Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not scaremongering or playing the numbers game to recognise and respond to changes on that scale . |
| 2 | It is not demoralising because everyone around you is going through the same thing . |
| 3 | A is not alleging that B has broken his contract — he is simply saying ‘ Now you must perform — and if you fail to do so , that will be a breach of contract . ’ |
| 4 | Nevertheless , its point about the evidence for God 's goodness — that it is not compelling and that , indeed , there may be moments when it appears that the facts of life may not be reconciled with a good Creator at all — might also be applied to the evidence for God 's existence . |
| 5 | Because it is patently obvious that Rollins is not bullshitting or manipulating . |
| 6 | So is not smoking or drinking at night . |
| 7 | He also makes the point that as someone who is not earning and who is unable to sell his house , his circumstances are not unlike those of many other people . |
| 8 | Coopers , which is not accepting or denying liability under the agreement , says that the money will come from ‘ various sources ’ , including its insurers . |
| 9 | An instrument will not be executed before 20 August where it is not binding until certain conditions are fulfilled and these are not met until after 19 August . |
| 10 | STAINI RACK NUUL Introspection ( sometimes prompted by birthdays ) that one is not living as one determined to live when one was very young ; or , on the other hand , realizing that one is living in a mode decided upon when one was very young and which is now no longer applicable or appropriate |
| 11 | Sulentic is not exaggerating when he says that understanding the nature of the link between NGC 4319 and Mrk 205 ‘ is surely one of the most important problems facing extragalactic astronomy ’ . |
| 12 | And those people that take or get extra , either their body is not producing or they want an extra bit for something so they can run a hundred yards at er in an extra five minutes . |
| 13 | ‘ He is not objecting and neither am I , ’ Felipe said quietly . |
| 14 | Do not delay requesting veterinary attention for any young foal which is not sucking and has diarrhoea . |
| 15 | He makes explicit that he is not writing as some individual Messianic figure propounding an individualistic gospel deriving from ‘ the ineffable wisdom of primitive peoples ’ . |
| 16 | I am also confident that BT is not achieving that by exploiting customers because of the tight price controls which Labour could never offer , since in its day the company was nationalised and did not work nearly as well . |
| 17 | Data is easily digitised and automated , the method is not imaging and not cheap . |
| 18 | He is not suggesting that it is ‘ thought ’ that is the main determining force . |
| 19 | Surely she is not suggesting that only her side of the case should have been put . |
| 20 | In S/Z Barthes is not suggesting that literary texts implicitly refer to some transcendent model : literary texts can only cross-refer to each other . |
| 21 | The hon. Gentleman is not suggesting that a system of local government finance would be without a method of equalisation . |
| 22 | Peter , North Yorkshire , I hope Mr is not suggesting that it would be the intention of the County or the District pursuing the new settlement to er include within it er polluting industry . |
| 23 | But the Union is not faring as well as it might think . |
| 24 | It is not schooling but a nasty little trick he has to get the better of me . |
| 25 | So when it becomes clear that a criminal case is not proceeding as anticipated — a trial is not scuppered by lobbing something into the ring — there are discreet discussions between learned friends in chambers , many exchanges of the phrase ‘ I 'm much obliged ’ and finally the jury is summoned back . |
| 26 | The Trade and Industry Secretary told the Commons : ‘ The Government is not asserting that the conduct of the department was beyond criticism , given the benefit of hindsight . |
| 27 | I must tell you Minnie that things have not been good between my old beloved mistress and me which it is not fitting that I should now go into but this blow has brought us closer together in our love and concern for Miss Henrietta . |
| 28 | Richards suggests that ‘ since the Anglican Church in Wales was disestablished in 1919 , it is not fitting that a name associated with church organisation should be linked to a secular unit of local administration ( Richards 1983:39 ) . |
| 29 | An initial objection which he poses is , interestingly , that it is not fitting that a woman should represent a father . |
| 30 | By itself this is not microteaching but the same principles can be applied even if a full programme is not being followed . |