Example sentences of "it be [adv] [verb] [conj] [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 So it 's either setting or not setting the weights and in the N tuple rule all we do is in fact set the weights .
2 Whether it 's rightly deserved or not ai n't the point .
3 It 's quick drying and not particularly crushable , so travels well — useful if you need a walking shirt which emerges reasonably unscathed .
4 It is conservatively estimated that not less than 120,000 persons have died of actual starvation during the last two years in the Lebanon alone .
5 It is well patronised and not under threat of closure .
6 There is of course a continuing controversy over whether the bureaucratic bourgeoisie of senior military , civil , party , co-operative and industrial administrators constitute a distinct class ; or whether they merely form part of a larger and more differentiated social stratum ; whether such a class is dominant or subservient to metropolitan capital ; where the boundary around such a class should be drawn ; whether it is fully formed or not , and whether the power of the state is equivalent to the power of the bureaucracy as a social entity ( Murray 1967 ; Leys 1976 ; Zieman and Lanzendorfer 1977 ) .
7 There is a risk that what is intended to be an aid only during training can become an undesirable crutch in that performance comes to depend on it but this is rare and can be avoided by using a suitable time delay , thus ensuring that it is really learning and not action feedback .
8 Is it paternalistic approval bestowed whether it is really deserved or not , or acknowledgement of output targets that are routinely reached .
9 When I was a student , the alkanes were known as methane , ethane , propane , butane , pentane etc , and it was generally accepted that not until pentane did the name indicate the number of carbon atoms involved .
10 Second , it was badly planned and not enough thought was given to how the team would make their escape from a remote island like New Zealand .
11 By merging rural district councils with nearby urban districts and county councils with county boroughs , it was widely believed that not only was administration bound to become even more remote , but that the control of rural affairs would be handed over to urban interests with no understanding of agriculture and the ways of the countryside .
12 It was actually achieved but not yet fully realised .
13 Her expression remained enigmatic , and it was quickly noticed that not once did she publicly smile or acknowledge the man who was now her husband .
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