Example sentences of "are not the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ARM British and French congratulations to Mr Helmut Kohl for his allies ' victory in the East German election are not the best gauge of how the West German chancellor is viewed in London and Paris .
2 Articles in industry are not the best preparation for private practice , and unless you have a fairly fixed intention to make your career in industry or commerce you may find it difficult to settle down even for only two or three years in the atmosphere of a company 's legal department .
3 Pesticides alone are not the best way to achieve long term control of agricultural pests .
4 But if parents are not the best judge , and doctors themselves may not always be fully conversant with a real understanding of the facts , who will be the ultimate arbiter ?
5 This being the case , summer weekends are not the best time to visit .
6 They are not the perfect team .
7 They are not the perfect team .
8 They are not the perfect team .
9 The light-sensitive cells ( " photocells " ) are not the first thing the light hits , but they are buried inside and facing away from the light .
10 Flowers are not the sole attraction at Barnsley.Rosemary Verey has also created a decorative vegetable garden.Known as a potager , it mixes vegetables and flowers to create greater variety :
11 The above three case studies bring out a number of points about resourcing the public sector which demonstrate that resourcing issues are not the sole province of the technical experts in the area : accountants and economists .
12 Such visions can be utilised at all levels within an organisation and are not the sole prerogative of those at the top .
13 But these sentiments are not the sole property of democratic socialists .
14 You rightly say in your editorial today ( ‘ Moral fabric in need of repair ’ ) that the sentiments he expresses are not the sole property of democratic socialists .
15 Furthermore , as context-stimulus associations are not the sole source of latent inhibition , the model need not be embarrassed by the observation that exposure to the context alone ( either before or after exposure to the target stimulus ) does not abolish the effect .
16 But value-added resellers are not the sole focus for the present drive which has apparently attracted over 400 dealers so far , at a rate of around 20 to 30 a month .
17 Clearly , despite their terribly twee name , pudding-bowl haircuts and crap clothes , they are not the washed-up jangle group their detractors would have you believe .
18 13.14.1 Mistakes that are sufficiently serious are not the real problem
19 No , they are not the real world champions ( a ridiculous claim in the first place ) .
20 Models are not the real thing , and what looked like the something from the future world of Dan Dare on the cover of the new Eagle comic was to be and feel quite a different slab of concrete .
21 And if your child is dyslexic , reassure them that they are not the only child , there are other children who share this problem , that they in fact are not stupid , or mad — and quite often they think they are mad , they can understand what is wrong with them because they do n't really understand what they 're supposed to be doing .
22 These expectations will usually be heavily influenced by past profits , but they are not the only consideration .
23 Tax advantages are not the only factor making donations to the arts so popular among rich Americans .
24 Lexical resources are not the only factor which influences the way in which we analyse and report experience .
25 Personal service histories are not the only possibility .
26 Words are not the only type of information we may wish to include in a computerised record of museum collections .
27 The animals are not the only attraction at the Wildlife Park .
28 Common interests are not the only attraction .
29 Discounts are not the only subject of discussion .
30 Sneezes are not the only way of catching a cold .
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