Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] they [am/are] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there are other causes of bad conditions as well as overcrowding : many prisons are old and decaying , and the newer prisons have often turned out to be so badly designed that they are not a noticeable improvement . |
| 2 | Although Prime Ministers may from time to time use words which suggest that they are not unwilling to exercise their power of appointment , in recent times there is no direct evidence that they have done so . |
| 3 | The functional characteristics of these two strong promoters suggest that they are not optimized for a tight and stable RNA polymerase binding . |
| 4 | One would expect such issues to be handled in the training , both pre- and in-service , of all teachers , but our collective experiences and the responses received to the main LITE questionnaire suggest that they are not . |
| 5 | Mortality statistics , too , are not restricted to the unemployed : how do we know that they are not indicating greater health problems in the population as a whole during times of economic difficulty ? |
| 6 | Sexual problems of the child may stem from any of the above considerations , although it must again be stressed that they are not inevitable . |
| 7 | Visitors are respectfully reminded that they are not permitted to feed any of the animals , this would spoil their carefully balanced diet . |
| 8 | You did ask a question earlier on and I think the the erm behind the question was the suggestion that erm the Local Authority Councillors we have on the governing bodies are a terrible interfering lot of bigots erm and erm surprisingly you might like to know that they 're not really . |
| 9 | This means that they will recognise that they are not intended to commit themselves to all of the implicatures they had derived . |
| 10 | He has refused , so far , to bring the Moroccan troops home , but has issued a pamphlet explaining that they are not under allied command , and will not attack Iraq . |
| 11 | It can be added that they are not mysteries , not discontinuities , not small or large miracles , and so on . |
| 12 | Individuals paying less than £2,400 a year in free-standing AVCs will not normally need to involve their employer but just have to certify that they are not paying more than 15 per cent of their earnings in total contributions . |
| 13 | Such distinctions are valuable only , I believe , once we realise that they are not alternative , but , rather , mutually supportive . |
| 14 | American negotiators say that they are not even talking the same language as the Community on farm support . |
| 15 | In Newham , there are 519 young people without a job ; 58 say that they are not interested , so that means that 451 are seeking a YT place . |
| 16 | Say that they 're not part of the job that the receptionist gets paid primarily with these . |
| 17 | ‘ If someone looks like they 're not having a good time , or they look like they 're acting , the tape is rejected . |
| 18 | ‘ If someone looks like they 're not having a good time , or they 're looking at their watch , or they look like they 're acting , then the tape is rejected . ’ |
| 19 | Looks like they 're not getting on . |
| 20 | it 's a tangent it 's just another thing to be aware of er that certain put their exam but it 's along the same thing cos I know what 's happening and they 're not writing G C S E but they 're writing exam entries so many pupils x number of subjects so many passes okay ? |
| 21 | They have even more of a right to know if they are not being told at home . |
| 22 | The failure finally to secure 18 pubs from Bass , which would have boosted Hoskin 's estate to 29 , must have dented market confidence , a confidence that needs to be regained if they are not to be swallowed by one of the many new thrusting pub retailers actively seeking new acquisitions . |
| 23 | But they have to be claimed and they 're not paid automatically . |
| 24 | Scuffles are reported but they 're not given the chance to develop into any serious disturbance . |
| 25 | In the present situation , the officers find themselves in a very difficult position , I can not imagine an officer saying no to a member and this is what has happened if we run out of money , then the very thing that we are seeking to do , in other words to implement the democratic process to allow people to come to meetings and speak will go by the way , and I can remember some time ago when I was a new member on here saying I would be prepared to attend property sub-committee briefings as a deputy and not be paid and I was very smartly brought up by a friend in the labour group who said that 's all right for you , you can afford it , but it 's not alright for some of us 'cause we can't. and the difficulty is if we run out of money and we either have to stop the allowances or we have to slash the allowances , yeah , knows who it was , we have to slash the allowances , then legitimately people will be able to say that the democratic process is being stifled because they are not going to be allowed to go to meetings , and therefore , I think that situations whereby a member attends to speak to a , an item , a specific item and then stays on for a double length meetings and claims double length allowances that sort of thing has got to be stopped , and also members attending just to nod approval at something that has happened that they 've been associated with , that should stop , if they want to come they should come at their own expense . |
| 26 | Those which do not exist are effectively discarded because they are not stored in the list , however they could be regenerated from the graph should that become necessary at some future stage . |
| 27 | Where the " we " -groups are exogamous , as is very often the case , the " we/they " distinction corresponds exactly to the distinction " those with whom we may not intermarry because they are of common substance with us " / " those with whom we may intermarry because they are not of common substance with us " . |
| 28 | Smith suggests that ‘ the concept of policy denotes … deliberate choice of action or inaction , rather than the effects of interrelating forces ’ : he emphasizes ‘ inaction ’ and reminds us that ‘ attention should not focus exclusively on decisions which produce change , but must also be sensitive to those which resist change and are difficult to observe because they are not represented in the policy-making process by legislative enactment ’ . |
| 29 | Hence , the man or woman seeking power but occupying an advisory staff position with limited power will become increasingly concerned and frustrated that they are not gaining managerial experience ( and power ) . |
| 30 | The special hospitals , however , still insist that they are not prisons but hospitals . |