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

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1 They point out that nursery rhymes are not nursery rhymes for nothing ; it could be that the genuine Turkish nursery rhyme is intrinsically more memorable than the nonsense rhyme ; nursery rhymes , after all , catch on in part because they have an innately pleasing rhythm .
2 This has met with considerable resistance from the staff who have pointed out that the smoking restrictions at Chesser House are merely a voluntary agreement and are not Council policy in the same way as restrictions at Regional Headquarters and Regional Chambers .
3 This would be a consumer sale except for the fact that the goods are not consumer goods within the meaning of s 12(1) ( c ) .
4 All these 4 projects are effectively providing residential settings so they are not community care in the most exciting way .
5 Customs has ruled that , following a European Court of Justice judgement , the basic activities of a holding company , such as acquiring subsidiaries or defending against takeovers , are not business activities for VAT purposes .
6 There are not side effects with specially prepared colour foods , except that any white areas on the fish may turn pink if the amount of additive is excessive , but this is more of a problem with Koi than with tropicals .
7 This also supports the hypothesis that smoking and alcohol are not risk factors for development of CLO in patients with severe gastro-oesophageal reflux .
8 Riding on again , down the road which they thought would be the easiest route to the Fire Court , Fenella began to have the feeling that the twisty Tree stumps were not Tree stumps at all , but horrid , stunted living things and that malicious ancient eyes looked out from their depths .
9 Mr Brooke said the summer 's inter-party discussions were not peace talks as such , but they were one of the pressures that could be mounted on the terrorists .
10 They were not railway children at the beginning .
11 Statements of evidence and a psychiatric report prepared for the hearing were ruled inadmissible on the advice of the clerk to the justices on the ground that as the proceedings were not family proceedings within the meaning of the Act of 1989 , the Children ( Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence ) Order 1991 did not apply .
12 Apparently the clerk took the view that because section 25 applications fell within Part III of the Children Act 1989 they were not family proceedings within the meaning of the Act .
13 The structure and layout here of the great bathing establishments were not carbon copies of those in Italy ; many were more extensive and elaborate and their design was affected by the existence on most sites of the Hellenistic gymnasium which , in itself , had become a sophisticated layout , providing not only facilities for gymnastic exercise , but also social , artistic and educational activities .
14 On that basis he submitted that , having regard to the terms of the Treaty between Sweden and the United Kingdom , set out in Schedule 1 to the Sweden ( Extradition ) Order 1966 , the crimes of which the applicant was accused were not extradition crimes within the definition of that expression in paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to the Act of 1989 .
15 No , no , it 's not ink oil at all , it 's alloy , eight hundred H T.
16 ‘ The important thing , ’ he quoted almost to himself , ‘ is to remember it 's not brute force with a fixed-spool reel ; just a controlled flick . ’
17 it 's not Easter Monday until the twentieth , it 's on the windows
18 Now that 's that 's not account management in the same way that is n't it ?
19 The fact that he 's not pin-up material like Bolton and does not quite have the same vocal dexterity as either Bolton or Richie probably has a significant bearing on his lack of success in Europe .
20 It was held that it was not copra cake at all but a substance quite different to that contracted for and , because of this , the sellers could not rely on an exclusion clause purporting to exempt them from liability .
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