Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where statistically significant differences do not exist is between high-achieving men and high-achieving women . |
| 2 | It is in my opinion axiomatic that a boundary which does not exist is ipso facto incapable of being re-aligned , but can only with ju justification be created de novo . |
| 3 | Analogously one might say " that the Earth is round is a fact " , " that Ruritania does not exist is a fact " . |
| 4 | For to say that entities of a certain sort do not exist is to say , in effect , that not a single entity in the world has the indicated property , or properties ; or , expressed differently , that the relevant concept can not be correctly applied to anything . |
| 5 | An impression has undoubtedly gained ground — which I do not think is fair to the Wolfenden Committee — that the Committee desired to legalise homosexual conduct . |
| 6 | So far as the issues of English law are concerned , it is , as Mr. Beazley fairly recognised , almost inevitable that these cases , in view of the very difficult legal problems and of the very large sums of money at stake , will , unless settled , proceed in the end , as did the Hazell case , to the highest court ; thus even if there was a prospect of irreconcilable decisions at first instance or on intermediate appeal , which I do not think is likely , the final arbiters in the House of Lords will be able to give one single decision which will be binding in both England and Scotland , and with no possibility of irreconcilability . |
| 7 | We may too readily have mocked the Tory ladies in their funny hats advocating primitive retribution , for what the socialist movement has not registered is that these ladies articulate a collective fear which women share . |
| 8 | The proposition that there are no laws which Parliament may not make is one which has been uttered frequently . |
| 9 | What we do not want is lessons laid down by law . |
| 10 | What we most certainly do not want is a dog with high fearlessness and high sharpness . |
| 11 | Whatever the advocates of student power do want — and it is not always clear — one thing they plainly do not want is access to their professors ' wives ( 1971 : 111 ) . |
| 12 | On savings , the one thing that we do not want is a return to the Labour Government 's policies of the 1970s . |
| 13 | To avoid considering these consequences on the grounds that they were not intended is not only to be blind to much human suffering , but also to accept the relative positions of intention compared with indifference on a common-sense hierarchy of immorality . |
| 14 | A covenant not to sue is not a release . |
| 15 | The most significant feature not explained is a tiny ( 43 arcsec ) component in the precession of the perihelion of the orbit of Mercury ( 532 arcsec per century ) . |
| 16 | What the hon. Gentleman does not answer is this question : by putting up — |
| 17 | That children should be seen and not heard is a notion with which Carol Blick wholeheartedly disagrees . |
| 18 | " Biased language " is language which favours one group of the population at the expense of another ; the group not favoured is then said to be marginalised or derogated . |
| 19 | They may be defended simply because in certain circumstances not helping is to be preferred to helping . |
| 20 | They form a special class where , in the circumstances of the case , not helping is hindering . |
| 21 | One fundamental product which we have not examined is clothing , essential for warmth and protection . |
| 22 | Democracy should embody the popular will — ; ‘ every law which the people has not ratified is null , void is in fact not a law . |
| 23 | One person I do not fancy is Luke Skywalker |
| 24 | The decision as to whether or not to proceed is always made by the originator , thus allowing for his or her growth . |
| 25 | What is often not realised is that many deserted settlements have interesting and largely unappreciated post-medieval remains as well , such as mansion sites . |
| 26 | What John Rennie does not consider is the buying power of the audience to the Royal . |
| 27 | The one sphere of crime that the Government will not consider is its underlying causes . |
| 28 | Not forgotten is the possibility that some mergers do not in the event prove successful so that expansion rapidly becomes contraction . |
| 29 | Similarly discretion not to prosecute is sometime based on grounds irrelevant to our purpose , e.g. that prosecution will cause widespread riots . |
| 30 | What we do not need is another socialist experiment starting next Thursday . |