Example sentences of "he is [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A happy , approachable Oliver Stone is a new phenomenon indeed — he is no a man known for his relaxed attitude on set , and the actors in Platoon especially were pushed to the limit . |
| 2 | I think that he is also a peer — No , he is not a peer . |
| 3 | He is not a character I like at all because I think he was just an old rascal . |
| 4 | ‘ It is as well he is not a Papist , then , or the Pope would take off his frock. , ‘ He what ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a pity he is not a bit more French . ’ |
| 6 | The one who brings the money , well — ’ Mordecai hesitated — ‘ I do not know what he is but he is not a servant . ’ |
| 7 | George could not face a life on his own , though I do n't think he would consider marrying because he is not a ladies ' man . |
| 8 | He is not a man who courts company , often cutting a solitary and somewhat broody figure , but colleagues say he was frustrated by his lack of opportunities with England in the winter and , more recently , by his inability to build big innings for Middlesex . |
| 9 | He is not a man to repeat an experience but to move on and find new adventure in alternative spheres . |
| 10 | But even his critics admit that he is not a man of great ambition . |
| 11 | He is not a man of esoteric tastes : his seem to accord with those one would associate with a long-distance lorry driver : lots of straight girlie magazines , only the more common perversions , e.g. , mild S & m . |
| 12 | As regards ( a ) , the Act further provides that a transfer by the deceased 's personal representative , even if he is not a member of the company , is as valid as if he had been . |
| 13 | The broker may , in any event , act only as agent if he is not a member of the exchange at all but deals on the exchange through a member or , indeed , in the case of over-the-counter transactions . |
| 14 | On the other hand , if somebody talks about revolution , structural changes or socialist society , one is safe in assuming he is not a Communist' ( 25 May 1968 ) . |
| 15 | Although Lord Rees-Mogg 's confession that he is not a modernist can just about explain his neglect of artists such as Schoenberg , Proust , Kafka , Beckett and Auden , sheer ignorance is the only way in which one can account for the omission of Charles Sherrington , Alan Hodgkin , Lord Adrian and David Hubel , to name but four in neurophysiology ; Rutherford , Bohr , Planck , Heisenberg , Dirac and Gell-Man in physics . |
| 16 | He is not a Scotsman , and he is not her husband . |
| 17 | These provisions include Article 8b(1) , to the effect that ‘ Every citizen of the Union residing in a Member State of which he is not a national shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the Member State in which he resides , under the same conditions as nationals of that State ’ , which has caused considerable debate in some Member States . |
| 18 | Daniel O'Brien , who was Mr Knight 's aide during the General Election campaign last year , said : ‘ He is a winner , he is not a quitter and this fight goes on . ’ |
| 19 | Older he undoubtedly is , but he is not a jot wiser . |
| 20 | He is not a negotiator or a devil 's advocate . |
| 21 | Not only is Jesus the only saviour but he 's also a presence saviour not for the future or the passed , but he is there now and he says now , Paul to the Corinthians now is the acceptable time , now is the day of salvation , not to be put off , not to wait until you 're older until this is settled and till that 's done and you 've had this experience or that experience , now is the accepted time , he is the presence saviour , he is not a saviour for you tomorrow , you do n't know what tomorrow will bring but he is a saviour for the present for now , also he is a complete saviour in Hebrews seven twenty five he is able to save forever , those who draw near to God since he always lives to make intercession for them and finally not only is he a complete saviour , but he will actually save you , not the person beside you , do n't worry about that he will actually save you , there in Romans chapter ten , thirteen , for whoever , for whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved and so the invitation 's to you and it 's to me , it 's to us as individuals , are there a few that 's gon na be saved . |
| 22 | The main reason that Vine-Lott is not hung-up on the tradition of stockbroking is that he is not a stockbroker . |
| 23 | I can rely on one of my neighbours to come in once a week to check on things and feed the fish , but he is not a fishkeeper and I 'd like to make things as easy for him as possible . |
| 24 | He is not a coach or a trainer who sits the game out , never plays it , but just as a theoretical tactician . |
| 25 | He does not have review powers because he is not a court . |
| 26 | Best of all , he is not a proselytiser , much less a saint . |
| 27 | He is not a sceptic about the reality of global warming — he can claim to have been the first man to notice it — but he does not believe it is necessarily harmful . |
| 28 | A person is no more entitled to sue in respect of loss which he suffers by reason of a tort committed against someone else than he is entitled to sue in respect of loss which he suffers by reason of breach of a contract to which he is not a party . |
| 29 | If that is so should it make any difference whether the debtor is a party to the agreement ( he is not a party to the contract ) or not ? |
| 30 | We support and accept the good sense of increasing sentences for offences that are worse than taking and driving away and of extending the deterrent of disqualification where personal injury and damage occurs , but it is quite another thing for someone to be guilty of additional offences that he does not commit , to which he is not a party and which he might not have foreseen as the likely consequences of his taking and driving away . |