Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore it is not only ‘ liberal ’ or modernist churches where this is true . |
| 2 | Furthermore it is not even possible to specify whether the energy is in the peaks or valleys of the waves . |
| 3 | However , it must be pointed out that not all monopoly suppliers act against the public interest ( eg it is not suggested even by the most ardent advocate of privatisation — refer to Chapter 3 — that the water supply or sewage disposal industries should provide competitive services to each household ; the duplication of resources in these cases would be extremely wasteful to society ) , nor do all oligopolies abuse their position . |
| 4 | Apparently it is not intended to decide that a bowler with a long run pays more than a dashing opening batsman , but rather to ensure that a highly-paid Test cricketer does not necessarily pay the same amount as a young uncapped player . |
| 5 | This has a certain ring to it , but apparently it is not entirely accurate . |
| 6 | Somehow , hers is in good taste , and so mine is not . |
| 7 | For this reason alone it is not usually advantageous to make a submission in child protection cases . |
| 8 | But perhaps it is not too simple to suggest that we are also conscious of Zuckerman as a deflection of the wrath over Roth which works by making Zuckerman responsible for the outrage . |
| 9 | Perhaps it is not possible to produce Peter Shaffer 's 1964 play about the conquest of Peru in a way that is informed by our subsequently increased awareness of how such representation works . |
| 10 | Perhaps it is not as useless as Aristotelian logic and can lead , if not to knowledge of necessary causes and natures , then to something worthwhile nevertheless . |
| 11 | Perhaps it is , perhaps it is not ; our ignorance shows that what we mean when we speak of personal identity is continuity of consciousness , not of substance . |
| 12 | SIR — Perhaps it is not for me , as a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church , to comment on ‘ the precise purpose ’ of Cardinal Hume 's visit to Moscow ( report , April 16 ) . |
| 13 | Perhaps it is not so surprising , since Tony Bowran learnt his craft from the practitioners of the finest photographic advertising images of the ‘ 70's , and like the painters of previous years that he so admires and draws great inspiration from , they too had apprentices who eventually became masters in their own time . |
| 14 | So perhaps it is not so far-fetched after all to say that ‘ marriages are made in heaven ’ ! |
| 15 | Perhaps it is not so much that police behaviour has deteriorated as that public expectations have risen . |
| 16 | Perhaps it is not surprising that he became the subject of legend , his noble image inspiring the collective imagination to attach magical tales to his historical person . |
| 17 | Perhaps it is not strong enough for you ? |
| 18 | Perhaps it is not possible to reduce it to a single definition , but for the purpose of this passage I will concentrate on the individual learner . |
| 19 | Perhaps it is not too late , by some sort of active ‘ tending ’ , to re-create the atmospheres of ancient sites by reintroducing plants which may once have been there , so that they can again contribute their specific fragrance , their own note which helps create the ethereal music of the place . |
| 20 | With so limited a territory left for privacy , perhaps it is not surprising that the Swedes have led the way in data protection . |
| 21 | This is not highly encouraging , and perhaps it is not surprising that although the need for formal systematic planning was noted in our sample , and the concept of appraisal was mentioned by a small number of respondents , evaluation was rarely described in any depth , although 62% of the programmes described by the data sheets indicated that an assessment procedure was employed . |
| 22 | Or perhaps it is not . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps it is not all that surprising to find the same stories in three books about the same person . |
| 24 | perhaps it is not too strong to say that in national firms or boutiques the culture is defined by the owner or founder of the business . |
| 25 | Perhaps it is not surprising that , without exception , the professionals to whom we talked stated emphatically that their overriding concern was to act in the interests of their child clients . |
| 26 | Perhaps it is not remarkable , after all , that no poet should have described this world to us before it expired , described it in language that would bring home to us what kind of world it actually was and how its inhabitants looked upon it , for it was above all a peasant world and the peasant was inarticulate . |
| 27 | Perhaps it is not an ideal system — some day no doubt the MR will be appointed by competitive examination in Law Reports , but it is our system for the present ; and we should give our party arrangements a wrench if we throw it aside . |
| 28 | Perhaps it is not surprising that many younger doctors are voting with their feet . |
| 29 | Perhaps it is not surprising that the Hon. Members for Wimbledon ( Dr. Goodson-Wickes ) and for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) and those other Hon. Members from other exotic places who served with us would not find it particularly attractive to participate in further debates on the Bill today . |
| 30 | Perhaps it is not unexpected that simple correlation can not easily be made between different parts of the world in view of the advent of the theory of plate tectonics because of the amount of movement associated with the displacement of plates . |