Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] n't [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is n't necessary for a person to have a bowel movement every day , regular movements should be encouraged . |
| 2 | The brush is handy for vacuuming stubborn dust and dirt which may be lodged in a carpet and the crevice tool will reach into awkward corners such as under kitchen units , although it is n't long enough to reach to the very back . |
| 3 | But she knows , too , in the depths of her heart , that it is n't possible . |
| 4 | ‘ I keep telling myself that it is n't possible , that I imagined it . ’ |
| 5 | Now I du n no whether it is possible , it may well be that it is n't possible er my Right Honourable Friend has er certain views and er and er as my Noble Friend Lord erm Lord Rippon said , it 's very difficult to make erm major er very difficult to make radical alterations without actually causing some anxiety somewhere . |
| 6 | just think should , you should get across that it is n't dirty . |
| 7 | Perhaps what 's even more remarkable about this supposedly ‘ new ’ market is that it is n't new at all ! |
| 8 | But she must know that it is n't clever to be asked to leave a country while on assignment . |
| 9 | By my judgement as the amendment reflects is that it is n't necessary but if it were I would have no hesitation s whatsoever in increasing the level of taxation to pay for what needs to be paid for . |
| 10 | One hopes that it is n't Artai . ’ |
| 11 | ( Parenthetically , let me admit that it is n't easy to resist cracking all those nut jokes . |
| 12 | One vet on his or her own almost inevitably gets absorbed into a larger one , or fees must be kept so low that it is n't profitable . ’ |
| 13 | I lead a reasonable existence with cheerful and friendly companions , but I always have the feeling that it is n't real and does n't matter , although I 'm very aware of everything around me . |
| 14 | One is that it is n't all just a question of the Scottish hierarchy being thralled to Rome in such a way that it can not do what it wants . |
| 15 | When you know what we should be saying to John Major and employers is that it is n't any surprise that er disablement er has increased over the last thirteen , fourteen years . |
| 16 | Erm now okay I accept that erm what you 're getting now or starting to get through in some areas is a higher degree of expectation , but if we 're not achieving that then I think it 's something to do with what we 're , the way in which we 're , we 're operating rather than the fact that it is n't achievable . |
| 17 | People often object to practising behaviours that they do not usually use on the grounds that it is n't natural . |
| 18 | You must see that it is n't natural . |
| 19 | But Pete , I may be a bit of a shit mysel' and not exactly a paragon of virtues , and mebbee I 'm not what I made people think I was , but that does n't mean that it is n't true — ; the greed of the bourgeoisie , the oppression , the need to show it up for what it is . |
| 20 | In any French town of any size at all we find perhaps three or four rival charcutiers displaying trays of shining olives , black and green , large and small , pickled gherkins , capers , home-made mayonnaise grated carrot salad , shredded celeriac in rémoulade sauce , several sorts of tomato salad , sweet-sour onions , champignons à la Grecque , ox or pig 's muzzle finely sliced and dressed with a vinaigrette sauce and fresh parsley , a salad of mussels , another of cervelas sausage ; several kinds of pork pâté ; sausages for grilling , sausages for boiling , sausages for hors-d'oeuvre , flat sausages called cré pinettes for baking or frying , salt pork to enrich stews and soups and vegetable dishes , pigs ' trotters ready cooked and breadcrumbed , so that all you need to do is to take them home and grill them ; cooked ham , raw ham , a galantine of tongue , cold pork and veal roasts , boned stuffed ducks and chickens So it is n't difficult for the housewife in a hurry to buy a little selection , however modest , of these things from the charcuterie , and plus her own imagination and something she has perhaps already in the larder to serve an appetizing and fresh little mixed hors-d'oeuvre . |
| 21 | ‘ Because it 's healthier , ’ said Betty , ‘ and it is n't cruel . ’ |
| 22 | It 's the first time we have analysed the results of our testing like this and it is n't good . ’ |
| 23 | And it is n't much of a bill . ’ |
| 24 | What I 'm saying is that an L E A can supply that sort of service , can do it really well , really well , and it is n't available to opted out |
| 25 | It is n't funny and it is n't clever |
| 26 | to move to one side , yeah , cos it 's standing in an area and it is n't flat against . |
| 27 | When the curtains part and you see a white screen you know you 're watching a screen and it is n't real . |
| 28 | But I was the Annie character — you know — if you were a good girl you 'd be rewarded , and it is n't nice to make a fuss . ’ |
| 29 | Rain is hard on your hands during ferreting , nets become unmanageable and less effective and it is n't possible either to kneel or lie on the ground in any comfort . |
| 30 | I think very often you do need professional help and it is n't possible to do it with family and friends because of the interaction that actually makes it worse . |