Example sentences of "it [is] not [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It 's not money to us , it 's a way of life .
2 Suppose it 's not Liam in there ?
3 It 's not , it 's not quarter of a million is it ?
4 It 's not quarter to three here — it 's quarter to three at Paddington !
5 I 'm pleased but it 's not compensation for all of the trauma we have suffered or the money we have lost if we had invested it elsewhere .
6 According to Paul Rutishauser of transport consultants , Transnet , " it 's not pollution at the point of use but at the point of production that 's the question .
7 And it 's not kind of standard champagne in the place but she always keeps a supply .
8 So it 's not kind of country cottage style .
9 It 's not tablets of stone which have been brought down from Mount Sinai forever to remain unalterable .
10 If it 's not jokes against themselves , then it 's arguments about the differences between West Indians and Africans , or debates about relative Britishness , or reminiscences about Jamaican family life .
11 It 's not part of our culture ; it 's not written up in the history books .
12 No , it 's not part of a campaign of cleanliness in the school .
13 It 's not part of the .
14 erm then we 've got some more erm here in this position and some more down here and in fact , I think that we 've managed to squeeze a few more into erm , this position for the bungalow refurbishment , that 's obviously an aside it 's not part of erm what , what Moat are proposing .
15 ‘ No , it 's not part of my job , ’ Belinda responded steadily .
16 It 's not part of our solar system it just is it every sev how many years is it every seventy six or something ?
17 But it 's not part of the the police case here , that they knew at the time that they entered the flat .
18 But it 's not part of a natural history display — it 's a work of art .
19 Finally Northern Ireland shows that there has been decline in output over the preceding four months and the only region t t to say that erm it 's fair to say that North Northern Ireland has been a weak region throughout er the recession erm and although in this survey optimism has climbed up a bit so it 's close to the U K average , it 's nevertheless a part of the U K which has really been behaving er rather differently from the rest of the economy reflecting its sort of , i its particular problems and the fact that it 's not part of the mainland economy .
20 In other words it 's not part of its standard employment allocation but it 's put it in the local plan so that people know , the locals know , that that field over there those fields over there erm are not guaranteed for ever as countryside but on the other hand they 're jolly well not gon na be released unless it 's for something extremely special for which there would be a statement carried through from the structure plan , elaborated on no doubt at local level , which set the rules .
21 It 's not part of the University 's public service .
22 But it 's not convention of course , to pay the minister anything is it ?
23 It 's not it 's not time for flared trousers yet .
24 It 's not terrorists in the normally accepted sense of the breed , ’ Tweed said grimly .
25 To say that it 's not value for money , how can you .
26 It 's not crap for actors ! ’ they cried .
27 It 's not count for anything .
28 Most people who live in the street agree that it 's not children from their road who are the culprits .
29 It 's not sort of passing trade .
30 Well it 's not sort of place you can get it to , before , before breakfast is it , so er , no .
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