Example sentences of "this is [not/n't] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not coincidence . |
| 2 | It would seem to follow from the Committee 's proposals that this is not rape , but no other offence would cover the defendant 's conduct . |
| 3 | This is not biomorph space but real genetic space . |
| 4 | This is not satire , but there is an element of a joke . ’ |
| 5 | This is not construction . |
| 6 | This is not Quine 's conclusion . |
| 7 | Ellis declined to say how much the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club is being paid for the service , but this is not money which British racing is missing out on , as a contract , subject to review after three years , was drawn up with the Racecourse Association at the beginning of SIS transmission . |
| 8 | This is not storm and should not be dealt with as a storm damage claim . |
| 9 | The officers just take their advice , this is not accountability . |
| 10 | This is not paradise either . |
| 11 | When you act in the light of knowledge which is in your own self-interest or in the interests of your group or class , this is not bravery but absolute necessity . ’ |
| 12 | I say this is not cricket what ? |
| 13 | This is not criticism as it is necessary when writing local history to use previous writers . |
| 14 | But this is not evidence for an additional hereditary mechanism . |
| 15 | The authors argue that this is not evidence that their model is incorrect or inapplicable to treated cases , but that , to a certain extent , the factors which make women vulnerable to depression also make them less likely to receive psychiatric help . |
| 16 | But equally obviously this is not evidence for conscious design . |
| 17 | I 'm just wondering whether in fact every Saturday that you 've got , bearing in mind this is not flag days , this is in the street . |
| 18 | Maybe the reader 's first thought an experiment of my own showed that this is not misinterpretation in any simple sense . |
| 19 | And remember , this is not education , this is very fast cramming . |
| 20 | This is not proof , of course , that there was no reasonable expectation of trouble ; the late announcement of the ban , however , gave credence to the assumption that it had only been prompted by the Apprentice Boys march , and that the Government , as in Dungannon , was allowing a loyalist organisation to manipulate the situation so that an opposition demonstration would be banned . |
| 21 | This is not proof in itself that our ancestors were more intelligent than we are : it seems that the ability of a brain depends less on its size than on the extent of its complexity , as epitomized by the degree of crenulation ( folding ) on its exterior . |
| 22 | Even this is not proof against all errors . |
| 23 | Collectively , the population of Britain perform millions of acts every day during their waking hours , yet the net result of all this is not chaos and confusion , but a reasonable approximation of order : motorists drive on the left-hand side of the road , not on the right ; shoppers offer coins and banknotes , cheques and cheque cards in exchange for goods and services , not goats and chickens or nothing at all ; love-making takes place indoors in bedrooms , and not outside on the pavement . |
| 24 | Artistic director Michael Dray said : ‘ This is not theatre for the deaf but theatre of the deaf . |
| 25 | There is a persistent rumour that Mr Soros 's real interest in all this is not gold at all , but the bond markets . |
| 26 | This is not fiction , nor is it sorcery . |
| 27 | The other types of symbols are equally internalized by society 's members , and as this is not part of Freud 's theory , Parsons suggests modifications to it to incorporate these types of symbols also . |
| 28 | This is not part of the project plan but an aid to the project leader in creating one with an adequate safety margin . |
| 29 | ‘ This is not part of an anti-Labour campaign in any way , ’ she stressed . |
| 30 | Unfortunately this is not part of the National Health Service , and the parents will have to pay a fee . |