Example sentences of "but there [be] [not/n't] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But there is n't really any choice , ’ said Fenella , firmly , and turned to the ornate silver door at the far end of the room . |
| 2 | There may be badly thought out things , but there is not just clumsy stuff , but there is also is n't any wild card . |
| 3 | But there is not too much to cheer about . |
| 4 | It would be nice to know whether females with high quality mates do indeed succeed in rearing more young than those with low quality mates ; they ought to , but there are n't yet enough data to be sure . |
| 5 | Erm , by hangers-on I mean that there are all the Dukes and the Viscounts and whatever else there is and that whole strata in society , which , I think is English society , erm I mean I know that there are Dukes in Scotland but there are n't so many , and I mean they own quite a lot and I think that it 's impossible to have a classless society because the monarchy perpetuate class divisions . |
| 6 | Right , these are nearly ready now , but there are n't that many actually but just leave . |
| 7 | There are of course exceptions of those who are neither councillors nor magistrates er and are prepared to do these jobs , but there are n't very many in relation to er the numbers of people that would be required for this sort of task and there are many other activities for which there are required , like school governors who like helping on various health bodies and er they have n't got the time to do them all , and if they have , they probably are n't suitable , because I have to my Lords that a lord of people who volunteer for these sorts of tasks and I have experience of them are n't people that locally we would like to have sitting on these various bodies and we have to discourage them one way and another . |
| 8 | ‘ Howard Wilkinson is a very good manager and a fine tactician but there are n't too many ways of stopping Durrant . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But there are not enough light trucks . |
| 10 | Look at at one time the and you had er well you 've got Johnnie Walkers but there are not as many works in that either . |
| 11 | I grew up with gangs , we 've had gangs in South Central LA since the beginning , but there was not as many people killing each other . ’ |
| 12 | The Grail Castle was not entirely in darkness when Grainne slipped out of her room and closed the door carefully , but there was not very much light . |
| 13 | The green dress was too long ; she was almost as tall as Alice now , but there was n't so much of her to fill it out . |
| 14 | Mhm but there was n't very many . |
| 15 | But there was n't very much choice in the styles was there ? |
| 16 | Emergency crews and supplies were flooding into Petrolia but there were n't too many customers . |
| 17 | I think there were sufficient but there were n't too many . |