Example sentences of "[conj] it is [not/n't] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is , a ) that a really determined motorcyclist or moped rider will find a way onto a path no matter what barriers are put up , and b ) that it is not right that the cyclists , disabled walkers etc at whom the facility is aimed , should be disadvantaged for the sake of the minority of potential abusers . |
| 2 | More radically still , Derrida works at the limits of any possible philosophy of history , arguing that it is not just that the problems of hermeneutics , specifically of interpretation and language , affect historical understanding , but that what in a broad sense he calls writing , or différance , determines history . |
| 3 | He argues that it is not just that the long waves each have a different pattern but that regional differentiation , and regional political and social movements , are crucial to the shape of long waves themselves . |
| 4 | Leaving aside for the time being the question of ‘ hostile intent , ’ it is plain that it is not enough that the defendant deliberately does an act that has the incidental effect of obstructing the police ; he must also have some notion that he is obstructing and causing the police difficulties . |
| 5 | Just because not everyone may spot the toy gun in this ad and attach a certain symbolic significance to it , it does not mean that it is not there nor that it has no effect . |
| 6 | In the example quoted , the first line leaves unstated the place to which Israel is to return ; the B-line specifies the full significance of " return " in A. It is true of course that it is not only that the B-line is more specific than the A-line but also that the A is more specific than the B. Such cases do not negate the parallelism of greater precision ; they are a subset of the examples of our feature . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I consider that we have a very important national duty to perform in this respect ; this city is something more than the mother of arts and eloquence ; she is the mother of nations ; we are peopling two continents , the Western and the Southern Continent , and we are organising , christianising and civilising large portions of two ancient continents , Africa and Asia ; and it is not right that when the inhabitants of those countries come to the metropolis , they should see nothing worthy of its ancient renown . |
| 9 | But he soon wins you over , and it is not long before you start feeling that his casual manner conveys Higgins 's narcissism to a well-pronounced T. |
| 10 | But it is not simply that women are notable by their absence . |
| 11 | It is true , of course , that self-government is one answer to the problem of government ( who governs ? ) , but it is not simply or solely that . |
| 12 | But it is not always or necessarily the best advice . |
| 13 | On the personal computer business , Platt said the company is ‘ gaining a lot of recognition ’ in what he called a ‘ ruthless ’ business , adding that cost-cutting had improved profitability , ‘ but it is not quite where we want it to be . ’ |
| 14 | Soil creep is still moving the weathered rocks down the slopes but it is not often that the changing river channel is directly below a slope to remove this rock debris . |
| 15 | I think Amber has had some during biology but it is not enough and I will be talking to the Parent Teachers Association about it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But it is n't quite as switched on as our ad men make out . ’ |
| 17 | After all , we may be learning as we go along but it is n't long before we discover that not everybody has a sylph-like waist or arms that with a little stretch will trail along the floor ! |
| 18 | but that 's no problem for me , it used to be a problem but it is n't now because I 've worked on building up my confidence in other things so I 'm good at quite a lot of things and I always keep re-enforcing that that I 'm good at doing these things . |
| 19 | While it is not right that either partner should always have to give way to the other , each may have to concede at times , for both their sakes and for the well-being of their marriage . |
| 20 | Since aspects of each can be understood better in the light of their absence , each may be noticed more when it is not there than when it is . |
| 21 | Having done so , it then regrows its tail , though it is not always as long as the original and internally it is quite different , for instead of bony vertebrae , it has only a tube of cartilage . |