Example sentences of "[pron] is not [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he feels someone is not applying themselves 100 per cent , he wo n't spare reputations or ego — whoever you are . |
| 2 | Sometimes the tears come for no reason ( by which phrase we mean that someone is not crying for a particular reason , for something or someone in particular , but that they are crying for everything ) . |
| 3 | The only three fish I am left with are a Majestic Witch , which also has a white mark around the mouth , a Black Wedge , which is not feeding , and the Moon Angel , that is still in good health . |
| 4 | There is not a US coastal state which is not considering measures to preserve its coastal regions and the Environmental Protection Agency has put the cost of protecting cities against a one metre sea-level rise at between $73 and $111 trillion . |
| 5 | Our concern is with that huge category of stock which is not issuing well and which fills our valuable storage space : the nineteenth-century biographies ; the classics of politics and philosophy ; the long journal runs ; the multi-volume histories ; the ‘ complete ’ works ; the novels , plays and studies of and by yesterday 's men and women ; the giant topographical histories — the accumulated cultural and historical heritage that lies heavily on the stacks and on the reference shelves . |
| 6 | There is no escape from it — that Damocles sword of a war on the first day of which all the chartered covenants of princes will be scattered like chaff : a race war which will subject the whole of Europe to devastation by fifteen or twenty million , and which is not raging already because even the strongest of the great military states shrinks before the absolute incalculability of its final result . |
| 7 | Heads of different divisions may informally set their own plan which is not moving in the same direction as the handed down plan to which they pay lip service . |
| 8 | Do not delay requesting veterinary attention for any young foal which is not sucking and has diarrhoea . |
| 9 | The Booksellers Association , which is not taking a view on this issue because of the differing interests of its membership , says it is nevertheless watching developments closely , and is recommending that booksellers lobby their MPs according to their trading preferences . |
| 10 | While it is a good idea to have something in which you feel confident and comfortable , and which is not getting ‘ tired ’ , it may have disadvantages . |
| 11 | He told reporters that Mr Vance and Lord Owen were ‘ not throwing up their hands ’ but there was ‘ a question as to how many days they can keep going with a negotiating process which is not getting anywhere . ’ |
| 12 | Coopers , which is not accepting or denying liability under the agreement , says that the money will come from ‘ various sources ’ , including its insurers . |
| 13 | One body which is not dragging its heels is the CBI , which wants space for an industrial design and enterprise centre — an idea backed by Westminster Council and the City Corporation . |
| 14 | which is not gon na be the case when they transfer from school . |
| 15 | If you have a smoky chimney or one which is not working properly ( even after having the chimney swept ) , ti would be a good idea to call in a chimney specialist to diagnose the problem and recommend the cure . |
| 16 | The fact is , I work in the National Health Service , and regardless of what the media or politicians may say , the reforms are costing millions of pounds setting up a system which is not working . |
| 17 | I love making , I love doing , I love being to the full , I love everything which is not sitting and watching and copying and dead at heart . |
| 18 | Something I wrote on Nov. 7th — ‘ I love being to the full , I love everything which is not sitting and watching . ’ |
| 19 | The murder last weekend of five Turks in Solingen , in Germany , coincided with a speech by Winston Churchill , a British member of Parliament and grandson of the grand old man , talking of the ‘ relentless flow ’ of immigrants into Britain ( which is not happening ) . |
| 20 | Whatever the cause of an airlock , a temporary cure can usually be effected by connecting a hose pipe from the kitchen cold tap ( under mains pressure ) to the tap which is not running and turning both on . |
| 21 | But is it so easy to conceive of a pain which is not hurting you ? |
| 22 | It is a long English tradition , which is not going to change . |
| 23 | Which is not going to please actress Sandra Bernhard , Madonna 's former constant companion . |
| 24 | Love which is not going to be fulfilled . |
| 25 | However , given the comparatively low-cost alternative to underwriting deep discount issues — the insistence of corporate financial officers on using underwriters suggests some traditional but illogical practice which is not going to change overnight . |
| 26 | The person who creates a crisis in a relationship which is not going well such that the two part company and he or she is able to establish a more suitable and rewarding partnership may do much better than the person who avoids crises and settles for a far from ideal partner . |
| 27 | I have a Goniopora coral and my Clownfish lives in it as if it were an anemone , which is not doing it a lot of good . |
| 28 | Yet the counsellor has to have the ability to focus on difficult and distressing areas in a way which is not threatening to the counsellee . |
| 29 | The beautiful girl , a joy — she is not searching , |
| 30 | One is always warned about the perils of wishing — perhaps Constanza wo n't be in trouble because she is not getting her wish literally . |