Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] it [be] not [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | differentiate its broad product range in some way so that it is not competing directly with lower-cost products , or |
| 2 | And she 's elevated the bowl so that it 's not hurting her back but generally this ar this function is very hard on the wrists and on the back . |
| 3 | So if it 's not causing me any symptoms I should ? |
| 4 | There be stalls outside if it 's not raining , if it rains then they have them indoors . |
| 5 | I think I now know sooner if it 's not going to be any good , you know . |
| 6 | Take that one off and throw it away cos it 's not gon na stay on . |
| 7 | If the weather 's all right and it 's not raining or nothing , I usually go to the garden to help Mr Frost . |
| 8 | With an elephant you can kick it till the cows come home but it 's not going to worry about it . |
| 9 | Well erm , well probably because it 's not going to benefit the person . |
| 10 | So , the fact that who works in the green grocers is just a bit of additional information , it 's not necessary for the the main part of the sentence , you can take it out and it 's not going to take , make any difference to the construction or the meaning of the sentence , it 's a bit of additional information . |
| 11 | In these circumstances soil erosion is potentially of utmost importance to the livelihood of these vulnerable people , even if it is not happening at present . |
| 12 | Johansson is driving the race of his life and he knows he is in charge of the championship , even if it 's not going to be his . |
| 13 | Secondly , even if it were not missing , manual manipulation of large numbers of records is a very time consuming task , and hardly one that the recruitment team will have time to do during busy periods . |
| 14 | He thought he had better leave the pistol where it was ; it was much too heavy to carry around if it was not going to work . |
| 15 | It is possible to have a system in which ‘ workload related budgets concerning financial and manpower allocations , etc but it is not going to be ‘ unsophisticated ’ . |
| 16 | No two candidates will respond to questions in exactly the same way so you must keep a fair amount of flexibility in your approach — it would be wrong to stop a candidate from following up an interesting and potentially revealing answer simply because it is not coming at the designated point in your schedule . |
| 17 | Unless detected at an early stage weight loss is an inevitable result of pancreatic insufficiency , but before this becomes apparent the dog 's appetite will have increased , simply because it is not absorbing enough nutrients . |
| 18 | Then if it 's not going to be taken up on one of those five years , you have to leave that payment , you lose it . |