Example sentences of "[adv] is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suspect that the rejection of the £7m offer by the All England Club for the land of the Wimbledon Sports Club opposite is not by any means the end of the story . |
| 2 | The picture shown opposite is not a particularly small miniature — you can make really beautiful pictures using a frame as small as 2.5cm ( 1in ) in diameter . |
| 3 | To do better is not easy — but it is possible . |
| 4 | Therefore a person who kills while driving carelessly is not guilty of this form of manslaughter , but may be guilty of reckless manslaughter . |
| 5 | Learning plays a minor role in communicating and apparently is not itself affected by it . |
| 6 | But that apparently is not the case . ’ |
| 7 | A combination to compel the plaintiff to pay a debt is apparently unlawful , but where the object is to punish him it is necessary to distinguish between mere vindictive vengeance , which is unlawful , and the purpose of deterring others from similarly offending , which apparently is not . |
| 8 | Thus it should be obvious ( but apparently is not ! ) that a single kinship category word such as father can never denote an isolated individual . |
| 9 | The reason they swim together is not fully understood , but the tuna are believed to stay close to the dolphins to take advantage of their superior food-finding talents . |
| 10 | Actually , the way helical molecules pack together is not of great interest because their structures are too rigidly determined and unyielding . |
| 11 | The numbers of such birds shot annually is not known , but evidence that these introductions have increased the breeding or wintering stock is lacking . |
| 12 | For this reason the list below is not complete , and we apologise to those who attended but whose names we failed to record . |
| 13 | Luckily the office below is not used as they have produced quite a smelly mess with droppings and remains of prey falling out from the ceiling ! |
| 14 | A mix of flats with a function room below is not ideal . |
| 15 | Whether their attitudes derive partly from the emphasis given to reading aloud is not proven . |
| 16 | More fertilizer might mean more grain ( and more carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide to add to the greenhouse effect ) , but there obviously comes a point where more fertilizer does not mean a bigger yield or perhaps is not justified on cost grounds , particularly when grain prices are low , as they were for part of the 1980s . |
| 17 | It ought to be self-evident , but perhaps is not , that schools differ sharply from each other , as do colleges . |
| 18 | A more relevant question perhaps is not HOW the consultative process works but whether any notice is taken ! |
| 19 | And perhaps er what has come out that perhaps is not reflected either in my initial statement or in the summary is this point about maximizing the benefits of the relief roads er through complementary measures within the urban area . |
| 20 | The human cost of raising large sums for Christian Aid is itself large , but perhaps is not generally known . |
| 21 | As mentioned above , at the mouth of the river Ems , coalification obviously is not yet in equilibrium with the present depths and rock temperatures , it is still going on . |
| 22 | The conclusion is , apparently , that a residency requirement is still acceptable as a criterion for granting subsidies , while a nationality requirement obviously is not . |
| 23 | Thus the statement " The concept lion is not empty " obviously is not likely to convey the desired information unless it is already clear from the context , or is otherwise indicated , that what is being talked about are actual and not merely imagined or fantasized lions . |
| 24 | Now the quality obviously is not as good as either the flat or fully-fashioned and that 's why the Americans have a reputation for not but that 's the reason , productivity . |
| 25 | It is not a question whether it is a separate country — it obviously is not . |
| 26 | Er Chairman , yes , if I may just make a couple of , of , of , of , of , comments on , on , on the report side , I , I very much welcome the report back which I think has clarified a number of areas in the inspector 's report and what the services are actually , actually are doing about this one , I think er overall it 's er it , it , it 's , it 's very , it 's very er it 's very er very useful to see er what has been done erm I , I , I , I , I 've been assured by the Chief Officer er on item , item er , item three one at the top of page two , that the operational plans being devolved to individual sch will not apply to operational activity , they will be er to separate activity within the s er sch station , erm I did raise that because I was concerned about one station saying yes we will attend the fire and another one saying we wo n't , which obviously is not appropriate er but with that caveat I , I , I , very much welcome the report , I would like to move the proposals sch standing in , in , in , in , in my name that we commend the report as well as er er what 's on the officer 's erm er , er , er recomen er the re the recommended er resolution and that we send a copy of that , this |
| 27 | Reform is popular with middle-class liberals , though Mr Smith personally is not persuaded of the case for it . |
| 28 | In simple terms , sponsorship of the Universities ' Athletic Union rugby championship alone is not acceptable to the UAU 's hierarchy , who seek money for all student sporting activities and are looking for something in the region of £100,000 to spread around . |
| 29 | However brain size alone is not an absolute indication of intelligence - elephants , for example , have brains four times the size of our own . |
| 30 | More importantly , however , the model alone is not sufficient , for it must be placed in the context both of the individual social work team and of the local authority department as a whole ( Hill , 1980 ) . |