Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] it [be] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either it is raining or it is not raining . |
| 2 | In about February 1991 Mr. Mahdi had been proclaimed President of Somalia by the U.S.C. It was not clear on what basis such an assumption of office could be made and it was not accepted by the other clans . |
| 3 | it 's stopped raining and it 's not raining or anything . |
| 4 | One result of this difference of reference is that it is possible to construct sentences which will be analytic or contradictory on the one interpretation but not on the other : ( 11 ) Nikolai offered us the message decoded but it was not decoded when he offered it to us 4.2 One curious feature about these adjectives is that they somehow seem to modify not only the noun which they accompany but simultaneously the verb as well ; if this is a genuine observation it will be surprising on general grounds , since it would be decidedly abnormal in syntax for one element to simultaneously qualify two different items . |
| 5 | The field was limited but it was not limited solely to Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 6 | Now I would be the first to admit that I I 'm not a judge as accountant , I 'm an insurance broker er and erm I do n't understand er and I 'm not aware of all of the rules and regulations that affect accountants er and affect the way audits are carried out , b but I must say I was a bit surprised t to hear during the debate , er that that was really what the problem was , the problem with B C C I was this conflict of interest , that fraud was known and it was not declared er and er I think that these er these regulations should now make that considerably er more clear . |
| 7 | It was a long document which took about forty minutes to read and it was not greeted with warm enthusiasm . |
| 8 | It is running but it 's not showing us anything |
| 9 | A blanket amnesty for those involved in guerrilla activity since 1985 had yet to be finalized and it was not known if there would be official inquiries into massacres by the military , especially that at Mooiwana in 1986 . |
| 10 | She said Mr Khamenei was hit but it was not known if he had died . |
| 11 | The gang fled and it is not thought any were hit . |
| 12 | Few of these have been specifically identified and it is not known whether any single factor is essential for the development of Crohn 's disease . |
| 13 | I can cough but it 's not coming nowhere . |
| 14 | Her eyes strained but it was not repeated . |
| 15 | So it 's jargon , it 's assuming people will pick things up as quickly as we have and it 's not recognising that people have different interpretations . |
| 16 | And other people other people think spelling should be changed but it 's not going to be and they 're still going to mark it one the exam if you do n't get it right . |