Example sentences of "be not [adj] [art] [noun] " 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 | Are not all the pages numbered and therefore readily checked ? |
13 | The organization of the state is not all social organization ; the ends for which the state stands are not all the ends which humanity seeks ; and quite obviously , the ways in which the state pursues its objects are only some of the ways in which within society men strive for the objects of their desire . |
14 | Where data for a particular zone are not available the code -1 is used . … ) |
15 | If we are not careful the innovation for which the UK has been famous will disappear in a headlong rush to maximise shareholder returns . |
16 | For reasons that are not clear the banding is absent from polar regions , but the generally ‘ granulated ’ appearance probably arises from upward convection . |
17 | Horses have a number of psychological needs , too , and if these are not satisfied the horse is likely to become anxious or depressed . |
18 | 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) ) . |
19 | 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 . ’ |
20 | ‘ Are not those the words in the great Miltonic book ? |
21 | Are not those the results of Tory policies working for the benefit of patients ? |
22 | But we 're not all the homework we 're just trying to find some pattern in the spelling . |
23 | So I said , and for once L. ( Leonard ) said : ‘ You 're not such a fool as you seem ’ . |
24 | Then I allowed myself the luxury to think ‘ Hey , yeah , at 30 you 're not such a failure after all . ’ |
25 | ‘ You should n't have pinched his biscuits , you know you should n't , you 're not such a baby . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | And , health and safety watchdogs say they 're not convinced the Channel Tunnel has sufficient safety measures in place to protect passengers . |
28 | . 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 . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 |