Example sentences of "certainly [not/n't] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this stage , as Kristeva implies , an interest in , even a fascination with sex difference is very much a fact of our lives ; and it is certainly not a neutral fact . |
| 2 | Not everything in it is stupid , but there 's no point to the exhibition and there 's certainly not a new spirit being displayed there . |
| 3 | Hoover , himself , certainly not a callous man , considered that it would be fatal for the Federal government to take over in the field of relief , which was properly the concern of state and local governments with help from private charity . |
| 4 | I 've got a whole list of funny errors , some a bit too near the bone to repeat on the air , but they 're extremely funny , and it 's certainly not a good way of getting your application noticed by misspelling . |
| 5 | It is certainly not a good idea to arrive hoping to fill a basket , or even a hand ( unless you know an employee ) with greenhouse fruit . |
| 6 | It 's certainly not a foregone conclusion . |
| 7 | ‘ And she 's certainly not a tiny tot . ’ |
| 8 | This is certainly not a mainstream industry practice and the instances where this has occurred have largely proved to be cases of cleverly couched extortion . |
| 9 | Helping a client towards independence , however , is certainly not a short-term solution to shortening interviews . |
| 10 | The Liberal Democrats may have wasted their money on the personality cult of Paddy Ashdown , but he is certainly not a negative factor as far as the forgiving women of Richmond are concerned . |
| 11 | The National Curriculum is certainly not a complete curriculum , it stated : the whole curriculum must include for all pupils ( and in some cases at all stages ) areas of learning which , though not separately identified , are nonetheless ‘ clearly required ’ . |
| 12 | Thus although it is true to say more Blacks chose to be committed to the Crown Court for trial this was certainly not a complete explanation of the difference , as magistrates also committed more cases . |
| 13 | Dave 's verdict : certainly not a technical tent with high tech fabrics , but a great tent for someone who wants a reasonably priced geodesic dome with good internal space for campsite camping . |
| 14 | Certainly not a literal mountain . |
| 15 | British imperialism in Ireland , whilst an erratically popular issue for the left , albeit as a practice ground for the more exciting nationalist struggles further afield , was certainly not a serious issue for concerned English feminists . |
| 16 | Certainly Conchis had n't got the petty-bourgeois gentility and the woolly vocabulary I associated with séance -holders ; but he was equally certainly not a normal man . |
| 17 | Certainly not a dumb patriot . |
| 18 | Looking after children is certainly not a joint commitment — you 're more likely to garden together than share responsibilities for the children ! |
| 19 | This is a necessary condition for a reductionist view of the mind but , particularly given the absence of any effective demonstration of a causal connection between the mental and the neural , it is certainly not a sufficient condition . |
| 20 | And it 's not big brother certainly not a big brother attitude it 's just they 're there to help you . |
| 21 | Certainly not a considerable number of ladies , according to hot gossip and well informed rumour . |
| 22 | VAT is certainly not a glamorous subject and it is easy for those dealing with it to be cynical about it . |
| 23 | She 's certainly not a faddy eater ! |
| 24 | If it 's not a hot potato it 's certainly not a cold potato |
| 25 | Few men go to birth control clinics , although the Brook Advisory Clinics have reported a slight increase , and contraception is certainly not a salient feature in men 's magazines , where sex never seems to bring such consequences as birth and fatherhood . |
| 26 | A spokesman said that although there was a hard core of users it was certainly not a mass medium . |
| 27 | Not a light in any of the lounges or offices , not a soul , certainly not a British Committee one , who looks like a welcoming committee . |
| 28 | While this is theoretically conceivable , every writer who has recently examined the problem has considered that in nature it must be a very rare event and certainly not a common factor in the evolution of animal traits . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm certainly not a natural freelancer . |
| 30 | And certainly not a Greek code-cracker . |