Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [conj] it [is] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the " once-and-for-all " test what matters is that the income can be used to benefit the individual in question in the year of assessment in which it arises , and it does not matter if it is not possible so to apply that income in a subsequent year of assessment . |
| 2 | What I mean by this is the prevalence of the assumption that religion does not matter because it is not true — it is an illusion . |
| 3 | But the word can also be used to denote the idea that religion does not matter because it is not true . |
| 4 | Should this not be taken into account , and does it not appear that it is not taken into account in the voluntary code ? |
| 5 | Engineers already knew this , just as we know that the refrigerator will not work if it is not plugged in ; but Carnot 's achievement , when recognized after a quarter of a century , allowed theoretical understanding and in the end further advance in practice . |
| 6 | That an event is characterized in terms of the interdependent existence of subject and content does not entail that it is not physical according to such a conception of the physical . |
| 7 | However , if the Transfer Regulations do not apply and it is not the transfer of a business as a going concern , the position is governed by the common law . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Simply because the egalitarian society has yet to become a reality does not mean that it is not possible . |
| 10 | The fact that something happens to be legal as a matter of tradition going far back into history does not mean that it is not a vice in society . |
| 11 | Nowhere else will be able to afford to do it , so let's not pretend that it 's not gon na affect those people outside . |
| 12 | That 's not to say that it 's not worth listening to : it clearly is , and it grows larger the more you hear it . |
| 13 | The intervening years have not seen any revision , but this is not to say that it is not both necessary and desirable . |
| 14 | Unfortunately the practice ratings from Study 1 were not recorded so it is not possible to test this hypothesis . |
| 15 | Or if they do evaluate then it 's to say it 's not working but it 's not our fault , there could n't possibly be anything wrong with our thinking on this subject or this issue . |
| 16 | So the , the May the fourth directive is not working because it 's not guaranteeing that the poor get enough to bring them up to the middle peasant status which is , is the aim . |
| 17 | I do n't laugh if it 's not funny . |
| 18 | Yeah but you do n't know whether it 's not er people phoning up to find out who 's there and whether he 's there and all to do with burglaries and things . |
| 19 | It does n't matter that it 's not real silk . ’ |
| 20 | Have a guess does n't matter if it 's not right . |
| 21 | So if that if that 's a right angle only if it 's a right angle cos Pythagoras 's theorem does n't work if it 's not then we 've got the easy way to remember Pythagoras is long equals medium plus short . |
| 22 | Yes , now you , you played stuff just as difficult as this , and there 's no , no problem , do n't do it too quickly though , and , I do n't mind if it 's not finished next week , or the week after , it 's the quality we want , so , so , do n't , do n't rush it . |
| 23 | He does n't realize that it 's not up for sale . |
| 24 | The ones I 've got at the moment are having a little difficulty in working things out , one does n't realise that it 's not best to try to head the ball back to the goalie when there 's a man breathing down the back of his neck , the other has n't been able to find his brain and the oldest one of the lot is always injured . |
| 25 | You ca n't say that it 's not helping bring people to the Sugar shows but after one show I hope they 'll forget about everything else . |