Example sentences of "[adv] [be] n't [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There obviously are n't more than thirty one days in a month but we 'll just practice then counting from twenty now and we 'll stop at thirty nine |
| 2 | A brace of bands — one from each side of the Atlantic — who perhaps are n't as ‘ credible ’ or ( shucks ) ‘ cool ’ as certain fringe-flicking contemporaries , striving to clamber up pop 's league table . |
| 3 | ‘ I did realise , yesterday , that you perhaps were n't completely satisfied with the account of my whereabouts when , er — ’ |
| 4 | Now if we take it just one step further , there was a lady well there still is a lady called and she did some research , what she was trying to look at was the the sort of body language if you like the actions that people er use and associate that to their personality and she looked particularly at people who were open positive communicators truthful I suppose but people who were open communicators and looked at the sort of things they did and also at people who perhaps were n't quite so honest and open and truthful . |
| 5 | In his semi-final Hartlepool 's Mark Chicocki was disqualified after being given three warnings in the last round for leaning on , a decision booed soundly by the crowd and highlighted by the fact that in following bouts boxers who leaned on just as much were n't even spoken to . |
| 6 | Surprisingly , the opposition to ‘ William It Was Really Nothing ’ came not from an older generation ( who , obviously were n't even aware of the record ) but from the feminist movement long since supported and admired by Morrissey . |
| 7 | And how about yourself , you obviously were n't that happy playing at left back for Oxford United , and you 've slotted into the central defence , playing a lot happier and of course , driving forward when you can for these goals ? |
| 8 | does n't necessarily is n't necessarily you know the image the popular image of an extrovert which means you know somebody who 's always the loudest noise at the party and always that 's that 's really slightly not quite right picture of an extrovert . |
| 9 | Getting in is n't as bad as it might at first appear , the cockpit is very roomy and the seats are quite comfortable for reasonable journey lengths . |
| 10 | I think that Sussex in a way perhaps is n't quite as identifiable as it was and I think this does n't necessarily cause by any particular circumstance or group of individuals or individual or whatever . |
| 11 | Erm in terms of York , the pattern of employment er within York City is fairly dispersed and obviously is n't particularly well served by the Central Railway station . |
| 12 | The light suddenly was n't so bright and I could see again . |
| 13 | well it perhaps was n't just what he was looking for |
| 14 | It obviously was n't just a quarrel which got out of hand , or robbery with violence . ’ |
| 15 | A full-scale round-the-clock watch obviously was n't either necessary or appropriate , but we did something to monitor his movements . ’ |
| 16 | The street Nevil lived in was n't nearly as nice as the McNairs ' . |
| 17 | Oh yes , her voice was good , but voice alone was n't enough in operetta . |
| 18 | But just at this particular time we 've got a lot of residents with Zimmer frames and they really just are n't steady enough without one of the care staff going across with them , which does happen . |
| 19 | We just are n't that special . |
| 20 | Er , he did after a while because there just are n't that many people who run round the N E C who look me in July , but erm , there were conventions earlier in the year , but it , it , you know , I got , actually a very reasonable size of contract out of this man , from that thirty second note I made on the calendar . |
| 21 | I certainly do n't think with the sort of product we have at the moment that there will be any possibility of raising prices before then because I mean , you know , there just are n't any really films which are going to grab people . |
| 22 | ‘ We are told there just are n't enough to go around , but surely youngsters like that should get priority after the Irish League and B Division . |
| 23 | There just are n't enough natural deaths . |
| 24 | Maybe we just are n't as clever as people used to be ; maybe the Nintendo Gameboy and daytime television ( both , significantly , introduced in the past six or seven years ) have ruined thousands of careers , not just my own . ’ |
| 25 | But out there forms just are n't there . |
| 26 | It 's not something that can be changed , like maybe management but erm it 's it 's just that , you know , to be careful , that if you 're doing these things , there 's some things which , I think women can do , and a lot of things that women should be doing , maybe there 's other things which just are n't there for them just now . |
| 27 | Some competitors just are n't quick enough off the mark , or they hold back instead of thrusting in strongly . |
| 28 | When boys have difficulty learning to read in the primary school , people do not say ‘ Oh , well , never mind , boys just are n't very good at reading ’ . |
| 29 | People just are n't very happy with the type of food you 're serving Barbara . |
| 30 | While I had been in there there 'd been a day or two of beautiful weather which we did n't know much about inside , although there was one big window where we used to go and sit and have a smoke — the ones who were getting better — and you could see a big tree from there , so you sort of felt it must be nice outside , and the people who came in from outside were n't so muffled up . |