Example sentences of "is [not/n't] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most dramatic new facility is the blend tool which is not a kitchen utensil but rather a means of modifying one form or colour into another . |
| 2 | A detached head , who acts with detachment , coolly weighing matters up , allowing the mind to soak up ideas and to put them together in new ways , is not a primary-school image . |
| 3 | If a clear water aquarium is preferred , paint the bogwood with three coats of a pure polyurethane clear varnish ( ‘ pure ’ means it is not a yacht varnish treated with chemicals to kill mussels ) . |
| 4 | This is not a raree show . |
| 5 | He acknowledges that liturgy is not a museum piece but needs to evolve as part of a living tradition . |
| 6 | where potential deferred tax on a revalued asset has not been shown because the revaluation does not constitute a timing difference , the fact that it is not a timing difference and that tax has therefore not been provided should be shown . |
| 7 | But what it correlates with is not a gender role but more specifically a child-rearing role . |
| 8 | So if you were serious about promoting social housing over time what you would be working for is not a stop go economy in housing , not a stopped go regime in terms of halas housing finance , but a stable , a long term commitment towards er er a financial regime that will actually bring that housing through and that is something you have not done . |
| 9 | Now , while it is not a plum branch , it may be a useful stage in an ambitious manager 's career . |
| 10 | H two and the charge erm now ah ah hang on yeah this is this one is a bit tricky because that is not a zinc ion that 's zinc just on its own so it 's just Z N. |
| 11 | Is not a warning signal needed for Labour Front-Bench Members over the current draft proposal on economic and monetary union , because it contains a no bail-out clause ? |
| 12 | The throat is not a scoring area , though the neck is |
| 13 | If that happens , if animals are shot and die instantaneously , there is not a welfare problem ; there is no interval when the -animal is suffering . |
| 14 | The RSPB is not a welfare society for sick , injured or captive birds and you will not find caged birds on public display at our reserves . |
| 15 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 16 | It must be stressed that the Vehicle Watchdog is not a burglar alarm . |
| 17 | The package index is not a precision tool but in practice variations between packages can be in the order of 2–300 per cent so the differences are likely to exceed percentage error . |
| 18 | The new Employment Act will also make it unlawful for organisations to refuse to employ a job applicant on the grounds that he or she is not a union member . |
| 19 | SCO has argued that adoption of SVR4 is not a price issue for it , but is dependent on USL meeting certain technology requirements , in multiprocessing for example , where SCO already has its successful MPX Unix-add on . |
| 20 | This is not a taxi service , but a group of volunteers who are carefully chosen by the Ambulance Service for their caring attitude to patients . |
| 21 | The fact that Redcar is not a yuppie haven nor affects green welly pretension like certain places nearer Darlington make it an obvious target for sarcastic wit . |
| 22 | ‘ No , it is not a seduction scene ! ’ she retorted indignantly . |
| 23 | Glasgow is not a theatre place , I think . |
| 24 | If the association between paternal preconceptual exposure to radiation and childhood leukaemia we found is not a chance finding , the effect is unlikely to be due to paternal exposure to the forms of external penetrating ionising radiation measured by monitoring devices . |
| 25 | This is not a performance diagram but a potential performance diagram ( Fig. 1.25 ) . |
| 26 | Even if yours is not a beach holiday , you should n't need much . |
| 27 | This is not a swapping agency , but Jo Rodwell , the owner , will sell your unwanted curtains on a commission basis . |
| 28 | However , it is important to note that a theory of innate human sociality is not a reductionist theory . |
| 29 | ‘ This is not a sweat shop , ’ Ian said . |
| 30 | ( iii ) has had an order made against him which is not a bankruptcy order but which has the same or a similar effect under the law in force in any territory outside England and Wales ; |