorities , especially the core of an urban one , and it may be that if we 're not careful the County Farm estate can end up in the hands of the residuary body for sale , and I think what we 're looking , asking Mr to do , is to find ways of , of moving it forward , without ha falling into that net , which may not be what we want . |
| 29 | Every time I think about it I 'm either too busy or the weather 's too rotten , when I 'm not tired the weather 's pouring with rain or bitterly cold or . |
| 30 | Frankly I 'm not sure the road is still open . |