Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] it [is] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a member that protests from the outset of institutional action that is not sanctioned by the constitutive treaty should be able to claim that it is not bound by that action . |
| 2 | I know that the message is getting through to gay men , but I 'm not surprised to hear that it 's not getting through to heterosexuals . |
| 3 | This is very important if a UK business is to ensure that it is not charged VAT at the standard rate on the supply of these goods where the customer 's VAT number subsequently proves to be false or otherwise incorrect . |
| 4 | This saves the sometimes awkward task of fitting an offset in the bath waste ( which may involve running the pipe below the floorboards ) to ensure that it is not connected within 200mm of the WC soil pipe . |
| 5 | Though about 95% of orders are placed without human intervention , people can , of course , monitor and override any of the system 's decisions — eg , to ensure that it is not ordering $2m missiles because of a statistical fluke . |
| 6 | According to the Wall Street Journal , IBM officials have not yet studied the resolution , and declined to comment on it , although they are expected to fight to ensure that it is not put before shareholders at the annual meeting . |
| 7 | In a more complex case I might sit in on a discussion within a committee but begin to consider that it is not moving in a direction that suits me . |
| 8 | To change from Mozart to Shostakovich in seven or eight hours , travelling to different country to do so — it is n't absolutely needed , but it 's not easy to understand that it 's not needed . |
| 9 | Be guided by the cooking time on the packet and always taste the pasta yourself to check that it is not overcooked . |
| 10 | One would like to think that it 's not going to happen here . |
| 11 | It 's just to say that it 's not going up as much as they thought . |
| 12 | erm its but I think to say that it is n't happening in schools is a bit unfair , because I do think it does happen in many schools erm and but there 's a great deal of work to be done . |