Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [is] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you can tell what you say that 's all that matters is n't it ? |
| 2 | Well aye I said to her as long as she 'll come home safe and sound it 's all that matters in n it ? |
| 3 | As long as it 's healthy that 's all that matters in n it ? |
| 4 | Any person who can not appreciate the obligation this imposes is not a competent witness . |
| 5 | Well you perhaps wo n't believe me but I sit where Geoff is and she gets right against me and there 's all this to spare is n't there granddad ? |
| 6 | Precisely when this occurred is not clear , but from the sequence of events it was probably in 59 . |
| 7 | Why this happens is n't fully understood . |
| 8 | Precisely what this means is not clear because presumably even in a socialist state it would have a necessary function in maintaining law and order . |
| 9 | Quite what this does is n't covered by the manual ! |
| 10 | The keys of old harpsichords are indeed often seen to be hollowed ; however , what this suggests is not that Handel had been assiduously practising on it for many years , but rather that ( being at least loo years old when Hawkins saw it ) it had never had the keys replated. 19th-century scholars were intrigued by this tale , and more than a century after Handel 's death embarked on the quest to rediscover the instrument . |
| 11 | We might also usefully recall that to cross is not only to traverse , but to mix ( as in to crossbreed ) and to contradict ( as in to cross someone ) ; also that cross-dressing potentially involves both inversion and displacement of gender binaries . |
| 12 | What cases like these show is not just that reform measures are often ineffectual , it is that — as with word meanings — their reception and transmission can not be controlled by the people , in this case the feminists , who proposed them in the first place . |
| 13 | well its all repaired is n't it ? |
| 14 | The happiness we are all seeking is n't granted by politicians , although I accept they can create circumstances that make the achievement of happiness very difficult . |
| 15 | Above all acting is not an intellectual occupation , though a good mind is needed to respond imaginatively and practically to the work of authors and directors . |
| 16 | It 's all filtered in n it ? |
| 17 | No , I think it 's all gone in n it ? |
| 18 | Tom says it 's all go is n't it ? |
| 19 | Oh it 's all go is n't it ? |
| 20 | Yeah it 's all go is n't it ? |
| 21 | It turns I into I , 2 into 4 , but since it turns I + 2= 3 into 9 , which we can all agree is not equal to I + 4 , it does not satisfy [ 5a ] . |