Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it [is] n't [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a relief to Jean to know that it is n't just the children after all . |
| 2 | Unwisely , he added : ‘ I 'm beginning to see that it is n't enough . ’ |
| 3 | People always think we ignore them when they 're waiting but it is n't really like that . |
| 4 | Bill : I know that it is n't always possible but the idea is not only not to feel guilty if you do , but to feel quite happy about it and about your lover/lovers doing it too . |
| 5 | They believe that it is possible for man , and that it is indeed his highest intellectual and emotional task , to survey his own being , to call into the forefront of his mind every attitude and habit of mind , of emotion , of passion and feeling , to penetrate down beneath these superficial layers , to deeper and deeper and ever more tranquil , untroubled generalized forms of the self , until eventually you come within sight of some inner absolutely undisturbed pool which every person has within himself , and which if he finds it removes him finally from the distracting passions of ordinary life , and with this rider , that in proportion as you get there and find this thing , this true self within yourself , you find that it is n't just something subjective and peculiar to you , it is something identical with the world , so that in solving your own problems in one sense , you do it by transcending your ordinary nature . |
| 6 | but just at the moment in P Way we feel that it is n't possibly going that way |
| 7 | There 's an assumption by some politicians that just because there is this immense change taking place in Eastern Europe , that this is victory for Western capitalism erm , I think there might be some of who might be a bit cautious about that victory and might believe that er there is still much that needs to be shared and understood and it is n't as simple as perhaps some political figures might suggest it could be . |
| 8 | But I also think that er the Community Charge as it is being brought in is probably being brought in too sharply which means that it is n't actually taking account of some of the marginal cases where people are going to face a very steep increase in Community Charge bill , er and the Community Charge itself is rather a blunt instrument . |
| 9 | The crew think this is pretty stupid of them but I wonder if it is n't fantastically mature . |
| 10 | The Open Spaces Soc-iety is overwhelmingly right in stressing that it is n't just feudal landlords who are the threat . |
| 11 | I know what you said but it is n't even dried yet . |
| 12 | She thought briefly of AIDS and added : ‘ For one thing , they 've learnt that it is n't very wise … but not because it 's immoral , Johnny . |