Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [adj] [verb] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Merton ( 1957 : 141 ) sees some corporate misbehaviour , ‘ it is not easy to say whether it is an instance of praiseworthy salesmanship or a penitentiary offence ’ . |
| 2 | Humber Manure is not easy to get because it has a strong smell and shopkeepers think it drives their customers away ! |
| 3 | When the overconstrained design problem is viewed in this way it is not surprising to find that it has led most of the thinking of CAD systems . |
| 4 | So — strictly speaking — it is not correct to say that it ‘ happened ’ in the seventeenth century and to leave it at that . |
| 5 | However , it is not true to say that it is dangerous to apply the opposite rudder in an incipient spin . |
| 6 | It is not sufficient to show that it is of less use to the owner in its present state than if developed . |
| 7 | That is not bad considering that it spends so much of its time pulling a boat around . |
| 8 | Hence , although acquaintance with ourselves seems probably to occur , it is not wise to assert that it undoubtedly does occur . |
| 9 | The example of the Delphic treasuries shows that it is not safe to assume that it is actually earlier in date , but it probably is so . |
| 10 | To change from Mozart to Shostakovich in seven or eight hours , travelling to different country to do so — it is n't absolutely needed , but it 's not easy to understand that it 's not needed . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , the program tries to be too many different things at once , and as a result it is n't easy to use as it claims and performs quite slowly . |