Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A non-zero non-unit polynomial f will be called reducible iff it is not irreducible . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Where it is not possible to strengthen a sagging floor by the addition of secondary timbers relieving the overloaded joists , it may be feasible to strengthen any integral timber beams by inserting steel flitch plates into slots formed in these members ( Fig 33 ) . |
| 4 | Until now , foreign aid agencies have chosen to ignore the opium growing around them , or chosen to operate in areas where it is not cultivated . |
| 5 | For the rest , it is distasteful where it is not dull . |
| 6 | Sometimes it is obvious to which group an individual should be assigned , but where it is not . |
| 7 | There is often a pulley and cleat provided for this purpose but on some older boards where it is not present you will have to improvise by making a loop in the bottom of the line . |
| 8 | The object is to ride on an unusual or distinctive tram , photograph it and to place it in unusual locations where it is not usually to be seen . |
| 9 | States that ‘ the process of environmental assessment should not be imposed where it is not required by the Directive ’ and gives guidance on the circumstances in which it should be used . |
| 10 | It could also find applications in coal mining , geothermal wells , and for pipe conduits under roads , where it is not practical to drill straight down . |
| 11 | Where parking is off-street the streets seem relatively safe , but where it is not there are obvious dangers . |
| 12 | In other cases , where it is not possible to identify a returning officer ex officio , a returning officer is specifically identified by order . |
| 13 | Even where it is not stated explicitly , it is often implied that the tenets of rationalism or humanism are indubitable and self-evident . |
| 14 | Where it is not certain , it will always seek to ascertain . |
| 15 | Comparison is also used to explain a current phenomenon by comparing the past experience of the group where it is occurring with that of a group where it is not occurring . |
| 16 | A range of options for recording achievement may be adopted whenever there is no purpose to be served by deriving a single total score from the items on the test , or where it is not necessary to rank the examinees in order of merit . |
| 17 | No doubt this will shortly be the case , where it is not so already , in other European countries . |
| 18 | There are sites where it is not only possible to visit and see the reconstructions , but also to take part in activities simulating the way people lived on that site in the past , or even to live there for several days to get some sort of impression of the way of life . |
| 19 | Sometimes it is omitted where it is historically expected to be present , and sometimes it is added where it is not expected . |
| 20 | Where it is not supported , the reason is often , as suggested by Rundquist ( 1980 , 1983 ) , because the spending patterns are already set by the geography of demands ( one would not expect large spending on subsidies for cotton farmers in New Hampshire , for example ) and the goal of the pork barrellers is rather to get plenty of money for the programme than to direct it to certain areas rather than others . |
| 21 | The rule of law thus described still prevails in the Probate Court , where it is not enough to prove a relation between testator and beneficiary , which in the court of equity would require the beneficiary to displace the presumption of undue influence by proving independent advice to the testator . |
| 22 | Where it is not possible , children 's homes are kept as small as possible and are not isolated from the community around them . |
| 23 | Wherever possible , jobs could be created at localities of most need , but a greater worker mobility than has been displayed in the past should be expected , and where it is not obtained , financial restrictions should be exerted to encourage fit , able but reluctant people to move from the old , worked-out pockets of industry to new opportunities elsewhere . |
| 24 | In small businesses like a grocery shop , a newsagent or a small restaurant most of the workers recruited are invariably speakers of the same community language , and where it is not a homogeneous linguistic group , there is a common language , a linguafranca which is not English but Hindi-Urdu ( among the South Asians ) . |
| 25 | The currency of a provisional grant where it is not declared final is to be a period of one year ( subs . |
| 26 | Where it is not possible to effect prompt personal service , service may be effected by other means such as post or insertion through a letter box ( Practice Direction , 18 December 1986 , ( 1987 ) 1 All ER 604 ) . |
| 27 | The second is the position apparently preferred by the police itself : where it is not subject to the whims of party politics and can develop what it considers to be the best safeguard for the community — the professionalization of the police force , in other words , it wants to be regarded as a profession and , like the medical and legal professions , to be left to do its job according to its own discretion . |
| 28 | I come here to Mexico City where it is not too far by airplane to visit my publishers in San Francisco . ’ |
| 29 | Where it is not forced there could be a competitive advantage in making a decision that is so difficult that other people would not be prepared to make it . |
| 30 | Bernier constantly contrasts Mughal India and seventeenth-century France : the Jumna compares favourably with the Loire , he thinks ; adultery is easier in Paris than it is in Delhi : ‘ in France it only excites merriment , but in this part of the world there are few instances where it is not followed by some dreadful and tragical catastrophe . ’ |