Example sentences of "is not the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We set ourselves to introduce a critical awareness of current misconceptions about language , to inform students of some differences between speech and writing , to make them aware that social and aesthetic evaluations of language are that , and nothing more ( however confidently pronounced ) and to sensitise them to some of the difficulties of pupils in English schools for whom English is not the mother tongue , or for whom their own English was a baffling unfamiliar variety . |
| 32 | Is not the root cause of your difficulties about the complaint that has been raised , Mr. Speaker , Scotland 's gross over-representation in this House on matters relating to other parts of the United Kingdom ? |
| 33 | There are various procedural requirements applicable to a reduction in the standard number , including a duty of the proposer to publish details of the proposals and to refer the proposals to the Secretary of State if objections to them are raised by 10 or more local government electors or by the LEA or governors ( whichever of them is not the admissions authority ) . |
| 34 | This is not the language meaning ( the words or syntax of the language ) but rather the message meaning or intended meaning of the speaker . |
| 35 | The root of so-called ‘ democratic theory ’ is not the rationalist optimism about the perfectibility of human society , but scepticism about the possibility of such perfection and the determination not to allow human life to be perverted by the tyranny of a person or fixed by the tyranny of an idea . |
| 36 | Speed is not the car builder 's over-riding need . |
| 37 | That is not the coal lobby talking — that is the view of senior people in National Power who know exactly what is happening in terms of electricity generation in this country . |
| 38 | The project quality plan is produced by the project engineer looking after the job , and that is not the project coordinator . |