Example sentences of "he [is] not [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He is not Britain 's favourite jockey by default .
2 But he is not Daniel O'Donnell .
3 But he is not master of the weather that howls outside .
4 This man may have fought at Flodden but he is not King James .
5 He is not Joyce any more or any less than Stephen is , but Stephen can only fly by the nets of nationality , language , religion and artistic mediocrity because Bloom can not .
6 Fletcher added : ‘ I will be quite happy if anyone wants to go to Geoff for advice on a personal basis , but he is not part of the official coaching scheme . ’
7 He 's not an officer of the constitut he is n't a treasurer , he is n't secretary , he 's , he 's nothing as far the constituency 's concerned .
8 No he is n't Jane , but you ca n't really blame him , I 've gone on record , er it 's a case of repeating yourself , it 's not his fault ; the players when they 're out there on the pitch , they ca n't do it .
9 He is n't Walt Disney , no .
10 He did have a father — I mean , he is n't Jesus Christ .
11 Though I do n't know why you think he 's so important , now we 've discovered he is n't R. Just because he was Puddephat 's tutee , it does n't mean he knew him terribly well .
12 ‘ It does n't matter that he 's not perbene by birth .
13 That 's it , the trouble is he 's not enthusiasm cos you sort of like , if you like me you get all your hopes up you want
14 Ian Wright , Paul Merson and Anders Limpar are in his sights and he 's not afriad to take tough action to get Arsenal back on the winning track after successive defeats by Leeds and Manchester United .
15 He 's not Jesus Christ is he after all 's said and done , you know
16 Well he 's not piecework is he ?
17 He 's not land based you see all the time I think it 's if you 're land based .
18 When he 's not boxing , Michael of Sherburn Road , Durham looks after the needs of customers in the Riverside Club Restaurant and is a popular figure at the club .
19 He 's not Zeno . ’
20 He 's not Benny .
21 ‘ Surely , he 's not Kathleen McGuire , ’ he turns to face me .
22 Anyway , he has nothing to do with it , he 's not family .
23 ‘ But he 's not family , ’ Jenny said quietly .
24 ‘ Duncan — that 's her man — spends near all his time on the garden when he 's not fishing .
25 The fact that he 's not pin-up material like Bolton and does not quite have the same vocal dexterity as either Bolton or Richie probably has a significant bearing on his lack of success in Europe .
26 He 's not God , even if he thinks he is . ’
27 He 's not God the Father , is he ?
28 He 's not Robinson Crusoe , there are other old newspaper owners so he will say okay the government in Australia is doing what I like , therefore my newspapers or usually most of my newspapers , in fact one or two of them wo n't , will support that government and that government can be totally different one in the United States where in the Washington Post or you know in the New York Post or whatever will go and attack or support because he thinks it 's in the less interest that his commercial interest and the U S because he sees us doing the same thing there .
29 he 's not Yugoslavia is he ?
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