Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [is] n't [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the program tries to be too many different things at once , and as a result it is n't easy to use as it claims and performs quite slowly . |
| 2 | This has never been up among the recommendations for this work , and even at mid-price it is n't competitive with those versions listed above . |
| 3 | The National Rivers Authority it is n't aware of a particular porblem at Gloucester . |
| 4 | The National Rivers Authority it is n't aware of a particular porblem at Gloucester . |
| 5 | Now , let me say there 's one component of what Brian and Gerry have been saying , which I most passionately agree with as it happens — get that bit off my chest first — and that is that until we have a clear understanding of the mechanisms and processes of development , the processes whereby an egg turns into an adult , our theory of evolution will , indeed , be very imperfect , and we do not have such a theory , erm it 's exceedingly important that we should work on such a theory , and such a theory it is n't sufficient simply to say ‘ Oh well , there 's a genetic programme for development ’ and imagine that in other ways actually said something , because you actually have n't . |
| 6 | Although real cream cheese may be made from real cream it is n't real cheese , since it is not a curd but simply ripened cream , semi-solidified and drained of its fluid content . |
| 7 | Of course it is n't necessary to understand how pre-flash works to be able to use it . |
| 8 | No , Caroline thought , of course it is n't right . |
| 9 | " Of course it is n't true . " |
| 10 | ‘ Of course it is n't funny , ’ said my mother . |
| 11 | In a book of this length it is n't possible to cover everything , so let me declare my hand right away : what interests me most is the brain . |
| 12 | Since registration is only compulsory on a purchase for value it is n't necessary to register the devolution of unregistered property on a death . |