Example sentences of "it is [not/n't] [adv] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am grateful for my hon. Friend 's second point , because it is not yet widely understood by the three quarters of people who go into retirement with savings of their own that , as they approach retirement , their ability to build up those savings would be subject to a 9 per cent . |
| 2 | The rather woolly nature of these claims aside , readers might be forgiven for wondering why , if the Cuk converter offers so many desirable features , it is not more commonly used . |
| 3 | But it is not so generally known and acknowledged that some of them in their day held high positions in the scientific world , nor has sufficient commendation been bestowed upon the whole body for their unselfish zeal in the promotion and encouragement of the study of Natural History , and especially Botany , as an essential element of medical education . |
| 4 | It is not so commonly remembered that for him too it was the South African experience of the Boer War and its aftermath from which he emerged ‘ unionist ’ in the Imperial context . |
| 5 | This by-law has never been repealed and it is a great pity that it is not still rigidly enforced . |
| 6 | It is not as highly structured a programme as microteaching would demand but it applies some microteaching principles in the emphasis placed on the elements of classroom interaction . |
| 7 | There 's a useful 159lb ft torque at 2100rpm just after the turbo comes on stream , and the lighter three-door has all the power it reasonably needs , even though it is not as smoothly delivered as the Shogun 's . |
| 8 | It surprises and it is not always well ordered . |
| 9 | Although mental illness should not be regarded as any different from physical illness , it is not always so viewed by the uninformed and the fact that in later life it might become known that a minor had been treated under the Acts might redound to his or her disadvantage . |
| 10 | It will be appreciated , of course , though it is not always fully understood by persons who are not directly concerned with the law , that the law can not attempt to attribute any particular figure of damages to any particular physical injury , serious or trivial . |
| 11 | It is not perhaps generally realised that this practice began as early as the late seventeenth century and that many of the splendid coloured aquatint books of the nineteenth century first reached the public in this way . |