Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] be [not/n't] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the people we produced just were n't any good any more . |
| 2 | ‘ After extensive enquiries we 've decided there is n't enough evidence to proceed with a prosecution , ’ an NRA spokeswoman said yesterday . |
| 3 | and er the time was wasted , but you give an autumn leaf a little note saying what it , what you , what you wanted done there was n't much chance he could argue . |
| 4 | Work on the Yarm Road project began in October after Health Images was told there was not enough land left at the Memorial Hospital site for a private health centre . |
| 5 | That was three-quarters of a century ago when most of those who fought here were not much more than boys . |
| 6 | Does this mean there are n't any , or was Goldsmith merely worried about upsetting old friends ? |
| 7 | The only exceptions are shots for television or for the Sunday colour magazines ; unless these have been specifically arranged there is not much point in worrying about them . |
| 8 | I like to think there are n't many tricks I miss , but I have to credit Sorrel in that she did write it down on a scrap of newspaper without saying ‘ in case of what ? ’ |
| 9 | In general , the complications introduced by having to predict changes both of system and of behaviour are so great that most forecasters assume that the system will not change ( except by evolution ) and claim that if everything is going to change there is not much point in having a forecast anyway because there will no longer be an organisation to act upon it . |
| 10 | think again is n't that |
| 11 | Which is not to say there are n't some marvellous people too . |
| 12 | But what is required now is not more research , but sustainable alternatives for harvesting the oceans ' bountiful resources — methods such as squid jigging or tuna trolling which have a negligible effect on non-target species . |
| 13 | Speed missing maybe is n't that big a problem ( ! ) . |
| 14 | In the absence of any corporate direction , BR 's excursion trains then were not much more than a mishmash of bright and not so bright ideas by divisional and area managers , which lost as much money as they made . |
| 15 | ‘ Why do you say there are n't any aliens ? ’ asked Joe , who had been sitting apparently lost in thought . |