Example sentences of "it [is] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exchange has roused the analyst to contributions that are firmer and more energy-consuming than those he generally vouchsafes : ‘ it 's not the past but what we make of the past that shapes our future and present . ’ |
| 2 | The wrecker explains that , one way or another , ‘ it 's not easy to pull down monuments ’ . |
| 3 | But then I 'll be told that it 's not about him at all , in that silly sense . |
| 4 | It 's not much use arriving somewhere at ten in the morning clutching the collected works under your arm and wishing you had a wig and been born thirty years earlier in order to play Lear — or for that matter the Duke of Gloucester . |
| 5 | It is easy to understand this , but it 's not so easy to evaluate the different elements of theatre training , and see just how they contribute to the making of that elusive thing , ‘ a compleat actor ’ . |
| 6 | It 's not much use thinking of the voice without the body , even though each is the subject of a separate training class . |
| 7 | It 's not a matter of theorising — hard work never is . |
| 8 | And with the theatre running into difficulties about subsidy it 's not getting any more hopeful . |
| 9 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 10 | It 's not the stopping or the burning or the escaping to Africa that will make an end of it . |
| 11 | Because it 's not grand enough ? |
| 12 | And it 's not very different in the West . |
| 13 | It 's not the only moutarde à l'ancienne . |
| 14 | Grilled beef can take any style providing that it 's not too sweet ( as German mustards are ) or flavoured with an unsuitable herb such as dill . |
| 15 | Not when it 's not Sunday . ’ |
| 16 | It 's not the sort of thing the son of an important man should say . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It 's not as though a gentleman would only bring one or two pairs of shoes with him to a house-party . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not a conjuring trick , Inspector . ’ |
| 19 | It 's a pretty bizarre film , but it 's not dark or mean spirited in its intentions . |
| 20 | It 's not like it used to be . |
| 21 | It 's not right . |
| 22 | Her note ended with the words : ‘ I know it 's not all your fault . |
| 23 | ‘ A he — but it 's not what you 're thinking . ’ |
| 24 | It 's not that I want to offend you or anything , I … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's not only the age problem . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's not what you 're thinking , Kathleen , I have n't done anything wrong — I promise you . |
| 27 | It 's not much more than a broom cupboard , I know , but what do you think of it ? ’ |
| 28 | Nobody 's going to know officially and it 's not as if there are hundreds of you or anything — I mean , so what if somebody does find you ? |
| 29 | ‘ Well at least it 's not too far to go to get to work in the morning , I 'll give it that . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It 's not your fault , dear , ’ I said , then I looked up . |