Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [conj] it [is] [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 Well once they 've got the valuations in and switches and it 's not till June
2 The latter may not realise in a coherent way what is afoot , but it knows that the duty of a government is to provide law and order and senses that it is not deploying its resources to do so .
3 Inevitably there are times and places when it is not possible to have a proper discussion on AIDS .
4 In any French town of any size at all we find perhaps three or four rival charcutiers displaying trays of shining olives , black and green , large and small , pickled gherkins , capers , home-made mayonnaise grated carrot salad , shredded celeriac in rémoulade sauce , several sorts of tomato salad , sweet-sour onions , champignons à la Grecque , ox or pig 's muzzle finely sliced and dressed with a vinaigrette sauce and fresh parsley , a salad of mussels , another of cervelas sausage ; several kinds of pork pâté ; sausages for grilling , sausages for boiling , sausages for hors-d'oeuvre , flat sausages called cré pinettes for baking or frying , salt pork to enrich stews and soups and vegetable dishes , pigs ' trotters ready cooked and breadcrumbed , so that all you need to do is to take them home and grill them ; cooked ham , raw ham , a galantine of tongue , cold pork and veal roasts , boned stuffed ducks and chickens So it is n't difficult for the housewife in a hurry to buy a little selection , however modest , of these things from the charcuterie , and plus her own imagination and something she has perhaps already in the larder to serve an appetizing and fresh little mixed hors-d'oeuvre .
5 There is a considerable number of textbooks which provide a run-through of positivist research findings and theories and it is not the intention to attempt yet another one here .
6 There are enormous pressures on the time of the Administration and Commons and it is not always possible to give to Bills the leisured consideration desirable for good drafting and effective debate .
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