Example sentences of "be n't the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why are n't the insurance companies doing more to curb such tactics ? |
| 2 | I love you , and I ca n't imagine a life where you are n't the centre of it . ’ |
| 3 | Well there are one or two other things we can do to try and make you feel better er even if the , the hands are n't the principle cause er I think we 'll see what happens , work your chest out of the way first though . |
| 4 | One thing to be grateful about from my point of view … that Yorkies are n't the size of Rottweilers ! |
| 5 | Of course , these applications are n't the fully-featured , everything-but-the-kitchen-sink affairs you get with something like Word for Windows or Quattro Pro . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Keep this baby , look after this baby , you have a great husband , the other kids are n't the kind to care , and we were right . |
| 8 | Because if you do n't , if do n't do a word by word translation , as some of you did , you , you may miss the meaning of certain words , and that might totally alter your perception of what 's being said , and then what you should , wh when you 've done a literal translation , you will have a very stiff erm , u unusual version of it , written in modern English vocabulary but you 'll find that word ordering and things like that wo n't be appropriate , and sometimes the vocabulary are n't the kind of words that would normally be used now . |
| 9 | Are n't the majority of fans being short-changed a little here ? |
| 10 | Which engine do you prefer ( fuel costs are n't the problem ) . |
| 11 | ‘ It does not mean that chartered accountancy is not attracting as many people as before — demand is still as high , but there just are n't the training places available . ’ |
| 12 | FIRST , THE good news : House Of Pain are n't the one-hit wonders some had feared ; their first album contains some creative and accomplished rap music . |
| 13 | REFS ARE N'T THE ANSWER |
| 14 | ‘ Those are n't the sort of things you shoot , though , are they ? ’ |
| 15 | Sasha Konietzko and En Esch , it seems fair to say , are n't the sort of boys you take to Uncle Ken 's for a glass of ginger beer and a plate of fairy cakes . |
| 16 | Sasha Konietzko and En Esch , it seems fair to say , are n't the sort of boys you take to Uncle Ken 's for a glass of ginger beer and a plate of fairy cakes . |
| 17 | And these are n't the sort of people that write to us using block capitals all the way through , these are reasonable people who 've had their property damaged over the years some quite horrendous tales and talk about walls being knocked down . |
| 18 | As a medium through which to secure your fame and fortune , even those publications for whom discovering new talent is an important role are n't the force they were . |
| 19 | I mean these are n't the norm' , I do n't know what the norm is and this is the trouble . |
| 20 | ‘ I knew you were n't the composing machine they say you are . ’ |
| 21 | They were n't the kind of people who could get themselves together and organized , it was a more and more the bottom end of the scale and people who were actually erm you know , really powerless in many ways . |
| 22 | I knew you were n't the kind of woman I could conveniently disregard , as I 'd disregarded Celeste , and I certainly did n't want to become entangled with my team-mate 's girlfriend — ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I respected you and I knew you were n't the kind of girl who slept around . |
| 24 | There is no doubt that Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Sequoia Systems Inc has all its marbles in the right place when it comes to designing and building fault-tolerant Unix systems — it would n't be an important partner of Hewlett-Packard Co if that were n't the case , but it still needs to get its act together on the marketing and finance side . |
| 25 | It were n't the way everyone said an ’ thought it was , you see , not by a long chalk . |
| 26 | People did n't want it , were n't the money about , investments I suppose . |
| 27 | This Mr Deputy Speaker , could easily have been accommodation had the bill been brought to the house just seven weeks earlier than it actually was brought to the house , seven weeks were n't the problem . |
| 28 | that were n't the impression that I got . |
| 29 | It was in the summer holidays and Matthew was going to start school , so he he 's just had his fourth birthday just had his fourth birthday when he moved in here , the twins that were coming up to their second yeah Matthew like , like Gemma , Gemma yeah and by the time I knew you that were n't the summer after |
| 30 | A High Court judge has ruled that her injuries were n't the result of negligence . |