Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [conj] it [is] not " in BNC.

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1 You will need to have your stake ready well before planting begins because it will have to be prepared properly if it is not to be a waste of time .
2 Is my back arched so that it is not fully in contact with the ground ?
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4 Since aspects of each can be understood better in the light of their absence , each may be noticed more when it is not there than when it is .
5 Unlike French polish , cold cure lacquers can be applied liberally and it is not necessary to use a good quality brush .
6 Just as zooming should be done only for a good reason , panning is also a camera move which should be used sparingly if it is not to become visually irritating .
7 what I 'm concerned about is put things down like that , er like that it encourages erm an appreciation of language skills that are bitty , partial , they can be pulled apart and it 's not the model of language teaching that I would like to promote .
8 My research documents the importance of participative management when change is involved even if it is not necessary for managing the routine .
9 A change in status may occur without a change of version ( since the text itself is unaltered ) , and represents an investment of editorial labour which should be recorded so that it is not needlessly repeated e.g. after database recovery due to media failure .
10 At the present stage of scientific development , it is surely sad that a healthy human fetus should be destroyed merely because it is not of the sex the mother prefers .
11 It may be interposed here that it is not the past event , the crime , which needs replication for the purpose of verification , but the investigation .
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