Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] [conj] it [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These arguments are not self-evident and it may be worth spelling them out . |
| 2 | Although there is much to be said for freedom of information , it is not clear that it would greatly help individual aggrieved citizens . |
| 3 | If the company does prove its case , it is still not clear whether it would escape the sanctions threatened by the US against European telecommunications products and services — mainly because the US has not firmed up on what action it will take . |
| 4 | It is not , however , obvious that this will continue , and it is not clear whether it will benefit urban government . |
| 5 | As for the Drouot auction , it is not clear whether it will take place at all . |
| 6 | The reason for this is not clear but it may relate to the more recent stress associated with handling and anaesthesia for irradiation . |
| 7 | The reason for this is not clear but it could be explained by the finding of a lower prevalence of H pylori in NSAID patients , and by the tendency of NSAID related damage to be maximal in the gastric antrum . |
| 8 | Movement to Italy of all Germans is not acceptable because it would cause serious blockage of our L of C … we are approaching 12 Army Gp immediately with request that they accept concentration … 3 . |
| 9 | Robertson confirmed in the second paragraph of his signal that " movement to Italy of all Germans is not acceptable because it would cause serious blockage on our L of C. He therefore informed McCreery that AFHQ would be " approaching 12th Army Group immediately " to ask them to accept all German surrendered personnel from 5 Corps , with the exception of " arrestable categories " , such as SS . |
| 10 | Despite the excitement over Flash memory , SGS Thomson is not convinced that it will replace EPROMs , which remain a cheaper alternative . |
| 11 | But officers were then immediately faced with the problem of how to implement the decision through DHAs not convinced that it could be done . |
| 12 | ‘ IBM will say it has the same API everywhere , and that users can retain code ’ , he says , ‘ But it 's not promising that it will work unchanged ’ . |
| 13 | It is also important to note , furthermore , that while the external labour market may act as an incentive for directors to be more diligent , it is not obvious that it will improve the position where they lack flair or are simply inept . |
| 14 | Donald Goodenough , in his scholarly review of the very technical evidence on this issue comparing the recall of dreams by different personality types , comes to the conclusion that while repression may be responsible for the forgetting of some dreams , it is not feasible that it could account for the majority . |
| 15 | I 'm not sure but it could have been longer . |
| 16 | I am not sure that it will be frightfully effective if it is that big . |
| 17 | Ian was not sure whether it ought to have been locked or not . |
| 18 | My hon. Friend 's suggestion is tempting , but I have not heard the record and I am not sure whether it ought to be released . |
| 19 | Erm , I 'm not sure whether it would be appropriate for me to go through the the table now and look at the constraints , or whether it might be better to leave that until after I 've finished my overall remarks . |
| 20 | Oh it would be cheaper but I 'm not sure whether it would be |
| 21 | I 'm not sure whether it will or wo n't . |
| 22 | She is not sure whether it could accurately be described as Venetian red . |
| 23 | But I 'm not sure whether it can be a permanent home for her because the fencing might not be good enough if she becomes lonely and tries to get out . |
| 24 | I 'm still not sure if it will work . |
| 25 | Caught unprepared , Sotheby 's admit that , while they have the Sharp collection , they are still not sure when it will be sold ( most probably in January 1994 ) and more importantly , what exactly will be sold . |
| 26 | The remedial cost for this damage is not admissible unless it can be shown to relate directly to damage to the roof in respect of which a claim is or has been accepted . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the function of the Committee was not all that it might appear . |
| 28 | Each January the Association gets a transfusion with the payment of the annual subscriptions , but our corporate health is not all that it could be . |
| 29 | Farmers , it was claimed , were basically honest people but their book keeping was not all that it should be which could result in some omissions due to carelessness . |
| 30 | It 's not growing as it should although it 's feeding well and is quite lively . |