Example sentences of "is not [adv] [verb] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Curator Maryan Ainsworth of the Metropolitan Museum is quick to note that , ‘ The thorny problem of underdrawings and workshop practice in , for example , the works of Lucas Cranach and his circle is not easily resolved through underdrawing analysis , since in many cases , the picture was drawn in with a non-carbon substance , like iron-gall brown ink , that is not penetrated by infra-red , and is invisible on the reflectogram screens . |
| 2 | Yet it needs to make good the outdated complex , which is not even geared to withstanding bad weather . |
| 3 | To attract participants , the exchange 's contracts must meet a genuine commercial need and strike a proper balance between traders and customers , so that one side is not unduly discouraged from doing business . |
| 4 | Family planning is not just used for limiting unwanted pregnancies ; it can also be used to time the arrival of a wanted child and thereby increase its chances of survival . |
| 5 | Of course , persuasion is not just confined to selling . |
| 6 | Suffice it to say that the cross-sectional survey is not well attuned to handling processes , but this is a much more serious matter if one abandons the assumptions of symmetry and reversibility . |
| 7 | In general , this underlying complexity of cost determination is not well portrayed in costing textbooks . |
| 8 | The lyric is not generically debarred from standing out against the state , or from taking a generous interest in what goes on in the world . |
| 9 | It needs to be remembered that the format is not primarily designed for printing on paper ; this is just a handy feature . |
| 10 | The analysis is not significantly affected by omitting this company . |
| 11 | A second and commodious objection to the view of nomic connection which has been set out was anticipated earlier ( 1.3 ) , and may be shored up a bit by the fact lately mentioned , that science broadly speaking is not much engaged in arriving at complete descriptions of causal circumstances-causal circumstances as we have conceived them . |
| 12 | The toad 's response to different sized objects is not much affected by learning ; to find cases where learning has an influence we must turn to animals with more catholic diets . |
| 13 | Therefore , the Fair Isle option is not only used for creating the design , it also controls the way in which the machine knits the fabric from the design . |
| 14 | Dendrochronology , also called tree-ring dating , is not only used for calibrating radiocarbon dates , but also for providing accurate dates for old timbers . |
| 15 | Since word order is not now needed for signalling an increased specificity of conceptual meaning it can be put to other purposes , as we shall see presently . |
| 16 | Escapism is n't just limited to dipping into science fiction or a romantic novel . |
| 17 | Making parents aware of the virtues of the school , the buildings , the playing fields , the swimming pool etc is n't necessarily related to providing quality education . |