Example sentences of "is not [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The discussion is more neutral only in so far as it is assumed that the curriculum ( such a global phenomenon ) is no-one 's responsibility in particular , and clearly this is so in an individual sense — but it is however the responsibility of the profession to take a leading role in this area and at the moment it is not fulfilling this role . |
| 2 | This means that the congregation is not hearing several messages at once but one at a time ; and it also makes it possible for members of the congregation to challenge and encourage one another to be obedient . |
| 3 | This is not to eliminate all problems in advance . |
| 4 | If , if the colour is not signifying any thing else , it does n't matter if two forms er , time sheet and something else are both on pink , does it . |
| 5 | This is not to advocate that Nizan should be judged solely by criteria acceptable to Nizan individually or the communist party as a whole , but it is to put forward the idea that Nizan 's situation as a communist writer in interwar France needs to be given prominence in any assessment . |
| 6 | The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected . |
| 7 | He should complain to the school if his son is not getting enough homework , instead of blaming the whole education system . |
| 8 | Most people would think that ‘ the United Kingdom Government is not taking enough responsibility to protect the people of Hong Kong , ’ he argued . |
| 9 | But Kate is not made that way . |
| 10 | But captain Alan Lee is not counting any chickens . |
| 11 | The Administration is embarrassed that the Fed is not providing more support to its commitment to lower the dollar . |
| 12 | It is not borrowing any works from the Musée d'Art Moderne , Paris , or from MOMA , but will be relying heavily on loans from Swiss and French private collections . |
| 13 | If a settlement is not reached this week , Virgin has said it will sue BA through courts in the United States where damages could run into tens of millions of dollars . |
| 14 | The generally accepted policy is not to treat these tumours unless they are detected in a very young patient . |
| 15 | The intention here is not to turn this essay , or indeed the panel to which it contributes , into yet another moaning session about the state of British higher education . |
| 16 | That is not to say that sleep or being awake are the only time-cues of importance to humans . |
| 17 | That is not to say that miscarriage of justice , or reform of criminal law does not occur . |
| 18 | However , to say all other courses are impossible is not to say this course is possible . |
| 19 | ‘ We understand the president-elect is not seeing any heads of government , ’ he said . |
| 20 | In fact such transformations are rare precisely because , if more than lip-service is to be paid to them , the practical implications are considerable ; which is not to deny that lip-service , in the form of campaigning and complaining , has its uses . |
| 21 | This is not to deny some level of autonomy to the latter , but to reject assertions of its virtual total autonomy . |
| 22 | The way by which that end is brought about is not given any value , and yet our actions can be so creative in themselves . |
| 23 | The variety of dialects and registers is not given any attention and there is no discussion of the many features of discourse in the text . |
| 24 | Erm a light bulb is not using much electricity in a given time . |
| 25 | That is the pathway we have gone down , and in consequence we have reduced the amount of food that is given to our cows that could be eaten by man from 50 per cent to 14 per cent by getting the input from grass and porridge oats : food that would otherwise be wasted in a system that is not using these animals to pick it up on the way . |
| 26 | Although it is possible to administer a sedative under these circumstances this is obviously not desirable for routine visits when the dog is not experiencing any pain . |
| 27 | The returns are related to performance , but that is not surprising these days . |
| 28 | It can even schedule parallel jobs across groups of workstations although the company is not hyping this facility , presumably because of the communications bottleneck caused by Ethernet . |
| 29 | This is not to suggest that history only happens because some later critic constructs it . |
| 30 | This is not to condemn such initiatives but to indicate the gap between their objectives and the actual work on the ground . |