Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Faculty of Arts is not only one of the largest Faculties in the University but one of the largest in the country and , as such , offers a stimulating and challenging environment in which to study . |
| 2 | Writin' fuckin' songs is n't very easy either . ’ |
| 3 | ? A dog that does not have four legs is not necessarily defective . |
| 4 | Do n't try to be apologetic by saying that the turning on one of the legs is n't quite right , let the viewer decide themselves . |
| 5 | Simpson ( 1984 ) argues that for compulsory education disaggregation by demographic characteristics is not particularly useful . |
| 6 | Reduction of waiting lists is not necessarily an indicator of improved ‘ quality ’ of care for elderly people , whose needs may go beyond a brief period of surgery and recovery . |
| 7 | How bats avoid being jammed by other bats is not well understood , but an interesting clue comes from experiments on trying to put bats off . |
| 8 | In these circumstances , the familiar Renaissance claim that poetry teaches and delights takes on new implications , pleasure among readers is not only how their attention and co-option to the didactic intention is achieved . |
| 9 | Choosing between Republican and Democratic candidates is not always an easy task , and ticket splitting is a well-recognized phenomenon . |
| 10 | In addition to these defects , there is another reason why merely being against cruelty to animals is not enough . |
| 11 | Although the evidence for other craftsmen and traders is not nearly as well represented , being dependent in part upon the degree of archaeological survival , it can nevertheless reveal a surprisingly extensive range . |
| 12 | At the other end of the scale a short list of names and addresses is not necessarily harmless . |
| 13 | The precise role of these proteins is not yet known , but is the subject of intensive investigation . |
| 14 | It needs to be understood that what divides the parties is n't so much that one party believes in capital projects , on party in revenue spending and one party in keeping the taxation levels down . |
| 15 | At the same time , it is clear that the information provided by the parties is not purely informative , and that the transfer of the process of providing information . |
| 16 | The ochlospecies is not readily explained , however , while apomixis is another phenomenon to be taken into account . |
| 17 | Granted that one is clear about that , the fact that relevant statements of what human beings can and can not do come in various strengths is not so important . |
| 18 | ‘ The question of peace for the Jews is not less important to civilization for their being a scattered tribe , and ever-rancorous Catholicism may yet have to be bloodily taught not to provoke the persecution and murder of those whom life abides even with partiality ’ . |
| 19 | In this country a hospital accepts and cares for any person who can not be cared for in their own home , but to step into their admission halls is not always the loving experience needed . |
| 20 | The fundamental knowledge of medical subjects is not only valuable as a theoretical and practical background for the qualification in the Physiotherapy Training Course , but also helps the Rhythmic Movement Training to fulfil the objective of maintaining and improving health . |
| 21 | Fish quickly learn to give these conspicuous little molluscs a wide berth , so that the loss of papillae is not too frequent . |
| 22 | For him the reworking of familiar images is not simply a matter of drawing attention to the way in which mass-reproduction numbs the optic nerves , by shocking the spectator with a moustached Mona Lisa , but rather , using a peculiar blend of both iconoclasm and a sort of wry homage , of investigating the power of certain images , particularly those which have national resonance . |
| 23 | This omission in these sectors is not necessarily or intrinsically a bad thing , but it makes forward planning and therefore continuity of programmes more difficult . |
| 24 | Also the battery life of portable computers is not yet long enough for consumer use , the memory is not adequate , and it is not yet possible to replace disk drives with removable solid state memory . |
| 25 | Ooh he , he 's m mind you he , he reckons that 's what he wants to do when he 's older but I mean the life , or the career of anybody in computers is not very long is it ? |
| 26 | T spells out okay so there 's some connection between a lot of the words is n't there and if you can spell one you can have a very good guess at another one that 's got that word in as part of it . |
| 27 | As a publish writer yourself I told her I 've been published articles you will understand the need for market targeting and as you mention at twenty thousand words is not full-length , though this could be if was aimed at children . |
| 28 | Erm , putting images into words is not always easy , a colour in a painting can give you a way in and the brown of Van Gogh 's jacket erm affected me with this one particularly and the sun flower I felt was inappropriate misplace , in a vase to , to small , erm and it gave me an image a very strong image of suffering and this poem is in its very early stages and its literally just a list of images and I wanted to be able to show you how I start off which is with a series of images and then I have to put some filler in and open them up a bit and , and make them more accessible and understandable , but this is just a list form . |
| 29 | Similarly , if we take two speakers at random we will almost certainly find that one speaker typically speaks with lower pitch than the other ; the difference between the two speakers is not linguistically significant because their habitual pitch level is determined by their physical structure . |
| 30 | Forces , being a smallish town and by no means a city , the passing of street pleasantries is not quite the folk art it is in villages but people still enjoy passing the time of day with their neighbours . |