Example sentences of "that it be n't " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps directors in particular need to realise how much their vitality means to the continuing performance — that it is n't enough to be left up on a stage merely doing it night after night .
2 That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest .
3 What 's so unusual about the Calibra is that it is n't merely a two-plus-two , it 's a full four-seater .
4 Their chief executive , Andy Barton , feels , with some reason one would have to say , that it is n't right that the government should bail out a competitor .
5 But there was just enough from John Major this week to suggest that it is n't a fantasy either .
6 I 've done some checking around and have found out that it is n't just pubescent , pizza-faced boys who have made the magazine the best-selling pile of shite that it is .
7 So , like a mug , I went out and bought it , only to find that it is n't anything like Pink Floyd .
8 I lead a reasonable existence with cheerful and friendly companions , but I always have the feeling that it is n't real and does n't matter , although I 'm very aware of everything around me .
9 If the atheist uncovers ‘ His ’ identity , then lo and behold the theists start saying that it is n't God after all .
10 ‘ Yes … but I can not pretend that it is n't a family disaster .
11 And we can safely bet that it is n't being so generous .
12 But we can now see that it is n't like that at all .
13 People often object to practising behaviours that they do not usually use on the grounds that it is n't natural .
14 This is such hard work that you may decide that it is n't worth the effort and abandon your attempt to acquire the skills in question .
15 ( Parenthetically , let me admit that it is n't easy to resist cracking all those nut jokes .
16 But she knows , too , in the depths of her heart , that it is n't possible .
17 And this time no one will even try to pretend that it is n't murder . ’
18 But the established association would clearly indicate , at this stage of research , that it is n't a good idea to have too much in your blood .
19 But she must know that it is n't clever to be asked to leave a country while on assignment .
20 The Open Spaces Soc-iety is overwhelmingly right in stressing that it is n't just feudal landlords who are the threat .
21 The problem with the law is that it is n't always easy to defend .
22 ‘ Not that it is n't a very worthwhile career , Peggy , ’ Mother Francis had said diplomatically .
23 ‘ You must try to understand that it is n't a message , as such .
24 Bill : I know that it is n't always possible but the idea is not only not to feel guilty if you do , but to feel quite happy about it and about your lover/lovers doing it too .
25 It was a relief to Jean to know that it is n't just the children after all .
26 However , once you understand what the lace carriage does you will realise that it is n't a separate mechanism so much as a supplement to your knitting carriage .
27 But I 'm not sure that it is n't a house to admire rather than to live in . ’
28 Notice , however , that it is n't the Apple/Taligent effort or even Apple advanced systems that is spearheading the effort .
29 I also give a guarantee that it is n't just a one off situation , meeting we all go away and forget about what we 've said I can assure you that wo n't happen minutes have been taken and and what 's been said this evening that will be conveyed to the management committee meeting the board meeting and I think we need to look very clearly at a very closely what 's been said and respond to what 's been said and I think that it 's been suggested also raised this evening about having a further meeting to report back and say erm this has been said this is our response .
30 We are invited to thrill to the idea of travelling nightmares , but the essentially humorous style informs us that it is n't to be taken entirely seriously .
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