Example sentences of "it [is] n't [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | But where it is n't well known is the people who ought to know , and that 's the pensioners , you know th perhaps er your er parents , people er older than yourselves who are drawing state pension , and er the advertising seems to have gone astray . |
2 | I remember being thrilled when I got the first whicker of recognition from my horse and most people feel happier and more confident riding a horse they know — even if it is n't well behaved ! |
3 | But it has a strong voice … and it is n't just directed at cheese . |
4 | " These days it is n't just purchased for capital goods reasons , there is an element of consumer choice , so it 's positioned somewhere between technical equipment and consumer goods . " |
5 | And if you change one spreadsheet you have to change everything because it is n't automatically changed throughout . |
6 | It is n't widely supported among modem makers , one example is the pricey Intel SatisFAXtion card . |
7 | ‘ It is n't widely known , ’ Niall advised drily . |
8 | I know what you said but it is n't even dried yet . |
9 | It is n't even known where on Krakatoa the eruption was centred , but the chances are that it was Perboewetan , since the lava flows in the crater looked extremely fresh when they were examined in the nineteenth century . |
10 | If a Skeleton suffers a ‘ K ’ result , it is n't immediately destroyed . |
11 | though it is n't quite done |
12 | At a local level sponsors so often are involved in the club on a more direct way but it is n't always seen as a problem and can be enormously beneficial to both parties . |
13 | Erm it is n't really tailored to meet the needs er of the sort of developments we 're talking about . |
14 | They 're supposed to bring a strange kind of ecstatic death by drowning — although it is n't really described as a death at all , more a passage from one world to another . |
15 | ‘ Ah , if it is n't readily defined , it 's automatically at double the rate . ’ |
16 | To change from Mozart to Shostakovich in seven or eight hours , travelling to different country to do so — it is n't absolutely needed , but it 's not easy to understand that it 's not needed . |
17 | Perhaps it is n't fully appreciated how easy greenhouses are to move , especially if they are aluminium and just a few seasons old . |
18 | Er , it is n't actually controlled by them |
19 | ‘ Most women do n't object to dressing up sometimes , as long as it is n't routinely expected of them . ’ |