Example sentences of "it [be] not [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I would just like to say that erm , it 's not all gloom and doom !
2 So really and truly I mean it 's not all nurses that are so stressed .
3 It 's not all rose and no thorns , I can assure you .
4 It 's not all sunshine and roses , Mrs Worthington , but as long as she has her eyes open , your daughter should give it a try .
5 But it 's not all death and destruction , there is the usual Williams sense of humour there .
6 ‘ We are still four points clear at the top , so it 's not all doom and gloom , though I suppose there will be more people saying we 've gone again now .
7 Silver added : ‘ We 've also got a 17,000 capacity stand under construction as part of plans to make Elland Road a 40,000 all-seater stadium , so it 's not all doom and gloom . ’
8 It 's not all doom and gloom .
9 However it 's not all doom and gloom .
10 So , gentlemen , what I 'm really doing is to show you a bit of the background and the fact that it 's not all doom and gloom there is a hell of a light at the tunnel and in matter of fact , we got another lecture on the channel tunnel in a few days time !
11 But it 's not all doom and gloom — the number of vacancies is higher than it was a year ago . ’
12 It 's not all doom and gloom , ’ insisted Keegan .
13 Moderator questions are asked for clarification of points in the report at this stage , they 're not asked , it 's not general questions that we 're into .
14 I 'd just like to add that included in the numbers that I gave you for Camco were not just redundancy costs , but costs of closures of sales offices , distribution networks and some other special one-time charges , so it 's not pure redundancy when you look at the numbers that I gave you earlier on .
15 It 's not pure jazz and it ai n't pure funk , ’ he explains .
16 It 's not subtle , it 's not delicate lavenders and pinks it 's bright sharp garish colours .
17 It 's not much use if she 's not going to with
18 And so , just by analyzing this financially , and it 's not true financing because this allowance er , is not related to the er , to how much the company gets paid .
19 It 's not fresh air that 's comin' in , it 's freezin' draughts . ’
20 It 's not another world or another language . ’
21 Bert Connor , chairman of Clydeside Action on Asbestos , said : ‘ It 's not full parity if some people are excluded from benefiting . ’
22 And therefore it must by definition be the case that anything over and above the one hundred and twenty two which I know Selby have not challenged on on on the basis of the assessment , er anything over and above that hundred and twenty two must siphon investment and economic activity from somewhere else because it 's not local , it 's not it 's not unemployed , it 's not local needs and it 's not migration .
23 " Alas , it 's not physical danger that I fear for him or rather , I fear that too , but since we are all in God 's hands I trust that He will not forsake us no , it 's another danger that I fear for him .
24 ‘ Cross breeds do produce some excellent pork , but it 's not wild boar and it should n't be sold as such . ’
25 It is not two years since a rag-tag group of about 200 men , few of them daring to wear their Soviet uniforms , gathered in the Kiev building that housed a short-lived nationalist government in 1917–18 , to found the Ukrainian Officers Union .
26 It is not new laws that are required but enforcement of existing ones , she says.The International League is now calling for effective individual accountability for serious violations of the law and the creation of a war crimes tribunal .
27 It is not one telephone but two , and it 's an ideal solution if you want to avoid people grabbing the phone from you .
28 It would be wise to set out the nature of the problem , because it is not one problem but many .
29 It is not all sackcloth and ashes .
30 I would also like to show that it is not all doom and gloom and that , finally , steps are being taken to remedy the dire situation .
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