Example sentences of "[is] not [adj] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 It is perhaps not too hazardous to say , despite this , that our capability is such that there is not much else that we can do better .
2 Unfortunately if you do not know this there is not much else that you can know either , it seems .
3 Mu Cephei is only of the fifth magnitude ( at least , generally so ; it is somewhat variable ) , so that with the naked eye it is not impressive even though it is actually redder than Betelgeux .
4 If not , then it is not defective just because it is dangerous when used in that way .
5 It is not surprising therefore that they are a common target for mutagenesis in neoplasia .
6 Then the dream suddenly changes to nightmare when you hear voices say that they wo n't be able to look after your health because you 're not really worth it : that the treatment you need is not cheap enough so you 'll have to do without : that they would love to provide care for you in the community , but the price is n't right .
7 An assertion is not defamatory simply because it is untrue — it must lower the victim in the eyes of right-thinking citizens .
8 Uniformity in detail of practice is not desirable even if it were attainable .
9 Golding is not judgemental here as he does n't call them ‘ silly little boys ’ .
10 It is not clear however that it has been the stronger adversary which has done so , rather than a weaker party with its back to the wall .
11 It is not clear however whether it has a neuronal-specific regulatory role , because the data obtained in non neuronal cells were obtained by transient transfections in cells that do not show any hypersensitive sites in this region of the promoter of the endogenous NF-L gene .
12 Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did .
13 So it 's not long now as you say .
14 Well , if they really tried to do it again and they failed , there 's not much else that we could ask them to do is there ?
15 I think that 's not uncommon actually if you , when you get people who 've , who 've been away from the education system for a f a few years and I think it 's almost like mature students do have more anxiety than people who come straight from school generally speaking I think erm
16 ‘ Obviously it 's not good enough and I 'll decide over the next 48 hours what I am going to do .
17 Actually that 's not true either because I sent the P elevens to Steve and Matthew for his approval before we sent them off .
18 But you can understand It 's not excusable really but you can understand their impatience when people c consistently do n't tell them what they 're going to do .
19 He says : ‘ I know that 50 runs apiece for wickets is n't good enough and I am determined to get that figure down if I can . ’
20 He may be completely landless , or it may be that his plot is n't big enough and he has to spend part of his time , or part of his family has to spend part of their time , working for somebody else to get in some extra money or possibly renting land from somebody else .
21 ‘ He is n't fit now but he could be by Sunday , ’ added Wilkinson .
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