Example sentences of "n't [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | She 's been very happy with the children but I 've wondered once or twice if they were n't rather a strain on her . ’ |
2 | It was n't only the snake with Two THOUSAND YEARS GO BY on it . |
3 | It was n't only the thought of what Liti would be like when they were alone . |
4 | But it was n't only the team over which Chapman held dominion . |
5 | Yeah , well we do n't so a lot of business with them , it 's more distribution than anybody else actually . |
6 | Unlike their Mancunian rivals New Order , they were willing to prove that a sense of style was n't necessarily a barometer of blandness . |
7 | erm we have a welfare state , which erm ensures that very few people are living at absolute poverty — you do have shoes to wear , you do have some sort of food to eat — which was n't necessarily the case in the nineteen thirties — and people have had different education and training , their lives are very different . |
8 | These are n't necessarily the sort of persons I want to have anything to do with anyway , " Quiss said , indicating the various attendants , waiters and scullions around them as the under-cook respectfully approached the seneschal , bowing to him . |
9 | Esther Rantzen called this a sign of hope , ‘ Addiction is n't necessarily the end of the line . ’ |
10 | The menopause is n't necessarily the end of our life , it can be the beginning of so many new different things . |
11 | I tried to make her understand that kids were n't necessarily the key to happiness . |
12 | But getting a job after years spent bringing up a family is n't necessarily an end in itself For many women , it 's all part of changing their lives and pointing them in the direction they want to go in-of being in charge of their own destiny . |
13 | It is n't merely a matter of training and qualifications , it 's a matter of religious commitment as well and most teachers nowadays take the view that to try and teach this subject without that religious commitment is sheer hypocrisy . |
14 | ‘ At least she is n't entirely a product of his imagination . |
15 | Admittedly the confusion was n't entirely the fault of the SOC , the mood of the delegates did n't particularly help but the situation was something like this . |
16 | And it is n't just a case of falling ill . |
17 | ‘ It was n't just a case of me having to lay vocals down while I was over there . |
18 | As you can see , it is n't just a case of opening a wicker basket and saying ‘ shoo , like releasing racing pigeons : you have to find the owls a home . |
19 | It di we do n't get all the details in the story that Jesus tells of here , but it 's quite certain that it was n't just a case of wandering along a nice path until he found the sheep and then bringing it home . |
20 | It was n't just a case of depression and withdrawal any more . |
21 | You see , it was n't just a case of loving her and that was all there was to it , that might be very nice to know that God loves me , but I , there 's a sense in , I want to know what that love produces . |
22 | And this is n't just a way of talking — the meme for , say , ‘ belief in life after death ’ is actually realized physically , millions of times over , as a structure in the nervous systems of individual men the world over . ’ |
23 | For me it was n't just a question of being at ease with my homosexuality : I was more concerned with the way in which that sexuality expressed itself . |
24 | It was like a little explosion because it was n't just a question of telling one other person ; I had to tell my parents and I had to tell all my schoolfriends and make sure that my world existed and to a great extent it did . |
25 | Of course , it is n't just a question of using more spices , but of knowing how to blend them . |
26 | ‘ God speed , ’ he cried , and ran a few steps alongside the departing train to show it was n't just a question of out of sight out of mind . |
27 | I think one of the most valuable points that emerged from the Felixstowe experience , as far as I was concerned anyway was the fact that with all those people there when we heard their views , erm , it was quite apparent that it was n't the case of local people opposing what the County Council traffic people propose to do , many there were many different and varying interests there and , and we , we could , we can then basically come to a conclusion which satisfied , satisfied I hope most of them , but , we , we , at that meeting among the local people some supporters with some of our road safety and some were very much against them , others were neutral , but it was n't just a question of erm a , a united opposition of what we proposed to do er , and this was very valuable . |
28 | Iain did n't notice her for a while , but eventually it dawned on him that the blur in the corner of his eye was n't just a blob of grease on his eyelash . |
29 | BAF spokesman Tony Ward described him as ‘ the best team manager Britain has had because he felt himself to be one of the athletes ’ , while Liz McColgan said he ‘ was n't just a friend through athletics , he was a personal friend as well ’ . |
30 | Incontinence is a difficult problem because it is n't just a problem with physical symptoms . |