Example sentences of "[verb] [is] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , it is all too easy to conclude that if one 's message is misunderstood , the receiver is at fault ; and if the other person 's attempt to communicate is not understood , then the other person 's mode of expression is deficient in some way . |
| 2 | Sometimes one fact or figure that you may need is not defined : you are expected to know it . |
| 3 | But that was easy : to defer is not to forgo . |
| 4 | What matters is not to rethink the Bank 's role , but to make the Bank as good as possible at the job it already has . |
| 5 | If some item claimed is not covered under the Marine Policy it should be borne in mind that a Home Policy could provide cover — this is especially important if the Corporation holds the Home Policy as well as the Marine Policy . |
| 6 | Steaming is not restricted to tube trains : it happens on buses , in shops and even department stores where large items are stolen en masse in broad daylight . |
| 7 | You can be quite fluent in a language , and yet , something you say is not understood , and you can not understand why . |
| 8 | Wounding is not dealt with separately . |
| 9 | Those whose entitlement is established , however , will find that not only the first few pounds of some other form of income they have may be disregarded , but the value of a house they own or occupy is not counted as part of their income . |
| 10 | Where he was educated is not known but he was apprenticed to John Marshall , a surgeon from Kilsyth , who was in charge of Glasgow University 's Physick garden in 1704 ( a physick garden was a source of herbs and other plants used for medical purposes ) . |
| 11 | The reason for timetabling is not to satisfy the Government and Opposition Front Benches , but to protect the interests of Back Benchers . |
| 12 | Similarly anchoring is not confined to the life of certain specified societies . |
| 13 | Reasons for wishing there were such things as rights , are not rights ; — a reason for wishing that a certain right were established , is not that right — want is not supply — hunger is not bread … |
| 14 | Having noticed the fertility ofodrugs as metaphor , what Ronell wants is not to explore the cultural meaning of drugs , but to get a piece of the action for herself . |
| 15 | ‘ What she needs is not contained in a prescription bottle . |
| 16 | The resulting spectrum is similar to a conventional transmission spectrum , as radiation that is absorbed is not reflected . |
| 17 | ‘ I think the very least you can do is not to rush into it . ’ |
| 18 | Daniel affirmed that the power of relisting is not confined to cases where the previous hearing can be characterised as a nullity and that the power can be exercised after the court has issued a final order . |
| 19 | LET is not permitted in the assignment of the pseudo-variables LOMEM , HIMEM , PAGE , PTR# and TIME . |
| 20 | What it does have a lot to do with is that the Moat Centre has not had clear significant management on the ground and what we 're proposing here today should produce that in the very near future and what the proposals that Mr proposals would have done is not produced that in the significant future and I think that 's the point that really needs to be stressed . |
| 21 | Often benefit is not paid for weeks on end , so to claim that the regulation would result in some of the expeditious service from the DSS that the Minister likes to talk about is absurd . |
| 22 | Normally benefit is not backdated unless you have ‘ good cause ’ for a late claim . |
| 23 | This question also revealed several examples of pupils rounding the number 17 to 20 to obtain an approximate answer , although generally the process of rounding is not appreciated by pupils . |
| 24 | Abby Knight , a health and beauty writer and expert in skin and hair care , replied : ‘ Yes , there are exercises that tauten facial muscles but the most important thing to remember is not to pull the face into contortions that are not natural to you . |
| 25 | Another point for them to remember is not to speak directly at the microphone but to aim instead just over the top of it ; this is to reduce the pick-up of breath noises and the distortion of plosive consonants . |
| 26 | Unlike the other three types of scheme , the amount of pension you receive is not based on a fixed formula but ( within Inland Revenue limits ) is dependent on the investment performance of the fund into which your own and your employer 's contributions on your behalf have been paid . |
| 27 | When reason is excluded from love 's excitements what results is not love at all but lust , infatuation , or empty sentimentality . |
| 28 | The Administration is embarrassed that the Fed is not providing more support to its commitment to lower the dollar . |
| 29 | Finally , you can apply to have your debtor made bankrupt or , if a company , to be wound up if the amount you are owed is not paid to you . |
| 30 | The Unionist MP Ken Maginnis , a former UDR member , said : ‘ What I hope is not happening is that people who — as I would have had in my time — had montages for lawful and necessary purposes will be made scapegoats . ’ |