Example sentences of "is [not/n't] [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some seepages can be sampled if there is a noticeable flow , but many are so insubstantial in quantity that sampling is not possible and it becomes difficult to talk of a ‘ discharge ’ . |
| 2 | This is not uncommon and it has occurred with many of the privatization issues in the equity market . |
| 3 | Such racing is not good because it introduces an unpredictable element and is avoided in real system . |
| 4 | It is not helpful because it restricts ability to play with the full face of the bat . |
| 5 | This theme , the ties between city and colony , and the ways they were reinforced , weakened or broken in the great war , is important to Thucydides , and it is not accidental that it occurs thus early . |
| 6 | This suggestion is not implausible but it remains to specify the mechanism by which the content of a memory might act to determine its retrievability . |
| 7 | Depreciation is not relevant because it relates to a non-monetary asset outside the flow of financial resources measurement focus . |
| 8 | Should we then say that Uruguay is not neutral unless it starts providing the country suffering from the shortage in that commodity ? |
| 9 | To try to predict the state of the market in five years time is not easy but it seems likely that the products will be more integrated , have a degree of artificial intelligence to provide unskilled operators with advice on how to compose the pages and support colour both through local printing systems and via links to professional equipment . |
| 10 | Like other Ayurvedic preparations the drug is effective , which is not surprising since it contains almost double the quantity of aspirin used in normal aspirin tablets . |
| 11 | Western philosophy has a long tradition so it is not surprising that it has changed over the centuries both in content and in method . |
| 12 | Given the adversarial procedures of the Court it is not surprising that it defined a dispute in bilateral terms . |
| 13 | ( 5 ) Interest is not taxable whether it forms part of a judgment debt or a payment in or a settlement ( Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 , s329 ) . |
| 14 | The new law says a bank is not liable if it has accepted the cheque ‘ in good faith and without negligence ’ . |
| 15 | Christianity is not true because it makes its claims more boldly or more loudly than anything else ( or belief would be taken over by bravado ) . |
| 16 | Christianity is not true because it works . |
| 17 | For Athenian authorities , sharing of power and admission of non-state interests is not sufficient because it allows influence only to the articulate and to civic agitators — the minority who can turn municipal decision-making to their own advantage . |
| 18 | Such a consent is binding , and is not trivial as it reinforces one 's motivation to respect that government 's authority . |
| 19 | It may therefore be advisable to delete this proviso , but it is not disastrous if it remains . |
| 20 | A third and more serious problem with ( 6.9 ) is that it is not operational because it involves expectations of dividend payments into the infinite future . |
| 21 | Many distributions show a peak in a particular age group mainly associated with taking on a large number of young people when the organisation was started or reorganised , this is not desirable because it leads to excessive competition for promotion at particular stages . |
| 22 | scale is not linear and it puts enormous weight on being alive and not much on whether you are active or working . |
| 23 | A recent example is Smith ( 1989 ) , who thinks that Labov 's work is not theoretical because it does not address ‘ any linguistic issue ’ . |
| 24 | Blofeld is not alone when it come to the Josef Stalin Caring Employer Award . |
| 25 | It is not clear whether it makes any difference if those words are omitted . |
| 26 | The linguistic explanation of legare as a general term helps , then , to explain some serious awkwardnesses , but it is not clear that it disposes of all entirely . |
| 27 | How much this would increase the size of the tree structure and the speed of look-up , is not clear because it depends upon the number of words stored . |
| 28 | Whether the less common B II state actually exists in solution is not clear and it has been suggested that its appearance may be linked to crystal packing effects ( 3–5 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ It is n't easy but it has to be attempted . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've never been quite sure what the attraction is except that the job is n't boring and it gives me a private life . ’ |