Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] [coord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are minorities in almost every republic — that is not wholly true but it is almost true . |
| 2 | The outlook is not entirely bleak and it is reckoned that of those who enrol at a clinic , for whatever reason , about 40 per cent will be drug-free within ten years , although within that time , too , 15 per cent of opiate addicts may well be dead . |
| 3 | It was not perhaps natural but it had served him well , Nicholas knew , from the beginning . |
| 4 | There is a pouched mouse in Australia , though in this case the resemblance is not so close and it does not make its living in quite the same way . |
| 5 | ‘ Not so much but it 's nice to see a good match . ’ |
| 6 | The danger here is that , although things may be pleasant for the workers , the incentive to work very hard is not so direct and it may not be possible to maintain a competitive position in comparison with the same industry in a developing country . |
| 7 | Not only that but it is difficult to see how useful a consolidated balance sheet really is when funds are not fungible . |
| 8 | The legislation is not only unnecessary but it is , it could set industrial relations back years in this country . |
| 9 | This is not only simplistic but it is even ignorant of pain-provoking peripheral nerve fibres now known to exist in man . |
| 10 | Now you 're alright , that 's everything should happen there but it is not physically impossible but it 's gon na put staff under a lot of stress and we 're gon na have to play the game of making it workable . |
| 11 | This interest has kept the Mannheimian tradition alive if not exactly thriving and it seems as if every few years there is a revival of interest . |
| 12 | Well-paid summer jobs are not always available and it is not always possible to clear hefty overdraft payments before the start of the year . |
| 13 | Doubt is not always fatal but it is always serious . |
| 14 | not as much but it sort of come out like that and then you sit your flowers it makes that a shell if you know what I mean ? |
| 15 | This is not particularly elegant and it is difficult to know how to pronounce it . |
| 16 | At £12,260 the Aura TD is not particularly cheap but it would certainly be near the top of my shopping list if I was looking for a medium-sized diesel hatchback . |
| 17 | Monetarily , I have n't any idea what it 's worth , er it 's not everybody 's cup of tea , it is a cockfighting chair and it 's not particularly beautiful but it 's very very interesting . |
| 18 | Is he , he 's not even awake and it 's twenty past twelve ! |
| 19 | This is not quite true but it is roughly so . |
| 20 | Maybe us all thinking that it 's sort of not quite smart and it 's |
| 21 | The company said business in the first quarter was not fully satisfactory but it expects results for the full year 1993 to show an improvement over 1992 . |
| 22 | Erm he , I think what he really must have had was er a sort of mild form of polio when he was young and he 'd got a shoulder , not completely paralysed but it was partially paralysed . |
| 23 | In Geurrero State this waiting period was apparently not too long but it appeared that in other areas delays and crowded court lists inevitably meant some people spending a considerable time in custody . |
| 24 | For the fox , use sand or a very light shade of tan ( not too dark or it will not show up on a dark background ) . |
| 25 | which is the price we were looking at , it 's not too cheap and it 's not too expensive |
| 26 | But I thought that erm barn dance or something like that would be favourite cos it 's not too expensive and it 's something that everybody can muck in on . |
| 27 | One concerned player said last night : ‘ It 's not very nice but it 's an ongoing thing and we know the club has n't got any money . ’ |
| 28 | That it 's not very nice but it 's er |
| 29 | I was saying to Trevor it 's it 's not very nice but it 's rather so much better than than than having a cot death is n't it ? |
| 30 | calcium hydroxide hydrogen chloride you get calcium chloride formed and you got this thing well it 's quite likely that this does form initially , but it does n't last very long and it 's not very stable and it |