Example sentences of "there is [not/n't] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watt was not alone as an engineer and canal-builder , and his work laid the foundations of the industrial north of England , together with Thomas Telford of Dumfriesshire , greatest of the early civil engineers , William Symington , who designed and built the first steamship in the world as well as giving poet Robert Burns a rough ride during its promotional voyage on Dalswinton Loch , Henry Bell and his Comet , Nasmyth , there is nae doot that the Scots have a very special genius . |
| 2 | ‘ There is nae doot — and you know it , ’ said Alec , not unkindly . |
| 3 | There is not evidence that diet plays any part in acne . |
| 4 | There is not evidence of a systematic decrease in nutrients in the region . |
| 5 | For somewhat different reasons in each case , there is not entailment between I chose the first rose on the list and I chose the first flower on the list , nor between Mary was disappointed to receive a rose and Mary was disappointed to receive a flower ( perhaps she was expecting an orchid ? ) . |
| 6 | Especially if , as in recent years , there is not boss or patron of the peloton to keep the pace down , to stamp down the rebels and thus avoid unnecessary and strength-sapping chases . |
| 7 | But there is not excuse for those who confuse ‘ England ’ ( nation ) with ‘ Britain ’ ( the multi-national state ) . |
| 8 | As Lefbvre ( 1976 ) has put it , there is not reproduction of social relations without a production of social relations . |
| 9 | There is not space to enumerate all his works which arose from such associations , but The Battle of Tewkesbury for voices and instrumental ensemble for the 1971 Tewkesbury Festival and Henry Purcell for counter-tenor , clarino obbligato and strings for Alfred Deller and Stour Music ( 1971 ) , the Jubilate for Charlton Kings Choral Society ( 1979 ) , the Scherzo for piano and orchestra for Douglas Smith and the Cheltenham Sunday Players , the moving Concerto for trumpet and strings in memory of Bernard Brown ( 1976 ) , and the Cantate Domino in memory of John Clough ( 1978 ) are all interesting examples that deserve to be heard again . |
| 10 | One of the implications of the argument , which there is not space to develop here , is the suggestive qualification which is offered to that familiar figure of cinematic theory , the Symbolic Father — Nom du Père , figure of the Law , administrator of knowledge and prohibition — by the determining centrality for television of the concepts of flow and nourishment and their symbolic association with the providing , mediating Mother . |
| 11 | Good practice in topic work is complex and there is not space to describe it in detail here . |
| 12 | There is not space here to delve deeper into the reasons for the unusual profile of the Indian prison population as described above . |
| 13 | There is not space here to outline a full manifesto ( see Bornatt et al . , |
| 14 | There is not space to discuss here even briefly the many controversial issues raised in the literature on corporatism , but in so far as territorial politics are concerned , it must be observed that even if there was or is a trend towards greater centralisation of political representation , this does not at all mean that there might not also be a functional deconcentration towards the periphery in specific cases . |
| 15 | There is not space here to discuss the story grammar approach in detail , and readers who are interested in this topic are advised to read the recent reviews of this and alternative approaches contained in Brown and Yule ( 1983 : Chapter 3 ) and Johnson-Laird ( 1983 : Chapter 14 ) . |
| 16 | Extensive theory exists on the evaluation of indexes and indexing , but regrettably there is not space to treat this topic at any length here . |
| 17 | Above all , there is not space to discuss the many exceptions to the above rules . |
| 18 | There is not space here to give a detailed account of all religions , nor is it the purpose of this text to do this . |
| 19 | Although the legal framework exists , there is not supervision of actual operations , the report says . |
| 20 | Senna , on around £10 million a year , is at the top of the driver 's pay league , while at the other end there is not shortage of hustlers , pulling sponsorship deals of their own to buy seats with less wealthy teams . |
| 21 | This is a very eroded descent but unfortunately there is not way of avoiding it . |
| 22 | In the case of alcoholic liver disease , this may be logistically impossible , since even if biopsy specimens could be obtained from alcoholics with normal liver blood tests to ensure the absence of occult disease , there is not way of predicing whether these patients will develop disease at a later date . |
| 23 | You might be able to have half a bicycle if you share it with somebody else , but there is not way of having a thirtieth of a bicycles . |
| 24 | There is not doubt at all that smoking can seriously damage your health . |
| 25 | There is not doubt that certain classes of drug can increase aggression , sharpen awareness and dull the pain arising from injuries , but they are all banned . |
| 26 | There is not doubt that the behaviour of the police and the courts , as well as the wider public , will be influenced by their image of female crime . |
| 27 | There is not doubt at all that smoking can seriously damage your health . |
| 28 | Sometimes there is not opportunity to do that work immediately , even though one knows where to look for more information . |
| 29 | It usually follows that a large corporation has a high credit status , in which case there is not problem . |
| 30 | You have to mean it and then they know there is not argument . |