Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [conj] it [is] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the trap into which Italy has fallen and it is not an example to be copied . |
| 2 | It is the trap into which Italy has fallen and it is not an example to be copied . |
| 3 | AIDS causing the death of the young has highlighted that it is not only the elderly who wish to make provision against an artificially prolonged end . |
| 4 | Recent work has confined that it is not possible to measure intensity of subjective sensation in a way that is distinct from and independent of measurement of the physical stimulus from which it is derived ; that Fechner 's logarithmic transform exists only as a mathematical construction to link reports of sensations with measurements of stimuli ; and an experimental subject 's conformity to Stevens ' power law depends on his getting the experiment ‘ right ’ . |
| 5 | The child needs to know that it is not his fault that everyone is so upset and that someone has died and he is not being punished . |
| 6 | One might ask how the church has grown if it is not out to recruit members from other denominations . |
| 7 | This chapter has argued that it is not only national population size , composition and behaviour that matter but also their changing patterns across regional and urban systems . |
| 8 | Analysis has shown that it is not just the recipe for the pickling solution which affects the colour but , more fundamentally , low levels of alloying elements added to the copper . |
| 9 | Experience has shown that it is not enough to train PHCNs for a year and then send to isolated rural clinics . |
| 10 | The audit regime has teeth and , through refusing to register some firms and imposing conditions on others , the Institute has demonstrated that it is not afraid to bite . |
| 11 | Careful instruction on its use is necessary : the user needs to understand that it is not a miracle cure but that it can provide real if limited help . |
| 12 | ‘ Personally , I am disappointed that The Stock Exchange has indicated that it is not interested in following this route . ’ |
| 13 | By preventing ovulation it may ben suppress menstruation — a useful advantage , once the user has realized that it is not a sign of disastrous contraceptive failure . |
| 14 | The Inland Revenue has stated that it is not possible to set hard and fast rules to determine whether an ex gratia payment made to an employee who intends to seek further employment will be treated as made in connection with retirement ( p 105 ) . |
| 15 | In general these proposals have not been implemented , indeed the government has stated that it is not convinced that it is right to fund litigation out of public funds , other than through the legal aid scheme , where points of law of general importance are involved . |
| 16 | Vain Chantecler refuses to recognize that it is not his own crying of ‘ Cocorico ’ which causes the sun to rise . |
| 17 | The example of osteoporosis helps to illustrate that it is not simply older people who suffer from inadequate and discriminating health care , more specifically it is older women . |
| 18 | At least , this might be the view that Norton-Taylor wishes to promote but it is not readily evident in his book . |
| 19 | That does not prove that Sir Peter 's participative style is reponsible , but it does prove that it is not irresponsible — as many bosses would claim . |
| 20 | Anyway , it 's cut but it 's not . |