Example sentences of "are [not/n't] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Most patients coming to hospital after an overdose are not at serious risk .
2 Definition : Investment is the production of or expenditure by firms on goods and services which are not for current consumption : that is , real capital goods , like factories , machines , bridges and motorways , all goods which yield a flow of consumer goods and services in future periods .
3 The improvement may only be apparent ( or pseudo ) if , in addition , the increase in real output per capita is accompanied by negative externalities or is caused by increased production of goods and services which are not for current consumption .
4 It is firms ' spending on goods which are not for current consumption but which yield a flow of consumer goods and services in the future .
5 The proposals for it by the UDC 's consultants are not for retail use , but they are ‘ consumption- ’ rather than production-orientated .
6 Property profits , £4.8million in the six months against £4.9 million last year , reflect the group 's continued wish to weed out unwanted retail premises which are not on prime town centre sites ..
7 Property profits , £4.8million in the six months against £4.9 million last year , reflect the group 's continued wish to weed out unwanted retail premises which are not on prime town centre sites ..
8 Unequal negotiating positions Where the parties to a restraint agreement are not on equal negotiating terms .
9 I just have to wait for his letter , but I think the sensible thing to do would be to talk to you about what he 's putting you on because a lot of these drugs are not without potential side effects .
10 They are not about industrial democracy at all .
11 The issues are not about inappropriate use of authority nor are they about the display of heroics .
12 in spite of a good rainfall in this country , water supplies are not of uniform quality .
13 Therefore the details of their origins are not of paramount importance .
14 But in fact the fortunes of Evallonia are not of prime importance in the novels , either as romantic or actual politics .
15 Make a note of the values at maximum and minimum and if they are not of equal magnitude adjust the zero-offset trimpot so as to make them equal .
16 This confirms earlier evidence that the double bonds in the geodesic structure are not of equal reactivity .
17 Now I also agree that these criteria are not of equal importance and I certainly would put the greatest weight on criterion one which is to avoid the greenbelt in fact I think it 's so important that it should n't be a criterion but it should be actually be within the preamble as it is now .
18 They are not of real interest to the Egyptian archaeologists , with whom we have a good professional relationship ’ .
19 There follows a list of these interests , some of which are not of frequent significance for the conveyancer , or will be covered by the searches discussed in Chapter 4 .
20 Social themes are not of major importance in the first part of the exhibition .
21 Its high notes are not of good quality .
22 Some of these are not of immediate significance to the urban debate .
23 It is important in any analysis of a crime such as cattle stealing , in which individual cases are not of great significance , to assess the frequency of the offence .
24 Most of these are not of great quality , but they include one master , the Pan Painter , who plays the old conventions against the new spirit with exquisite skill .
25 In addition , because health problems associated with childbearing are not of great importance in the vast majority of developed countries , such data on material morbidity as are available are both unsystematic and infrequent , and must be culled from relatively obscure sources .
26 You probably succeeded in realizing that this is an extract from a sports report designed to inform people familiar with the sport about the progress of a match , and that the whereabouts of sender and receiver are not of particular importance .
27 The best-situated vines are found east of the village on a slope which is a continuation of the vineyards of Rilly-la-Montagne , but are not of exceptional quality .
28 As an ensemble the effect is rich and exciting , but the paintings are not of top quality .
29 And these conventions are not of common currency throughout a speech community .
30 Where the " we " -groups are exogamous , as is very often the case , the " we/they " distinction corresponds exactly to the distinction " those with whom we may not intermarry because they are of common substance with us " / " those with whom we may intermarry because they are not of common substance with us " .
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