Example sentences of "i [vb base] that it [be] not " in BNC.

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1 I regret that it is not possible to provide any further information on this matter at present , and hope that this information will be of assistance to you .
2 I regret that it is not possible separately to identify the money devoted to the range of conditions associated with the menopause from the £225 million spent on medical research last year .
3 I regret that it is not possible to provide that information in the form requested .
4 I repeat that it is not , and never has been , our policy to encourage local authorities or education authorities to promote homosexuality ...
5 I mean that it is not really government run er .
6 I have n't had a period for over a year , and although sometimes I think to myself ‘ I 'm all right really ’ , then I remember I have n't got my periods back and I realise that it 's not as simple as it seems .
7 I realise that it 's not only an illness , I suppose , but it 's quite selfish in a way .
8 ‘ I speak on behalf of the Labour Party when I say that it is not , and never has been , the duty or responsibility of either a local or education authority to promote homosexuality ...
9 I suggest that it is not a matter which a man wishes his employer to know about . ’
10 I hope that it is not too perfunctory a way of dealing with this interesting point to say that in my opinion it is comprehensively answered by the judgments in Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd. v. Maxwell [ 1992 ] 2 W.L.R. 991 which Mr. Rawley , for the defendants , brought to your Lordships ' attention .
11 I hope that it is not too late to provide this .
12 I hope that it is not because the hon. Gentleman has not been called at business questions .
13 I confirm that it is not our intention to widen the M25 outside its present curtilage .
14 I accept that it was not mandatory upon the judge to require that the mother be given notice of the foster mother 's application , but he knew in general terms from the evidence before him that the mother had maintained an active interest in the children and that she was unhappy about the children 's placement with the foster mother .
15 Bill : I know that it is n't always possible but the idea is not only not to feel guilty if you do , but to feel quite happy about it and about your lover/lovers doing it too .
16 But now , she thought , I know that it is not so .
17 Since I know that it is not , then my use of it is a bit of rhetoric .
18 Therefore I know that it is not a matter of you using good sense in rejecting advances from young men because you would soon be parted from them .
19 I know that it is not always easy to maintain enthusiasm and commitment in the midst of a severe recession with the inevitable consequences of financial restraint , colleagues being made redundant , and this year , losses at Group level .
20 GLP is clearly a good approach for some R & D laboratory functions ; however , I believe that it is not the same as TQM .
21 I experienced it on one or two occasions and I feel that it is not the way to proceed .
22 I agree that it 's not a particularly easy life for most people to support .
23 If I recall rightly I think that it 's not that long ago that the licence was transferred to the present holder .
24 I think that it 's not just the policy , I think it 's the whole of society 's attitudes , because children learn what they are by how people see them , and if they 're in a society that says you 're in an unusual situation , if you 're not with two parents then somehow your situation is n't right and we condemn it !
25 I think that it is n't a general skill it at needs to be commented on , I think that it needs to commented on I think that it ought to be commented on in the comment box .
26 It would be arrogant to suggest that the West no longer tells the story , but I think that it is not untrue to say that the Devil is not as central to that story as he was .
27 But without an escapement I think that it is not possible to stop a piano jangling or echoing .
28 They 're just pure-intellect machines , as well all know , but I swear that it 's not out of humanizing sentiment that we give them female names and pronouns .
29 ‘ We are , ’ he insisted , his grip on her wrist tightening , ‘ and I wish that it were n't happening — ’
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