Example sentences of "and it [be] [adv] not [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Why do n't you put say another pad on top , more pressure , it 's still not working and you 've tried it again and it 's still not working |
2 | ‘ The evidence shows that while it is swinging slowly , it 's still a long way from the centre and it 's certainly not swinging the other way . ’ |
3 | Well I was involved with these professionally , and they are a very high standard , and it 's certainly not going to solve our housing problem . |
4 | President and founder Bernard Liautaud , and director of UK operations , John Powell , hail from Oracle Corp , and it 's therefore not surprising the firm does most of its work at Oracle sites and with Oracle application developers . |
5 | President and founder , Bernard Liautaud , and director of UK operations , John Powell , hail from Oracle Corp , and it 's therefore not surprising the firm does most of its work at Oracle sites and with Oracle application developers . |
6 | Although there is no doubt that this view is supported in London — which tends to see the West in terms of an Anglo-Saxon axis and the ‘ special relationship ’ between Britain and the United States — France has reservations and it is clearly not shared by southern European nations . |
7 | The county council started the EDDR almost 50 years ago and it is still not finished . |
8 | Now it is standing at a huge sum , growing rapidly , and it is still not going where it is needed ’ . |
9 | However , legal advice is not provided solely by lawyers and it is certainly not restricted to those operating within the professional structure described in Chapter 3 . |
10 | For a start Claridges Hotel , in London 's Mayfair , where the Russians would be staying , was fully bugged by MI5 on a permanent basis ( because so many ‘ interesting ’ foreign guests stayed there ) and it was certainly not going to miss the opportunity of eavesdropping on the two leaders . |
11 | Perhaps that type of patronage was of small value in comparison with the need to provide employment for friends , but it was all grist to the mill of a politician intent on keeping his interest solidly united , and it was certainly not scorned by those with bursaries in their gift . |