Example sentences of "[is] not [adj] [coord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Some seepages can be sampled if there is a noticeable flow , but many are so insubstantial in quantity that sampling is not possible and it becomes difficult to talk of a ‘ discharge ’ .
2 This is not uncommon and it has occurred with many of the privatization issues in the equity market .
3 This suggestion is not implausible but it remains to specify the mechanism by which the content of a memory might act to determine its retrievability .
4 To try to predict the state of the market in five years time is not easy but it seems likely that the products will be more integrated , have a degree of artificial intelligence to provide unskilled operators with advice on how to compose the pages and support colour both through local printing systems and via links to professional equipment .
5 You realise that this world is not easy and you have to fight if you want to survive in it , like all the way , non-stop .
6 With an room occupancy rate of just 26.5pc , Mr Davies claims the hotel , opened just two-and-a-half years ago , is not profitable and he needs to find another use .
7 That 's right , but first you have to elect a party to power for which bloodsport , and particularly hunting , is not sacrosanct and which represents more truly than at present the wishes of the people it governs .
8 Data on admission to hospital is not comprehensive but they suggest that admission rates rise with declining social class .
9 It is not perfect but I have no time to edit it further .
10 My brother is not well and I feel I must stay at home .
11 That is not sensible and I seek to move the Community in the appropriate direction .
12 Well I 'm sure the writing out of the agenda is , I , I 'm not just saying it , the agenda is not difficult and I do everything I can and I will write any letters you want .
13 ( " he is not old but he suffers terribly from gout " ) .
14 unnamed that is not true and I do agree with Mr that when we make a decision to close some homes that they should be named to avoid the terrible indecision which exists at the moment .
15 It is not wrong and I understand that next week we shall have the opportunity to debate the correctness of what I have said .
16 Applicants whose native language is not English and who do not hold a recognized qualification in English will be required to provide evidence that they are sufficiently competent in the use of the English language .
17 Applicants whose native language is not English and who do not hold a recognized qualification in English will be required to provide evidence that they are sufficiently competent in the use of the English language .
18 This is not acceptable and we believe that increasing the charge to non-Barclays customers will discourage them from using Barclays branches and leave our counters available from our own customers . ’
19 scale is not linear and it puts enormous weight on being alive and not much on whether you are active or working .
20 Whether the less common B II state actually exists in solution is not clear and it has been suggested that its appearance may be linked to crystal packing effects ( 3–5 ) .
21 I ca n't worry my husband because he 's not well and I do n't want him to think I 'd make any difference .
22 I should n't talk about him cos that 's not nice and he said , I said to him .
23 It 's not dangerous but she loses power .
24 It 's not right and I have to lie for him !
25 ‘ I know it 's not possible but it 's happened , ’ he said angrily .
26 I have my doubts but Morgan maintained : ‘ It 's not insurmountable but we have to work very hard . ’
27 It 's not scientific but I felt like it .
28 It 's not bad but he do n't use them till they 've run out he just uses them and leaves them laying about and come and takes some more .
29 and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ?
30 Still , the ale 's not bad and I thought there might be a chance of a blow . ’
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