Example sentences of "[indef pn] is not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is nothing superficial in comparing works of different times and cultures , so long as one is not making glib suggestions of direct linkages between them . |
| 32 | The to infinitive is not used because one is not situating the incidence of the infinitive 's event to its support as coming after some other position in time at which the support is also represented , as was the case in ( 1 ) above . |
| 33 | The next one is not working , this one here erm the light framed split here |
| 34 | Most of the reasons are wrong ; the right one is not mentioned . |
| 35 | In these cases one is not left after fracture with two or more broken pieces : there is an explosion and the fibre vanishes in fine dust . |
| 36 | I think the most important thing about community arts is that it 's arts for the community , and invariably one is not approaching it in the same way as one would market , say , a show at the Theatre Royal for instance . |
| 37 | But if , in saying ‘ I meant … ’ , one is not saying something about something one did at the time of saying , ‘ Come here ’ or ‘ Go to the bank ’ , what is one saying ? |
| 38 | Compare : ‘ But if , in saying ‘ I promise … ‘ , one is not saying that one is promising , what is one saying ? ’ |
| 39 | Expressed in another way , in attributing existence to an entity one is not saying anything about that entity that has not already been said by naming it . |
| 40 | One is not talking about a lack of breadth in theologies and points of view within presbyterianism and the Church of Ireland . |
| 41 | Unfortunately life is never simple — the Stores Platoon confirms that they have no Challenger engines in stock and that the next one is not expected for three or four days ; improvisation will obviously be needed if the Blues and Royals are to have all their tanks working . |
| 42 | There is no compulsion to go to every dinner and one is not expected to do so . |
| 43 | One may be obligated to help fight opponents of the institution or help overcome obstacles to its successful operation in ways which one is not required by its laws to do . |
| 44 | To explain something is not to explain it away and to understand something is not to underestimate its value . |
| 45 | The idea is crude , but as to tyranny , that practised by the men through their unions is tyranny , and , if something is not done to counteract them , the tyranny will become greater . |
| 46 | Why something is not done may be as significant as why something has been done . |
| 47 | The situation could easily get worse if something is not done immediately and I suggest moving the travellers away from the centre of town to the outskirts onto a piece of disused land for example until a short-term site has been rented or a permanent site set-up . |
| 48 | Scientists believe that if something is not done about this problem , glacial ice will melt raising the level of the sea and flooding vast areas of low-lying land . |
| 49 | To explain something is not to explain it away and to understand something is not to underestimate its value . |
| 50 | It 's wrong that everybody is not treated the same way . |
| 51 | The fact we are not ahead of the pack at the moment is a help because everyone is not talking about us winning it . ’ |
| 52 | Big nought is not set to get passes in anything , do you know that ? |
| 53 | If anything is not changed I will still report on it . |