Example sentences of "of [adj] is [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hammond had supplied Hunt with the superficial areas of the rooms he required , but he inexplicably changed these to dimensions , although a note did say that ‘ dimensions of the several rooms may be varied , provided the superficial area of each is not materially altered ’ . |
| 2 | The effectiveness of that is not just to make Ransom 's struggle real , but also to demonstrate the metaphysical excitement of all moral choices , on the silent planet as well as beyond the music of the spheres . |
| 3 | We see we see this forum as very much the right sort of forum for either making or breaking the case for a new settlement , the one thing I do have to say , however , is that the Department wants to see this particular issue settled in the context of the alteration , and full significance of that is n't immediately apparent , it , what we do n't want to see is what was envisaged in the H B F statement , where they thought that we might end up with a decision to have a new settlement in principle and then leave it open to the local plans , all four of them around the city , to then explore the possible alternative locations . |
| 4 | He put in a kitchen and he thought there was something funny about these people erm they did n't want to give him money up front for the fabric , you know , the woods and things and he was n't asking the full amount anyway and he said , you know , a things are very tight in business and I do not want to run up any more debts if you will let me have some of cash , some of the cash fo for the wood as soon as the wood 's delivered I 'll come and do the job , it 's not as though your money is going to be tied up in any way and there was a bit of a face pulling and saw this woman drop to , sort of , always hovering around always putting her motty in and erm when th when the job was nearly completed madam steps forward with the cries of that is n't quite right and that is n't quite right and Nev was putting hours doing nit-picking fussing about getting things absolutely perfect got it absolutely perfect but when it came to the final bill they knocked off six hundred because there was the tiniest little scratch on one of the panels ! |
| 5 | The physiological role of IGFBP-1 is not clearly understood , and indeed it may have different functions in different circumstances or different tissues . |
| 6 | The logic of this is not easily discerned . |
| 7 | Here the pretence of good is not merely a cover for the continuing practice of one 's own faults , whether grave or trifling , but is the method by which a person develops new ones , tries to reach some clearly defined goal . |
| 8 | Although the function of TEF-1 is not yet known , TEF-1 bears 68% homology to the neuronal specific Drosophila gene , scalloped ( sd ) ( 6 ) , that affects wing morphology via its role in formation of sensory structures and neural development . |
| 9 | It is important that we get a good result today , four draws out of five is not too hot . |
| 10 | The precise relationship between these two meanings of unreasonable is not absolutely clear . |