Example sentences of "be not [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not looking for maximum performance or power . |
| 2 | ‘ But I am not looking like Hindu . ’ |
| 3 | At this point I am not writing about open conflict , mutiny , factions or friction , but about a quiet pulling in a different direction . |
| 4 | ‘ I stress I am not referring to this incident , but ball-tampering must never be allowed to happen again . |
| 5 | In this section , I am not referring to those blocks in the memory which the subconscious mind has created to prevent the subject remembering some deeply traumatic incident in his or her past . |
| 6 | This was definitely the case with me and , even now , I occasionally have one or two lessons to make sure I am not getting into bad habits . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not walking to any hut with you , ’ she assured him with icy defiance . |
| 8 | I am not arguing for shoddy commercials . |
| 9 | I am not going through that again ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It will start all sorts of speculation that we are getting back together and I am not going for that . ’ |
| 11 | I am not talking of municipal autonomy — they almost have that — but of self-rule as is written and spelled out in the Camp David accords " . |
| 12 | I am not talking of secondary schools , although there are some very small secondary schools in Oxfordshire . |
| 13 | I am not talking about that kind of quietness ; rather the loneliness of people who feel quite cut off from God , from others , from society . |
| 14 | Conservative Members would be well advised to heed those words because all the contact that I have had with local government — I am not talking about Labour councillors , but about impartial experts — has shown that those experts believe that the council tax will eventually run into such trouble that it will become unworkable . |
| 15 | While stocks in the form of raw materials last — I am not talking about nuclear weapons but general armaments — the production will clearly continue . |
| 16 | If you are an Imperial player and facing a foe that uses such despicable tactics then console yourself with the thought that at least the units firing at the Helblaster are not firing at other targets . |
| 17 | As was pointed out earlier , hearing users of BSL are not progressing to full competence in the language and are very likely to use English syntax for sign-based messages . |
| 18 | What is clear , however , is that we are not dealing with lexical ambiguity . |
| 19 | We are not dealing with political issues , civil rights is not a political issue but a moral issue . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We are not leaving at six . ’ |
| 21 | When we speak of ‘ culture ’ we are not thinking about high-brow music , or good table manners . |
| 22 | Stretchy long tube skirts are an alternative , but they too are impractical : if you sit for most of the day you will undoubtedly get knee-bagging , and they are not flattering to most posteriors . |
| 23 | Stretchy long tube skirts are an alternative , but they too are impractical : if you sit for most of the day you will undoubtedly get knee-bagging , and they are not flattering to most posteriors . |
| 24 | You are not aiming for some exact scientific precision ( if absolute precision is needed , you can use pen and paper ) , but you are meeting and communicating with another adult human being . |
| 25 | ( Many different early blueprints may play into this and compound the fear of the opposite sex , but we are not elaborating on this , as homosexuality is not the subject of this book . ) |
| 26 | A combination of factors — including cost and disruption to office life , together with the recession and an inability to provide the right balance of work experience — means that either smaller firms are not training at all or they are opting to train certified accountants and accounting technicians . |
| 27 | We made it clear that the list of authors was not intended to be comprehensive : ‘ We stress again that we are not recommending as set texts the books of the authors listed … |
| 28 | How can the Minister say that those people are not living in reasonably-rated areas — or did not do so , long before the introduction of the unified business rate ? |
| 29 | We are not quarrelling with this decision in any way , because I believe that our full-time forces are already overstretched for the roles and tasks that the Government have outlined for them both in and out of area , and that the territorial forces play a vital support role . |
| 30 | However , with respect , Mr. Speaker , I have seen your reply in which you said that using the crest of the House of Commons on such material was not an offence , so I hope that you are not referring to that aspect of the issue that the tell-tale Member has just raised with you . |