Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | But where it is n't well known is the people who ought to know , and that 's the pensioners , you know th perhaps er your er parents , people er older than yourselves who are drawing state pension , and er the advertising seems to have gone astray . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's very tender where it was n't before . ’ |
| 3 | My clothing was drenched in monster-gore , where it was n't tattered in the places charred by the acid rain . |
| 4 | An intelligent human would know enough not to go , um , where it was n't wanted , ’ said Nisodemus sourly . |
| 5 | I have not necessarily been understood , because they do n't always try to understand , but the feeling of warmth is either there or it is n't and that 's the only difference that counts . |
| 6 | The effects of stimulation are ‘ all-or-none ’ : either a saccade is elicited or it is n't , and its size and direction are not related to the intensity or frequency of stimulation in the colliculus . |
| 7 | disputing if it whether it is or it is n't , but how can we show that it is ? |
| 8 | But teasing should n't contain too much truth or it is n't teasing any more , it 's … it 's … ’ |
| 9 | Whether it is or it is n't does n't matter what does matter is its ' performance and to test this you have to fit the device . |
| 10 | It 's either there or it is n't . |
| 11 | Chairman I , I , I am and some of my colleagues a little confused on this paper , erm and I really ask that I , I understood that when we discussed this last , erm that the , the minor work which was one , one debated , erm was going to be increased to two million and that two million er , two million spend was going to come out of the existing budget , I 'm not quite sure from this whether it is or it is n't , could you explain ? |
| 12 | Either that Sardinian 's being there was coincidence or it was n't — and , for goodness ' sake , if it was n't — |
| 13 | And if you did n't want to do national curriculum levels or it was n't appropriate then you could continue your staff comment now or you could draw a wee picture there or something like that , you know ? |
| 14 | Either it was or it was n't . |
| 15 | Or it was n't a sadness that hurt , not an all-through one . |
| 16 | Or it was n't completely his fault . |
| 17 | When it became obvious that the strike was n't going to last a fortnight or it was n't going to last a month . |
| 18 | Either the place was worth searching or it was n't . |
| 19 | I 'm still staring at the branch ; it 's like my brain 's screaming at me inside my own head and I do n't know what else it is that 's listening , except it is n't listening ; my brain 's screaming Run ! |
| 20 | Except it is n't there . |
| 21 | It was a bedside lamp in the shape of an owl , except it was n't like any owl he knew about . |
| 22 | He 'd pulled up behind one of the newspaper vans , except it was n't a newspaper van . |
| 23 | Except it was n't very nice watching them disappear just before Christmas . |
| 24 | Although it is n't necessary for a person to have a bowel movement every day , regular movements should be encouraged . |
| 25 | Richard Harris has had his fair share of feuds with Hollywood actors , although it is n't always easy to distinguish exactly who is the heavy in his conflicts . |
| 26 | The brush is handy for vacuuming stubborn dust and dirt which may be lodged in a carpet and the crevice tool will reach into awkward corners such as under kitchen units , although it is n't long enough to reach to the very back . |
| 27 | You are moving the position of the oxygen and although it is n't a er a er well no , functional group ? |
| 28 | They 're supposed to bring a strange kind of ecstatic death by drowning — although it is n't really described as a death at all , more a passage from one world to another . |
| 29 | ‘ I read some of the things Jack said about me , and although it is n't exactly something I re-read every night , I suppose I must have been doing something right for him to make these kind comments . |
| 30 | The staff on the SCBU were most supportive and sensitive to my needs , although it was n't their normal practice . |