Example sentences of "are [not/n't] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An eleven foot rod may be too long in many instances and these are not the venues to lumber along loaded to the gunnels with tackle and bait . |
| 2 | Are not the problems of duodenal ulceration , for practical purposes , solved ? |
| 3 | However , these shareholders are not the persons generally meant when one speaks of membership of the clearing house . |
| 4 | They are not grey , dumpy and invisible , but real women who are not the products of the plastic surgeon 's skill . |
| 5 | Those are not the statistics of an industry in terminal decline . |
| 6 | Plastics are not the villain they are made out to be as regards the volume of waste . |
| 7 | Of course , not everyone lives in a nuclear family , and there are families where the costs are shared equally or nearly so , or where the housing tenure is held jointly by both partners , but they are not the norm . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , homosexual practices are not the norm in our society and one must , I think , regard them as deviation in this respect at least . |
| 9 | His fishhouse is not intended to be a shop — casual callers are not the norm — and the majority of his sales go to fellow fanatics at shows . |
| 10 | Secondly , and a slightly personal comment , one front- bencher was asked , er , about my comments in opposition to O M O V and in favour of trade union participation and he said John Edmunds is expressing his views , they are not the views of G M B members . |
| 11 | Mr Johnston said : ‘ Strict financial limits are not the way to deal with the problem and that is why the whole Government approach is wrong . ’ |
| 12 | These pictures are not the work of children but of highly skilled craftsmen , and the thin silhouette with the triangular torso and angled , linear arms is carefully planned to dominate but not to stand apart from the overall pattern . |
| 13 | Are not the Government missing an opportunity to be both good Europeans and good environmentalists at the same time ? |
| 14 | Are not the Government bungling the building of the new British library , with expensive delays and omissions ? |
| 15 | We are not the Government who have put 2 million people on the dole from our manufacturing industries in the past 10 years . |
| 16 | Worthy as such sentiments may be , they are not the stuff of powerful drama . |
| 17 | Concrete underpasses and plastic shopping precincts are not the stuff that dreams are made of . |
| 18 | So we must accept that the creatures we will encounter in the Scottish hills are not the stuff of big game hunters ' after-dinner bragging , but they are varied and thrilling in their discovery nonetheless . |
| 19 | As such it means that vigilante heroes , no matter how good , are not the stuff of which Christians are made . |
| 20 | Half a dozen uninspired shaggy dog school stories padded out with publicity photos are not the stuff of exciting pop journalism . |
| 21 | MIPS ' known design wins , including SNI , Sumitomo Electric Inc , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , Acer Group Inc and parent SGI , are not the stuff of massive volumes despite MIPS ' claims that Sony Corp and NEC Corp are racking up the numbers in Japan . |
| 22 | There are not the chances around these days as there were some years ago . |
| 23 | Housekeeping proteins are just as important to the cells as the luxury ones , but they are not the markers of cellular individuality and for development are less interesting .. |
| 24 | ‘ We are winning in the sense we are finding it easier for women to make progress in the organisation and they are not the exception any more . |
| 25 | Many illnesses are not the killers they once were . |
| 26 | However , in the professional world , little plastic boxes are not the order of the day , even though for everyday tuning needs they are more than adequate . |
| 27 | BOY racers are not the problem but the symptom . |
| 28 | For they are not the goal , but a means to something else , and any understanding of the religion concerned must acknowledge this . |
| 29 | You are not the user associated with the given Software Performance Report ( SPR ) or the username you have specified does not exist . |
| 30 | You are not the user associated with the given Software Status Report ( SSR ) or the username you have specified does not exist . |