Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [is] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean I do get used to being on my own and then like I mean I say he 's there like the , the other morni he went down his mother 's and he did n't come back till three o'clock so he 's not there constantly all the time . |
| 2 | So although there is not as yet any definitive question , any definitive answer to this same question which was raised by Mr a couple of years ago , it is under consideration and we would hope that the sort of answer which he is hoping for might be forthcoming from that source . |
| 3 | So although it is not as good as the inner routes it is nevertheless an extremely robust scheme in the department of transports terms . |
| 4 | We race constantly so it is not surprising that 90 per cent of accidents are caused by excess speed . ’ |
| 5 | And on that side we 've got six , so that one 's not balanced . |
| 6 | This would , in fact , make an ideal introduction to the works , were it not for the fact that the packaging completely misleads the purchaser as to the playing order of the music : it is listed as ( in order ) — but the disc actually plays , so that there 's not a single track which corresponds with the one listed in the sleeve note ! |
| 7 | Some people even leave radios on in the house , so that there 's not only the light on , but if somebody does walk up the drive intending to knock on the door to test it , before they get to the door they can hear a noise , they turn around and go back . |
| 8 | I mean poor dogs and this , I mean we 've said it all before it 's not viable , four dogs and a semi that you do n't exercise , four dogs that er appear particularly one of them to be housed in the same little area , day in day out with a curtain on the door , so that there 's not even light going in there |
| 9 | One of the things that can emerge is a great deal of mutual help , so that there is not just one group of people giving out to another but a group of people reaching out to one another . |
| 10 | In areas of readily eroded rocks the rivers may carry so much load that one of two things may happen : either the estuary may be filled soon after it is formed or the aggradation may keep pace with the rising sea level so that there is not a stage of actual ria or estuary formation . |
| 11 | The theme uses each half of the series so that there is not only a transposed pitch retrograde at the midway point ( halfway through bar 6 ) but also a rhythmic retrograde . |
| 12 | As the vast majority of applications occur in the same peak period , should not people try to spread them so that there is not the same concentration ? |
| 13 | Certainly , the means of expression are limited and their values rather general , so that there is not the same flexibility of tense as in an explicit finite clause ( but this is a common contrast found , not only in English but in many languages , between finite main verb phrases and other syntactic groups ( see Ferris and Jah , 1989 ) . |
| 14 | I think they 've got to become less competitive , less arrogant and less dominant , seeing that as the macho role , and I think they 've got to become erm much more erm feminine and approve the feminine characteristics , so that there is n't so much difference between the two genders , and particularly in marriage and in the home . |
| 15 | A woman who is generally satisfied will organize her days so that she is not overcome by the many demands on her time . |
| 16 | The gift presented should be one of value and usefulness for setting up home ( so that she is not disappointed ) , perhaps with a memento of her bachelor days , such as a cassette by her favourite pop singers , but inside a container gift which is a joke , e.g. a silver cake slice , or selection of kitchen implements , or telephone address book , plus cassettes in the bottom of a pair of large man 's football socks ( the correct size to fit her husband to be ) , or a pair of pillowcases embroidered ‘ his ’ and ‘ hers ’ . |
| 17 | it , you know , it does have , it does have Government , Government support , so that it is n't , we 're not trying to do anything which erm , the Government is n't supporting as well . |
| 18 | Megill himself , in his discussion of Derrida , as in the whole of his book , combines detailed knowledge of the texts , sympathetic treatment of his subject , and an ultimate detachment from it , so that it is not easy to discern his own attitudes . |
| 19 | I will write again as soon as Ferdinando hears he is to go and when I do you must prepare Oreste for the change Ellen so that it is not sprung on him . |
| 20 | And it is not unknown for members of a group to manipulate a drama to further their real-life victimisation of the class ‘ scapegoat ’ — so that it is not a drama experience at all but a vicious first-order experience disguised as drama . |
| 21 | All clothing is chosen in slightly larger sizes than normal , so that it is not too tight , and it is easier to slip on . |
| 22 | Breeds develop according to local needs and fashions , so that it is not necessarily true that a large , red , short-horned breed in one area has a common ancestry with a similarly large red in another , any more than it is correct to assume a blood link between the black-eared , white-coated White Park and the similarly coloured but polled British White , or between the Gloucester and the Pinzgauer of Austria because their coat patterns are similar . |
| 23 | Is my back arched so that it is not fully in contact with the ground ? |
| 24 | At a meal have a glass of water as well as wine and keep sipping at the water so that it is not your wine glass which is being constantly refilled . |
| 25 | In this conclusion nothing is explained ; all that is provided is a terminology ( the distinction between the body-as-it-is-for-me or body qua sensitive ; and the body-in-the-midst-of-the-world or body qua sensible ) which makes it possible to state the ‘ natural ’ answer unambiguously and so that it is not open to logical difficulties . |
| 26 | A change in status may occur without a change of version ( since the text itself is unaltered ) , and represents an investment of editorial labour which should be recorded so that it is not needlessly repeated e.g. after database recovery due to media failure . |
| 27 | The magnitude is 0.4 , so that it is not greatly inferior to Rigel . |
| 28 | Water lying in pipes can change in character and pick up metals such as copper or lead , so that it is not representative of the bulk supply . |
| 29 | Leaving aside the political implications , the circumstance that the money was paid under the sentence of a court , albeit one that was held to have no jurisdiction , gives the case a flavour of duress , so that it is not a significant authority in Woolwich 's favour . |
| 30 | But despite this general rule Parliament can if it wishes confine a decision on a question of law to a particular inferior court and provide that the decision shall be final so that it is not to be challenged either by appeal or by judicial review . |