Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [is] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the rest , it is distasteful where it is not dull . |
| 2 | erm I 'm conscious of the fact that I 've been going on for perhaps too long and I may not have said quite enough about Darwin , but let me just finish by saying this that it 's not possible today , I believe , to discuss any important problem in biology without Darwin 's thought being absolutely central to what you 're saying all the time . |
| 3 | Is it not clear that it is not ambulance staff which have withdrawn the emergency cover from London , but the management ? ’ |
| 4 | In any event , the Act makes it clear that it is not unlawful for a teacher to inflict corporal punishment ( as defined in the Act ) where it is necessary ‘ for reasons that include averting an immediate danger of personal injury to , or an immediate danger to the property of , any person ( including the pupil concerned ) ’ . |
| 5 | Although European railway executives see British rail traffic as important , it is quite clear that it is not crucial to plans for the development of a European network which will proceed whatever happens on the other side of the Channel . |
| 6 | Reporting that Judge Vaughn Walker has entered an order establishing a hearing date on summary judgement motions for May 5 in the look-and-feel suit brought against it and Hewlett-Packard Co by Apple Computer Inc , Microsoft Corp makes it quite clear that it is not prepared to tolerate any nonsense from anyone : the lawyer retained as its vice-president of law and corporate affairs is called William Neukom . |
| 7 | The opening fourteen chapters of Scale 1 provide a context of definitions for Hilton 's particular address to a recluse asking advice on the contemplative life which , in the first chapter , he acknowledges to be a demanding process : Although in defining active and contemplative life Hilton makes it clear that contemplative life belongs especially he , characteristically , makes it clear that it is not ruled out for actives . |
| 8 | I have to , I have to make it er perfectly clear that it is not part of the official business of the meeting . |
| 9 | The management of the trustees is really , I venture to think , of the nature of what is described in one of the rules as a private or domestic use , and so described for the purpose of making it clear that it is not to be allowed as a deduction . |
| 10 | ‘ British Coal have made it clear that it is not up to them , ’ he said . |
| 11 | So , if you feel strongly about male babysitters , speak out — while making it clear that it 's not personal , it 's just for the sake of your peace of mind . |
| 12 | Or will our message be so weak and insipid that it is not worth having . |
| 13 | I am afraid that it is not as simple as that . |
| 14 | And why are we telling them this if it 's not eligible for consideration as a possible way of depriving us of an cash ? |
| 15 | It 's the first time we have analysed the results of our testing like this and it is n't good . ’ |
| 16 | Of course , some players do n't have a problem with this and it 's not the fault of the instrument , but it catches me out every time I dig in . |
| 17 | Say like erm th stresses we 're all under will cause depression , but after my had my children I suffered from reactive hyperglycaemia , low blood sugar , and we , that was glucose intolerance and I think an awful lot of women erm , suffer th from this and it 's not erm found out and knowing the glucose intolerance I can understand how a lot of children erm , suffer from er problems with eating habits because I think this is being discovered more and more |
| 18 | We regret this and it 's not going to happen again . ’ |
| 19 | Well the price you actually see on the er we do n't say free cos it 's not |
| 20 | It is n't light and it is n't dark . |
| 21 | It is n't funny and it is n't clever |
| 22 | To crash a plane into Beckindale around about the anniversary of Lockerbie it is n't funny at all it 's not funny and it 's not clever . |
| 23 | I served an apprenticeship , worked hard and now I am in the wrong and it is not my fault . |
| 24 | If P is some occam term and x is a variable , we say that an occurrence of x in P is free if it is not in the scope of any declaration ( other than a parallel declaration ) of x in P , and bound otherwise . |
| 25 | You must remember that she was still hardly five years old and it is not easy for somebody as small as that to score points against an all-powerful grown-up . |
| 26 | The language is distinct and self-contained and it is not dependent on an established programming language . |
| 27 | But I thought that erm barn dance or something like that would be favourite cos it 's not too expensive and it 's something that everybody can muck in on . |
| 28 | Both male and female show broad white bars on the upper side of the wing in flight but several ducks display white patches of one kind or another and it is not a very useful diagnostic feature . |
| 29 | I 'll admit I 'd like to have your confidence in this but it is n't an obstacle to our friendship . |
| 30 | Perhaps children will enjoy this but it 's not too appealing for the slightly mature PC audience . |