Example sentences of "[pron] not [adj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 In fact I think I not sure whether it 's this one .
2 Yeah , no wait a minute let her tell you what I not mean when he comes over our house I always give some .
3 that there is that fear , that is because that is the second World War this is why the erm the er late thirties , early forties was never gon na succeed , because they had two completely different archaeologist , plus now in their purest form their not that but in the they were , they were never going to work , I mean that is the fact that their communists , the sole reason they 've been against each other for a hundred and fifty years there is no other reason
4 Mm , its not many that 's got alley ways sealed like ours , mostly all open are n't they ?
5 can , can appeal against the decision which goes against us , it 's , its not fair that we
6 Nutritionists recommend that about 30 per cent of your daily intake of calories should come from fat , of which not more than a third of those should be saturated ( animal ) fat ; 11 per cent from protein and the rest from carbohydrates .
7 Ann-Marie ( 3.6 ) : I am bigger than her , she not smaller than me .
8 What kind of contact , do they have much contact with the people in the flats ? , you not sure if you 're not
9 But you not famous when Darius sent to fetch you . ’
10 Yeah but the Open University ones cover all of the material and they 're what I actually wrote the lectures from erm but there 's six of them which is why the o the only advantage of the other one is that it 's one not six and so but I mean the material is all covered text of which there are three copies of most of them in the library one on short loan and one on sort of a general loan so you
11 They not ignorant nor worthless either ! ’
12 Is it not shameful that Britain should opt out in that way ?
13 Is it not extraordinary that the Leader of the Opposition is incapable of understanding that we might frequently find that monetary and interest rate policies were wholly inappropriate to the requirements of this country if we join a single European currency ?
14 His face bore the marks of much , not always peaceful meditation ; the look of it not bland or benevolent so much as close impregnable and hard .
15 Is it not astonishing that the Secretary of State , having made a decision on 15 Para , can not or will not answer the pertinent points put to him by my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow , Hillhead ( Mr. Galloway ) and the hon. Member for Glasgow , Govan ( Mr. Sillars ) ?
16 Is it not ironic that this great technical achievement in the field of road transport was developed and first made practical by ‘ Wolverton Railway Works ’ ?
17 Is it not ironic that Australia won the final playing in exactly the same style that England were so slated for — to win !
18 Is it not ironic that the Government are introducing the Bill at a time when virtually all the political parties — parties which rarely find common ground , as we have tragically and sadly witnessed over the years — see eye to eye in opposing the scheme ?
19 Is it not ironic that the company executive driving the Jaguar which I overtake in every traffic jam , is being subsidised by the government to produce the fumes which are damaging the health of every individual , cyclists , pedestrians , motorists themselves , not to mention the ecological damage ?
20 Considering I 'm not supposed to have that cos I had it when Ann and bought it not sure if it 's now are you ?
21 Is it not sad that no Cleveland Conservative has been able to come and represent the children of Cleveland today , and that that task has had to be left to a Conservative from Ealing ?
22 Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ?
23 Is it not surprising that after several years of unremitting devolutionist propaganda from the Scottish Constitutional Convention , support for devolution is almost at an all-time low , according to the opinion polls ?
24 Is it not strange that , while foreign companies invest in this country , British companies which are aware of the position here have invested £40 billion more overseas than the foreigners have invested here ?
25 If this is so , is it not strange that already 2% of physicians carrying out LAWER did not consult anyone ?
26 Is it not possible that these few exceptional individuals are , in fact , the normal ones and the rest of us have somewhere deviated from this path of health ?
27 Is it not possible that French influence can be made to be felt once more ?
28 But all literary conventions have their origin in life ; is it not possible that the wild men were psychotics driven out of towns and settlements by a society unable to cope with them ?
29 Now , is it not possible that it is this rule which is the explanation of our referring to the feelings produced in our bodies by prolonged contact with hot or cold objects , as ‘ hot ’ and ‘ cold ’ ?
30 Is it not possible that we apprehend them as feelings of hotness and coldness because the feelings are usually of one sort when our bodies are hot , and of another sort when our bodies are cold ?
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