Example sentences of "so it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | A successful team may have to go through a number of fights during the course of a day 's competition so it is not at all unusual to see teams short-handed through injury in the final stages . |
| 2 | Simultaneous scores are disallowed ; in this case , one contestant 's punch has missed , so it is not really a simultaneous score at all ! |
| 3 | ‘ February is only a short month , so it is not going to have a devastating effect on figures , and there are now signs that the recession is bottoming out , which has to be good for the industry , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 4 | ( In fact , there is carbohydrate craving , so it is not just a matter of apathy about cooking . ) |
| 5 | But for most conservation and environmental issues , there is no market , so it is not in the farmer 's interest to buy some advice . ’ |
| 6 | All other questions were secondary , so it is not reasonable to reproach him for not being a nationalist . |
| 7 | The German working parties are also out , so it is not considered etiquette to fire . |
| 8 | As a learning experience , early walking without movement control does not contribute any kind of useful information to the patient 's brain , so it is not a relevant exercise for the patient to build his movement progression on . |
| 9 | These are extreme cases , but there are many lesser cases that we hear of more frequently , so it is not surprising that house-buyers are asking : |
| 10 | And there are some wonderfully positive people among those who have permanent disabilities or terminal illnesses so it is not just a case of being one of the ‘ lucky ’ ones . |
| 11 | In their natural state , such lands are characterised by large herds of herbivores that seasonally migrate in tune with biomass availability , so it is not surprising that overgrazing and land degradation ensue . |
| 12 | Those were the days when a farm worker earned about thirty shillings a week , and three pounds was quite a good wage , so it is not surprising that a Saturday afternoon at the cinema cost tuppence , and four different sweets could be bought for a penny . |
| 13 | This feature is present in the standard unified model , so it is not surprising that the experimental data are satisfied . |
| 14 | The lifetime of the proton in a nucleus is predicted to be greater than 1025 years , so it is not feasible to wait for a sufficient number of transmuted atoms to accumulate . |
| 15 | Growing out of childhood involves a great many major changes , so it is not surprising if teenagers seem totally self-absorbed and may sit for hours apparently doing nothing but day-dreaming . |
| 16 | Both parties are looking at the project from different angles , so it is not surprising if each fails to see the other 's viewpoint . |
| 17 | Changing Shape It is often the case that many students grow in height or change their shape in some way during lessons , so it is not a good idea to buy shoes or clothes until nearing the end of the course of lessons . |
| 18 | However , leaky taps are not expensive to repair , so it is not a major difficulty . |
| 19 | It is a fine venue with wonderful views , so it is not surprising that at the turn of the century special trains were laid on to bring the visitors . |
| 20 | At the outset the book recognises that ‘ the United Kingdom does not have a monopoly on the best ideas or all of the problems ’ , so it is not a surprise to see discussion of Woonerven in the context of environmental protection and enhancement . |
| 21 | ‘ Part of that refers to the ways in which people fall short in their living , which is what we call sin , so it is not simply about that . |
| 22 | The financial problems of the elderly differ from one person to another as widely as do their health problems , so it is not possible to lay down any hard and fast rules , or to produce any magical solutions . |
| 23 | During one complete charge cycle of 96 hours the charger consumes approximately 1½ worth of electricity , so it is not expensive to run . |
| 24 | But these systems are rogues because they do not convert the NTSC signal into PAL , so it is not possible to make a PAL copy of an NTSC original . |
| 25 | Soon nitrogen , a trace gas that existed in the early Earth 's atmosphere in minute quantities , accumulated to become the dominant gas , largely because it does not combine readily with the other basic four , so it is not ‘ sunk ’ so easily . |
| 26 | ‘ The correct choice of a suitable male is much more important to them , so it is not in their evolutionary interests to signal their reproductive status . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The Home Secretary was n't persuaded then and there has n't been a particularly long period of time since , so it is not likely that there will be any review . ’ |
| 28 | Whilst the royal funerals continued to be furnished ‘ in-house ’ by the Lord Chamberlain via the royal upholders , there were a number of top-quality cabinet-makers , mercers and upholders willing to undertake the organization of funerals for members of the nobility and the landed gentry as an extension to their established clients ; so it is not surprising that Chippendale , for example , also furnished funerals if called upon to do so . |
| 29 | It should be remembered that Hadley Wood tunnel and the East Coast main line was a favourite haunt of the Deltics that used it for almost all of their working life , so it is not surprising that one of their number should reappear on its familiar route . |
| 30 | The plan ‘ is designed to create disorder and to impede the smooth transfer of power , so it is not a question of democracy , ’ Li said in his annual work report at the opening session of Congress in Peking . |