Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [subord] it is [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Troll flesh can not regenerate when it is burned .
2 Burger smiled : ‘ But there will be very few who do not know if it is left to you , dear .
3 Do not wait until it is clogged with fish waste and debris and therefore only working at a fraction of its efficiency .
4 Milk distribution would work in the same way in that as long as the milk is put into the system at one point , it does not matter where it is taken out . ’
5 Sapphire , the Black woman who is light-skinned enough to pass for White is pregnant by her White fiance ’ , but again the child does not appear as it is annihilated along with its mother .
6 Once a suitable disinfectant is in use resistance will not occur if it is used correctly .
7 It should be noted however , that LIFESPAN RDBI will NOT terminate if it is applying indexes when the specified transfer time elapses .
8 When we turn to that most distinctive feature of cave organisms , regressive evolution , we can not decide whether it is caused by selection or genetic drift ; nor can we settle whether allozymic variation is due to selection or drift .
9 The system may not operate as it is expected to .
10 One of the cloaks is actually a Chameleoleech , but it wo n't attack unless it is touched — by an adventurer searching the cloaks , or trying to put it on , for example .
11 The computer , which of course does n't find it at all funny , needs to guess what it is , and needs to rely not just on sentence structure but also on general knowledge about heads , grenades and buckets of sand — general knowledge that computers do n't have unless it is built in to them .
12 ‘ It 's nearly as clever to let people think you do n't care as it is to let them think you 're silly .
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