Example sentences of "[is] not [adv] " in BNC.

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1 From this perspective the previously existing moral order is not seen as being wholly positive , and consequently its destruction — for both the conservative- and liberal-historians identify such a process-is not necessarily perceived as being problematic .
2 He IS good at one on ones , but that s not enough .
3 He s not actually signed yet … so this may be all a bit premature .
4 As a confirmed anti-wilkoite I may agree with his sentiments on lack of flair , but that s not really the point is it ?
5 Well , I think he was good player — but playing in that Liverpool side was nt difficult , and he s not really played for any other side so its hard to tell exactly how good he is .
6 Im not saying Mel is fast — he ai nt … but he s not as slow as he looks ( he played right wing for Sheff Wed — the same size ) .
7 Speed was a little disappointing — he s not quite shaken off pre season yet .
8 Which latter is not however to say that ‘ correct thinking ’ overturns society .
9 The idea of an ‘ internal world ’ is not however new in ethology ; it was indeed a prime preoccupation of one of its key founding fathers , Jacob von Uexküll , who through studies of the perceptual apparatus of a variety of species deduced the nature of the experiential worlds to which they gave rise .
10 To condemn this analysis as sexist is not however exact .
11 The form of class consciousness is not however available to historical subjects , such as the members of a class , but has to be derived from an analysis of the totality .
12 The innkeeper is not however , entitled to detain the guest .
13 The outlook is not however as rosy as it might seem .
14 To believe that people have been sensible of God in other ages is not however to accept what I may call the ‘ vehicle ’ of the Christian myth which has carried their religious sensibilities .
15 It is in the fact that this is not however orthodoxy that our hope lies .
16 This position is not however supported by State practice .
17 It is not however mere history .
18 The court is not however powerless to regulate its own proceedings in this area .
19 It is not however necessary to decide the point in the present case , and in any event cases of this kind are generally the subject of statutory régimes which legislate for the circumstances in which money so paid either must or may be repaid .
20 The maximisation of social wealth is not however the same thing as the maximisation of total or average welfare .
21 This is not however mainly due to migration , as in the case of population , or to neo-classical location theories , but according to Fothergill and Gudgin ( 1979 ; 1982 ) , the main process differentiating urban and rural areas is no longer structural variation , but appears to arise primarily from indigenous performance , i.e. from different growth among similar firms in different areas , rather than from the movement of firms or changes in industrial structure .
22 It is not however so well suited to an intensive , detailed study of spoken language .
23 The related business person 's turnover will be under the current registration threshold if ( broadly ) it is not over £36,600 in any of the last 12 calendar months and is not reasonably expected to exceed that amount in the next 30 days from any time ( VAT Act 1983 , Sch 1 , para 1(1) ) .
24 Section 11(1) of the Act requires advance written notice to be given to the police of any public procession ‘ intended ’ to demonstrate support for or opposition to the views or actions of a person or body , which is being held to publicise a cause or to mark or commemorate an event ‘ unless it is not reasonably practicable to give any advance notice of the procession . ’
25 ‘ where the matter consists of or is contained in a fair and accurate report of proceedings publicly heard before a court or tribunal exercising judicial authority , provided the report is published contemporaneously with those proceedings or , if it is not reasonably practicable or would be unlawful to publish a report of them contemporaneously , is published as soon as publication is reasonably practicable and lawful . ’
26 This expression has been widely interpreted by the courts as meaning anyone responsible for putting into circulation a product which is not reasonably safe .
27 10 In determining for the purposes of this Act whether a house is unfit for human habitation , regard shall be had to its condition in respect of the following matters — repair , stability , freedom from damp , internal arrangement , natural lighting , ventilation , water supply , drainage and sanitary conveniences , facilities for preparation and cooking of food and for the disposal of waste water ; and the house shall be regarded as unfit for human habitation if , and only if , it is so far defective in one or more of those matters that it is not reasonably suitable for occupation in that condition .
28 Liability of an effective supplier is envisaged under s2(3) as follows : ( 3 ) Subject , as aforesaid , where any damage is caused wholly or partly by a defect in a product , any person who supplied the product ( whether to the person who suffered the damage , to the producer of any product in which the product in question is comprised or to any other person ) shall be liable for the damage if ( a ) the person who suffered the damage requests the supplier to identify one or more of the persons ( whether still in existence or not ) to whom subsection ( 2 ) above applies in relation to the product ; ( b ) that request is made within a reasonable period after the damage occurs and at a time when it is not reasonably practicable for the person making the request to identify all those persons ; and ( c ) the supplier fails , within a reasonable period after receiving the request , either to comply with the request or to identify the person who supplied the product to him .
29 Loss or damage caused by accidents is not generally included , though you may be able to claim under some other section .
30 It is not generally realised what a tiny percentage of our current dollar bill would be sufficient to buy another 100,000 houses ' worth of dollar timber .
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