Example sentences of "it [be] not [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it 's been used constantly , so it 's not done bad , it 's the way , the leg 's been wiggly for a while , it just broke off the other day , so , I do n't know whether John can mend it , he could n't seem to think he can |
| 2 | it 's not done deliberate . |
| 3 | ‘ Nah , it 's not intended that way , ’ says the motormouth . |
| 4 | ‘ Nah , it 's not intended that way , ’ says the motormouth . |
| 5 | Make no mistake , you 're in for a really hard time , and it 's not made any easier by the baddies who wander across the screen . |
| 6 | And it 's not made any better by feeling sorry for him . |
| 7 | But it 's not called that . |
| 8 | It 's not called bankrupt clothing , it 's called |
| 9 | ‘ I 'ope it 's not damaged permanent , ’ she said , ‘ I do n't know what I 'd do if I 'ad more 'ard luck and found I could n't ever walk again . ’ |
| 10 | It 's interesting how , although the Gardner Centre was built as a theatre that was very flexible in terms of seating , it 's not used all that often , is it ? |
| 11 | It 's not helped that |
| 12 | Yes , now you , you played stuff just as difficult as this , and there 's no , no problem , do n't do it too quickly though , and , I do n't mind if it 's not finished next week , or the week after , it 's the quality we want , so , so , do n't , do n't rush it . |
| 13 | It 's not paid automatic because some people , well first of all we do n't know the precise dates when the proof is going to go out and also some people like to leave it there . |
| 14 | one hand goes one way , one hand goes the other , break it open , put the cardboard away and you need to be ready to try before you pull the next bit off do n't you because as soon as you 've opened that it 's not sterilized any more , so you open that up and you find , unwrap it |
| 15 | It 's not meant that way . |
| 16 | Wearing a different one every time she went out would be only normal , particularly since a sari does not have to be washed as frequently as a dress because it is not worn next to the skin . |
| 17 | If a document resembles the form of a debenture although it is not called such , the usual rights and liabilities accrue to the holder . |
| 18 | It is not called burning bush for nothing : I am tempted by the reputation its seed pods have for giving off a halo of oil vapour on still summer 's evenings . |
| 19 | The poet tells us that ‘ This race it looks not like an earthly race ’ , but it is not made clear what kind of chase we are witnessing . |
| 20 | This may seem confusing if it is not made clear what she means by ‘ literal ’ . |
| 21 | It is not made clear whether or not it is intended to be exhaustive . |
| 22 | If it is not made clear in the psychologist 's report , the Tutor should recommend the type of assistance which would be of most help to the Student . |
| 23 | Mr Haszeldine has made a formal complaint to the ward councillors , saying the rats are coming from the depot because it is not kept clean . |
| 24 | I mean yes of course we should live harmoniously together er who would y'know , sector of those people who have taken advantage of the right to buy and and so on and so forth but we talking about housing management in about housing management costs and if you have an estate of y'know being repaired similar houses which a lot of our estates are , it makes sense that they 're managed as it were centrally er and because that 's the most efficient way of doing it erm if you have a variety of different landlords in er one estate or one street and all the houses are similar , when it comes to things like modernisation and so forth it it 's duplicated a great deal of er er er of work and it is not cost efficient and it does n't make any common sense at all . |
| 25 | But as I suggested in the last part of Chapter 2 , this difference is not of any great practical significance : whether deviant motivations are taken as given because they express free will ( classical theory ) or because it is not deemed fruitful to attempt their explanation ( control theory ) does not , in itself ; have any practical implications for the subsequent criminological enterprise . |
| 26 | John Wright , the director of the CEGB 's technology planning and research division , told the inquiry : ‘ Whilst THORP may continue to operate beyond 10 years , it is not thought prudent to plan on this basis . |
| 27 | It is not thought appropriate to say that the modern economy requires such an underclass , and certainly not that it must reach out to other countries to sustain and refresh it . |
| 28 | It is not thought likely that this would give rise to any greater risk of breach of confidentiality of clients ' affairs than that involved with the rest of the staff . |
| 29 | The gang fled and it is not thought any were hit . |
| 30 | It is not considered friendly to grab the nose of the person speaking with you . |