Example sentences of "and [pers pn] is [adj] not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 No food should be eaten in very large quantities , and it is best not to give any one food every day .
2 However , the practice of conveyancing is a professional practice and it is important not to lose sight of good professional standards in one 's conduct .
3 Most children do grow out of their sensitivities gradually , and it is important not to keep them on a restricted diet any longer than necessary .
4 This is easeful music , and it is difficult not to like it .
5 Albania , however , definitely is a part of the developing world in the middle of Europe and it is difficult not to compare Albania with my previous experiences in Africa .
6 Occasional statistics sometimes throw light on the problem ; in 1875 Gladstone 's pamphlet on the Vatican Decrees sold 100,000 copies and it is difficult not to see in this a level of religious interest which later declined .
7 Its success will depend upon people believing that Mr Lamont knows what he was doing , and that his forecasts are reliable ; and it is difficult not to reflect that an alternative Chancellor would have had carried more conviction .
8 Hunt as the Surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of the Abbey must have been involved , and it is difficult not to assume that he had a conflict of loyalties in this transaction .
9 However , this " sun-washed " effect , which emulates the ageing process , is often achieved by chemical washing , and it is advisable not to take the term too literally .
10 And it is hard not to think of one 's own horror at some of the things that the Irgun and Stern Gang are doing in Palestine , for instance , ’ David said after a long silence .
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