Example sentences of "[indef pn] that [is] not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local authorities can do nothing that is not expressly set out in some Act of Parliament . |
| 2 | … It can , in short , do everything that is not naturally impossible ; and therefore some have not scrupled to call its power , by a figure rather too bold , the omnipotence of Parliament . |
| 3 | Something that 's not actually mention there is withdrawn contributions . |
| 4 | Eight marks there , for something that 's not really chemistry . |
| 5 | something that 's not too hard |
| 6 | What does it matter if it implies something that is n't quite true ? |
| 7 | I 'm hitting my head repeatedly against something that is n't there and I suppose that that could be a definition of insanity . |
| 8 | You feel you 're begging for something that is n't there . |
| 9 | He said it would be a mistake , ‘ a mistake in sentiment ; for it could only mean that we were embalming the corpse of something that is n't really dead and need n't die at all — an aesthetic mistake — because we do n't really want to have the taste of our schooldays established as a boundary for our whole lives ’ . |
| 10 | The small number of cells involved , and their unique appearance make it possible to study the complete developmental history of a single cell — something that is not yet technically feasible in vertebrates . |
| 11 | This is something that is not yet accepted' . |
| 12 | The education officer will also pitch his or her talk at a suitable level for the age group concerned , something that is not always achieved by an ordinary guide . |
| 13 | Erm I think we 're asking the panel on doctrine to do something that is not really within their remit at the moment . |
| 14 | What does one say to the mother who complains that sometimes her child will go on and on doing something that is not only naughty but dangerous . |
| 15 | We were told that one can not reconstruct something that is not there . |
| 16 | The knowing use of the conventions of the detective story to write something that is not quite a detective story not only follows a rather well-established practice in post-war Italian writing , of which the novels of Gadda and Sciascia are the best-known examples ( cf. |
| 17 | You select the facts that are telling ( pun intended ) , the facts that will advance your story or make clear your characters or even make your locations easy to assimilate , and you hope that from them you can produce something that is not too far distant from the unwritable reality . |
| 18 | And you think when , when you get one that 's not as good , you think well why do they why is it that that speaker ca n't give such a good talk , why is he giving a talk ? |
| 19 | It 's a very important distinction and one that is n't properly understood : the police have to have clear concrete evidence on an offence . |
| 20 | ‘ Sometimes they 've managed to find one that is n't even scheduled but I 'm dreading getting stuck they 'll have to send me home in a taxi . ’ |
| 21 | And if you just happen to think of one that is n't here — just tell Jimmy and I 'm sure he 'll accommodate you . |
| 22 | Erm erm I wan na think of one that is n't too easy . |
| 23 | I 'll tell you one that is n't too rude . |
| 24 | ( Indeed , the concept of " the state " is one that is not well entrenched in English consciousness . ) |
| 25 | The most surprising influence on press ratings is , however , the one that is not there . |
| 26 | It seems that all work and no play , even in the workplace , makes not only for a dull boy , but also one that is not as efficient . |
| 27 | And scientists interested in Antarctic research have reason to thank the Argentinians — the need to maintain a presence in those cold southern waters , and one that is not too openly military , has coaxed the government into setting aside more money for the British Antarctic Survey . |
| 28 | Once again the theology on which her understanding of her own life was clearly based is one that is not deeply sympathetic to us now ; nonetheless it was a deeply social , corporate and incarnational way of seeing the world . |
| 29 | However , in quantum theory , anything that is not actually forbidden can and will happen . |
| 30 | This gives the buyer the opportunity to query anything that is not entirely clear . |