Example sentences of "and [adv] [conj] it [be] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this conclusion nothing is explained ; all that is provided is a terminology ( the distinction between the body-as-it-is-for-me or body qua sensitive ; and the body-in-the-midst-of-the-world or body qua sensible ) which makes it possible to state the ‘ natural ’ answer unambiguously and so that it is not open to logical difficulties . |
| 2 | Partly because she was a bloody saint — I mean that — and partly because it was n't , really , so important to her . |
| 3 | I write that the paradox is apparent because there have been signs of the same phenomenon in England over the past few seasons — and also because it is not at all surprising when you come to think about it . |
| 4 | Or simply told the truth — told them there and now that it was n't Syl 's smile that repelled me but that I had an intuitive conviction that there was something unsound in him , something unwholesome by virtue of being undeveloped , something that would , sooner or later , cause me to turn on him with bitter cruelty as Nour had turned on me . |
| 5 | This tale might be apocryphal of course ( just get on with it — Ed ) , and even if it is n't , it wo n't work with your pocket money . |
| 6 | Your modest PC could well be overstretched , and even if it is n't , there 's a danger that the resource question will become more pressing as you become involved in the network . |
| 7 | He means that good is stronger than evil , and even if it is not , that makes no difference to him . |
| 8 | The quality of workmanship is what you 'd expect on an instrument costing just under thirteen hundred pounds and even if it was n't a limited edition I 'd still say it was worth the money . |
| 9 | And even if it was n't true it was n't her concern , was it ? |
| 10 | And even if it was n't too personal , did she really want him to know that some wee devil of tenderness pulled at her heart at the grey lines of weariness etched into his face ? |
| 11 | And even if it was not it allowed both sides an extra nine months in which to strengthen their positions . |
| 12 | As we have seen in the last chapter the surface of even the smoothest glass is infested with tiny invisible cracks and even if it were not , it soon would be when it had brushed against some other solid . |
| 13 | Most such acute psychiatric wards are now sited in district general hospitals ; and even though it is not essential for in-patient facilities of this type to be in the same place as other medical specialties , it is often helpful for elderly people , in particular , to be treated where specialist medical advice on physical illness and disability is readily available . |
| 14 | And in your Ks whenever you come across a word that starts with a K make sure you put it in your book and have a look at those occasionally so that you 're pretty sure you know all these K words and then if it is n't you say well okay got to be a C. |
| 15 | Systematic manipulation of information in films of the type used in Studies 2 , 3 and 4 , however , is not possible , firstly because of the difficulty in setting up appropriate driving situations for filming and secondly because it is not yet clear exactly which details are the important ones . |