Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [conj] it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Troll flesh can not regenerate when it is burned . |
| 2 | Burger smiled : ‘ But there will be very few who do not know if it is left to you , dear . |
| 3 | Do not wait until it is clogged with fish waste and debris and therefore only working at a fraction of its efficiency . |
| 4 | Milk distribution would work in the same way in that as long as the milk is put into the system at one point , it does not matter where it is taken out . ’ |
| 5 | Sapphire , the Black woman who is light-skinned enough to pass for White is pregnant by her White fiance ’ , but again the child does not appear as it is annihilated along with its mother . |
| 6 | So simply making up the calcium that astronauts excrete may not ensure that it is laid down properly in new bone . |
| 7 | It does not follow that it is binding . |
| 8 | Once a suitable disinfectant is in use resistance will not occur if it is used correctly . |
| 9 | It should be noted however , that LIFESPAN RDBI will NOT terminate if it is applying indexes when the specified transfer time elapses . |
| 10 | When we turn to that most distinctive feature of cave organisms , regressive evolution , we can not decide whether it is caused by selection or genetic drift ; nor can we settle whether allozymic variation is due to selection or drift . |
| 11 | But this does not mean that it is fitted only to be used on matters at the extreme end of the spectrum of abstraction — that it can , for instance , discuss people only in so far as they are rational beings , or sets of behaviour-patterns , or immortal souls . |
| 12 | And just because the fish lives in the water with it , does not mean that it is going to eat it — it would be like you eating mouldy food . |
| 13 | The system may not operate as it is expected to . |
| 14 | One of the cloaks is actually a Chameleoleech , but it wo n't attack unless it is touched — by an adventurer searching the cloaks , or trying to put it on , for example . |
| 15 | The computer , which of course does n't find it at all funny , needs to guess what it is , and needs to rely not just on sentence structure but also on general knowledge about heads , grenades and buckets of sand — general knowledge that computers do n't have unless it is built in to them . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's nearly as clever to let people think you do n't care as it is to let them think you 're silly . |