Example sentences of "n't the [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Are n't the majority of fans being short-changed a little here ? |
2 | Well I would of thought so , although today it must be admitted that single people , do n't get offered one bedroom flats , but then in those days there was n't the shortage of accommodation that there is today |
3 | ‘ There is n't the depth of strength which you find in the best labs in the States or in Japan . |
4 | His mother was n't the daughter of Arthur Naulls but born of a summertime passion between a pretty servant and one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century . |
5 | Captain McArthur said , ‘ Typewriters have n't the romance of Shopgirls . |
6 | Er would you not say that this has shifted the onus of responsibility very much on to the financial institutions , the banks and others who had dealings with Mr Maxwell , and is n't the judge in effect saying in your interpretation er of that , that these institutions er really have got to show they were whiter than white in their dealings and actually went in and investigated him thoroughly ? |
7 | It was n't the possibility of Louis learning of their presence in the town that was making her so nervous . |
8 | Almost apologetically Mr Humble explained he was n't the type of man to kick someone out of his home . |
9 | This was n't the type of conversation she particularly enjoyed . |
10 | no to the Railway Group but this particular Council it is n't the type of bits and say no to that . |
11 | It was n't the type of climb on which you wanted to be with a total beginner — Robin . |
12 | After all , a murderer and a rapist is n't the type of person anyone wants to get mixed up with … ’ |
13 | And she was n't the type of person to have frills around her neck , for God 's sake ! |
14 | And because this simply was n't the type of car that Vauxhall was supposed to make . |
15 | I gathered from Doone 's face that it was n't the type of answer he 'd expected , but he pulled out a notebook and wrote down the reply as given , checking that he 'd got it right . |
16 | It was n't the sight of Michael Banks falling that had set her off . |
17 | If Scudamore 's spirits are still strong , that was n't the case on Cheltenham Gold Cup day , when he was crushed by the defeat of Carvill 's Hill . |
18 | One thing to be grateful about from my point of view … that Yorkies are n't the size of Rottweilers ! |
19 | ‘ Noisy Music ’ is n't the exercise in sirens and backfiring juggernauts the title suggests , but instead is an excellent slice of rare-groove instrumental dance music at a fast rap/slow house tempo . |
20 | Did n't the squad on Vadinamia fill you in ? ’ |
21 | Does n't the sanctity of marriage mean anything to you ? ’ he roared . |
22 | In the ordinary course of events he would have said Len Forbister was n't the kind of man to associate with him . |
23 | She recalled his expression as he had accused her of knowing where Garry was , and she knew he was n't the kind of man to give up easily . |
24 | Luke Calder was n't the kind of man to let anyone thwart his plans and get away with it ! |
25 | It was n't the kind of possibility she wanted to contemplate , she told herself firmly . |
26 | Golding is important as a myth-maker — a great formalist and myth-maker — but he is n't the kind of writer who responds to history very much . |
27 | He was one of these comparative anthropologists , he was n't the kind of anthropologist that goes out and lives with er , primitive people for several years , and then comes back and writes an account of them . |
28 | Well , 'e ai n't the kind of bloke I want to remember . |
29 | I mean , it was n't the kind of work RADA trained you for . |
30 | ‘ And in any case high principles are n't the kind of things one notices at a cocktail party — or perhaps only in a negative way , as when somebody drinks tomato juice rather than gin . ’ |