Example sentences of "be [adv] is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why this should be so is not clear . |
| 2 | There have also been suggestions that local heroin ‘ epidemics ’ recur at intervals of 15–20 years , though why this should be so is not clear . |
| 3 | In general , areas of tabular relief seem best suited to the preservation , if not to the formation , of incised meanders , e.g. the Mesozoic areas of the Paris Basin and the lower Wye gorge , although why this should be so is not certain . |
| 4 | That this should be so is not simply a matter of cognitive theory choice , but also a matter of the economic , political and culturalideological interests of theoreticians and practical actors in rich and poor countries . |
| 5 | That this should be so is not surprising . |
| 6 | That this should be so is not surprising . |
| 7 | That this should be so is not surprising , given changes in employment and demographic patterns . |
| 8 | At a press conference , also yesterday , given by leaders of a loose coalition of anti-apartheid organisations known as the Mass Democratic Movement ( MDM ) , the point was restated that the political prisoners whose unconditional release Mr de Klerk announced on Tuesday — the exact day they will be out is not known yet — would take up their political activities under the banner of the ANC . |
| 9 | Exactly how many boxes there were originally is not certain , although it seems there may have been as many as sixty-five , all of which were sent to Rome 's Istituto Centrale del Restauro in 1947 . |
| 10 | The college is not is not an ideal site for education . |
| 11 | Yeah but what they 've what they 've done but what one wants to do is not is not bad for them one little bit . |
| 12 | It 's continental and is not is not U K and that was a hundred pounds , more or less for his fee and and buying a and buying at a discount through somebody who I knew buying this new shower and the tappy things , you know |
| 13 | ‘ We have received categorical assurances that whatever has been reported about his earning money while he is here is not the case , ’ Ronnie Dawson , the home unions chairman and Irish RU president , said . |
| 14 | But that is actually is not like that . |
| 15 | There again , I would say that top down in this country it is fast enough , and what shake there is certainly is not accompanied by any rattles or ‘ looseness ’ . |