Example sentences of "have [adv] [verb] [is] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Literally , this meant the rule of power of the best , but the meaning it has since acquired is not at all accidental . |
| 2 | Madam Speaker I r the er honourable gentleman must have a rather er curious source for his statistics because what has actually happened is not merely that the government have protected the real value of the state retirement pension but the combination of our policies both in social security , in the pensions field and in the economic world have led to a position in which pensioners average real incomes have risen more than forty percent since this government took office . |
| 3 | Th the crime problem , as we 've already said is n't too , too great here but er nevertheless it 's important that we , we er keep our eyes open and try and keep crime out because some of these people that erm are living in the bigger cities that are criminals are now starting to discover that it 's easier to come out to places like Farnsfield and commit the crime , because we , we 're not experienced at it . |
| 4 | The philosophical position I have just outlined is not like a scientific theory : it can not be tested experimentally . |
| 5 | A good diagrammatic representation to match the adjectival behaviour we have just specified is not easy to devise . |
| 6 | You would n't just think about it it 's just gone is n't it ? |
| 7 | it 's just bored is n't it ? |