Example sentences of "[pron] it [be] [not/n't] [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 the different principle of reducing the scope of capital punishment to the minimum necessary for that preservation of law and order , and confining it to those forms of murder for which it is not only a particularly necessary , but is also believed to be a particularly effective , deterrent .
2 He then came over to [ a WPC ] to tell her it was n't really an accident .
3 The impact it had on me was that here were a lot of gay people who were interested in politics ; for whom it was n't just a social thing to do after work .
4 For me it 's not even a matter of specific issues such as Aids and homelessness , it simply comes down to people 's relationships with each other . ’
5 For me it was n't just a question of being at ease with my homosexuality : I was more concerned with the way in which that sexuality expressed itself .
6 when you 're thinking about it it 's not even a second out .
7 Oh so that so the passenger service it it was n't actually a a daily passenger service like it is now then ?
8 What I 'm arguing for tonight is that given that we 've relatively recent boundary change , the people have just about got used to it , so by and large er it does n't seem to have huge numbers of demerits as far as the city is concerned and that we are now very , very close , as close as is possible to the norm for the average constituency size that we actually endorse the boundary commissions proposals and leave well alone and the second part of the motion merely says to a neighbouring authority , y'know , please in some senses be punctilious about not to suddenly decide to poke your noses into something way beyond your it 's not just a couple of parishes on the south boundary , a couple of parishes from from the north of their but actually way to our area but what candidly I can only see as a rather partisan er er
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