Example sentences of "it [be] [not/n't] [adj] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ca n't afford to expend too much energy on a prey it 's not certain of catching . |
| 2 | It does n't it 's not good for building up relationships . |
| 3 | It 's not ready for rigging yet is it ? |
| 4 | A ‘ Unfortunately , whilst you can use this ‘ guestimating ’ method for the neckband and certain staple double bed fabrics , it is not suitable for stocking stitch . |
| 5 | Surrounded on three sides by railway , it is not suitable for housing because of the large concentration of industry around that area . |
| 6 | My research documents the importance of participative management when change is involved even if it is not necessary for managing the routine . |
| 7 | Her Birmingham background is hinted at and if you can manage a Birmingham accent it might be useful , but it is not essential in finding the character . |
| 8 | It is not helpful in telling us why individuals are where they are , and it is unlikely to give us real clues about possible future developments . |
| 9 | For women in particular , this last effect is particularly important as , when the body is producing an excess of adrenalin , it is not capable of producing as much of the female hormones as is normally desirable . |
| 10 | Although it might appears that this unit could be used to copy into EEPROMS , this proved impractical with my own computer because it is not capable of providing the longer write pulses necessary ( typically about 10mS ) . |
| 11 | A Xerox machine is capable of copying its own blueprints , but it is not capable of springing spontaneously into existence . |
| 12 | Contrary to some opinion , however , it is not possible for grazing alone to convert extensive areas of pure heather moorlands to other non-ericaceous vegetation , grassland in particular . |
| 13 | It is not rude in pointing out that she sometimes fails to apply it , |
| 14 | It is not adequate for describing the task 's operators , nor does it suffice for description of the whole search space . |
| 15 | While Strathclyde records the highest numbers of the most serious offences , the survey highlights that it is not alone in suffering steep rises in violent crime . |
| 16 | ‘ Personally , I am disappointed that The Stock Exchange has indicated that it is not interested in following this route . ’ |
| 17 | Three — it is not afraid of dreaming ; of going into new methods , new concepts , new ways of reaching people . |
| 18 | It can reach a size of 200mm and although not usually aggressive towards other fish , it is not averse to eating any small fish it may come across during its night time forays . |
| 19 | It is not averse to eating any small fish it may come across during its night time forays . |
| 20 | This it manifestly does , but it is aware that it is not unique in doing so ( whence the many references to Tristam Shandy and Jacques le fataliste , archetypes of the novel that undermines its own stated project of telling a story ) . |
| 21 | What I 'm saying is that an L E A can supply that sort of service , can do it really well , really well , and it is n't available to opted out |
| 22 | And to this day I shall never be able to understand why so many of my generation , by the time they were in their teens , had a mouthful of dentures because it was not due to eating sweets . |
| 23 | Although the combined crucible technique works well with copper , it was not appropriate for casting the other heads since their alloys are rich in both zinc and lead which are very volatile . |
| 24 | It emphasised that it was not concerned with reading alone , arguing that reading is not a discrete skill that can be considered in isolation from general language development . |