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

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1 The trouble is that that is not easily obtained .
2 Is he aware that that problem is made worse by a small hard core of young criminals who offend again and again , but that that is not always known to the justices ?
3 In many areas , belief in spiritist activities functions alongside participation in the Catholic Church , although this is not officially accepted .
4 In addition to , the customer of the firm 's " operator " activities would also seem to be the scheme itself , although this is not expressly stated .
5 But we need to make certain that this is not just playing with formulae ; it is all too easy to produce " underlying representations " which are compatible with surface data , but which do not come with compelling reasons , based on other observable data and not on mere rejigging of the representational system , for being chosen in preference to various other compatible representations .
6 It is important to note that this is not simply to do with naturalistic notions of ‘ emotional maturity ’ .
7 Stoddart uses a rate of rainwater solution of emerged reef limestones of 10–20 mm ( 0.4–0.8 in ) per 1000 years and suggests that this is not enough to destroy reefs in glacial periods , the last of which he reckons to have lasted 60 000 years .
8 A second dimension , to serve as the horizontal axis , is selected from the next highest scoring constructs provided that this is not highly correlated with the first choice .
9 At any rate from 1571 it might well have been very disadvantageous for anyone in the district to openly profess allegiance to the Popish ways and Roman Catholic miners well might have been driven underground — and that is not fully intended as a pun .
10 Firstly , why have teachers and students of language concentrated so exclusively upon the production of correct sentences if that is not enough to communicate ?
11 ‘ The emphasis for local papers is to produce the paper more cheaply than before and this is not easily done by firms that are self-financed in every respect , ’ said Mr Crichton .
12 The argue that the quality of management and of the business generally are at least as good as the other media majors and this is not yet reflected , according to them , in the price of the shares .
13 Equal opportunity legislation exists in most advanced countries but this is not yet reflected in equal pay rates .
14 A novel theory about the origin of oil suggests that it is actually a product of the earth 's core , and not of living organisms at all , but this is not widely accepted .
15 The UK operates a system of aids to joint investment schemes for forage groups ( under Article 11 of the LFA Directive ) through ‘ Food from Britain' and includes grant aid of 25% for certain machinery and 15% for tractors but this is not widely used in the UK .
16 It would be natural to assume that this attempt to create a rift between Offa and the papacy occurred before the visit of the legates in 786 and that the visit was part of a process of reconciliation , but this is not wholly justified for Hadrian 's letter could date to the late rather than the mid-780s , and reflect hostility to one or more of a number of Offa 's actions .
17 Among immature Pterygote insects , the gills of mayfly nymphs , the abdominal prolegs if Lepidopteran and Symphytan larvae , the terminal appendages of Trichopteran larvae and the gills of Sialoid larvae have all been regarded as true abdominal appendages ) Snodgrass , 1935 ) , but this is not satisfactorily established ( Pryor , 1951 ) .
18 But this is not enough says International Resource Development , which believes the figure should be more like $10 billion .
19 But this is not enough to deal with the multiple expressions and experiences of subjectivity .
20 But this is not only achieved by force , for there are also ‘ ideological state apparatuses ’ , such as the education system , religion and the family , which maintain the status quo in more subtle ways .
21 Prostitution also is not without danger , but this is not usually cited as an argument for making it illegal .
22 Let us assume that you have reached the point in your synspilums ' development where you are setting up their permanent breeding quarters , probably using a 60″ × 18″ × 18″ tank or larger ; you might just about scrape by with a 48″ , but this is not really recommended .
23 The ingredients are cheaper than solvents but this is not always reflected in the price of finished goods .
24 Dickson suggested a further stage , briefly dipping the stained slide or surface into Alizarin red solution alone , but this is not often needed and indeed may detract from the first stain .
25 But all is not yet lost for Michael McGimpsey , a 44-year-old building contractor , who may now seek nomination in another ward .
26 But all is not yet lost , because I have a plan . ’
27 This needs to be done skilfully , and is usually done by trained researchers , who are adept at getting people to talk and at avoiding asking leading questions — because that is not merely cheating , it will lead to you deluding yourself : in this type of interview people are only too eager to tell you what they think you want to know .
28 However , because this is not adequately related to the political ideals of the SI there is no analysis of the projected means ( theoretical or practical ) by which the sublation of art in the praxis of life might be achieved .
29 For that is not necessarily to say that the Consumers ' Movement 's treatment of production as incidental to its interests was , on a strategic view of the objectives of Co-operation , right .
30 In this chapter we shall examine a construction which has the basic value of providing a subordinate property to assist in identification of some entity when this is not fully achieved by the noun .
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