Example sentences of "be [adv] not [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turns out that there are generally not enough dislocations originally present in most crystals to account for the very extensive slip which can take place in a ductile material . |
| 2 | But the plain truth of the matter is that there are just not enough jobs available for all the newly qualified divers pumped out by these companies . |
| 3 | The trouble is that there are just not enough places available at the moment , and in recent years local authorities have been unable to provide more owing to the shortage of funds and the cash limits imposed on local authority expenditure by central government . |
| 4 | When we started off we were in our puffballs , but we 're definitely not that dressy now . ’ |
| 5 | Most of you wo n't even know who the MCofS are ; you 're certainly not all members ( did you know you could be ? ) and you probably do n't belong to an affiliated club . |
| 6 | Again , mathematicians are notoriously not all competent accountants ; physicists may not be interested in or fitted for involvement in industrial processes — they may not even be able to change a light bulb . |
| 7 | The rest of the population , including many members of the medical profession , are simply not all that interested in drugs or in addiction to the extent of such preoccupation . |
| 8 | There are simply not enough resources to go round . ’ |
| 9 | Even in an age where appearances are sometimes not all they seem we could have sworn that every one was — the naughty word seems inescapable — a woman . |
| 10 | Since this period was also accompanied by a decline of the labour force in agriculture , it can be concluded that those who left the industry were predominantly not those living in tied accommodation . |
| 11 | When a sound start was then followed by a sparkling 80 from Richards , a classical 84 from Hooper and a thumping 72 from Marshall , with even Ambrose making 43 , we knew exactly what was what , and when Richards declared on the fourth evening at 448 for 9 , leaving England with a day plus 51 overs to survive , there were probably not many people who thought they would make it . |
| 12 | He was the justification for the war , particularly in the eyes of neighbouring princes whose intervention might have been decisive but who were understandably not that involved in the quarrel over the succession to Angoulême . |
| 13 | Instead the majority said it was because there were simply not enough people in the family to increase their agricultural production . |
| 14 | Moreover I can reveal that the findings of the Committee were certainly not those indicated in this letter ; we found that Derry Corporation had for many years been carrying out a policy of anti-Rome Catholic discrimination in employment and rigid segregation in housing . |
| 15 | It is the technique employed in Genesis 22 , and it creates enormous tension and suspense in the narrative , even though the ending is mercifully not that of high tragedy . |
| 16 | Now , that may be very idealistic and it 's obviously not all retired or old people who 've got a lot of wisdom unless you want to tell their stories . |
| 17 | Yes , so you believe that there 's basically not much difference between a child and a adult ? |
| 18 | At second glance , Thanet , South is perhaps not such a typical Tory seat . |
| 19 | A plaque on a wall is admittedly not much to look at for those with a passion for working machinery and dramatic industrial landscapes , but this one marks the site of the foundation of that industry which has had a greater impact on civilization than any other . |
| 20 | Having witnessed the horrifying poverty and hunger in countries where there is just not enough food to feed the teeming masses , he feels depressed and worried about the future . |
| 21 | Folding doors are especially useful in small or narrow rooms , where there is just not enough floor space for comfortably opening a normal hinged door . |
| 22 | A quotation from one teacher serves to illustrate this attitude : ‘ Nowadays when education is under attack , and survival is the watchword , there is just not enough time or willpower for such peripheral activities . ’ |
| 23 | It 's just not that kind of place . |
| 24 | I mean I do n't know Dave 's just not That 's stupid ! |
| 25 | Strumming 's mostly out , because of the resulting sound , and there 's just not enough room to play fingerstyle with the necessary authority . |
| 26 | Fun day , more fun than today and today I hope I 've provided some of the ground work ca n't there 's a lot of things I would 've liked to have gone into more detail and generally I do but today there 's just there 's just not enough time in a day to do it . |
| 27 | There 's just not enough business going about . ’ |
| 28 | The relationship between fossil assemblages and ecology is usually not such a simple one , however , for the composition of fossil faunas may differ greatly from the living communities from which they were drawn . |
| 29 | His driving apparently is still not all it might be , but his short game and putting are very good and that is where scores are salvaged as well as made . |
| 30 | There is still not much awareness that the personal is also political and we want to change this situation . |