Example sentences of "[coord] it is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | disputing if it whether it is or it is n't , but how can we show that it is ? |
| 4 | But teasing should n't contain too much truth or it is n't teasing any more , it 's … it 's … ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It 's either there or it is n't . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 9 | If you want the meat to be cooked through , or it is not crisp enough , cook for another 20 minutes . |
| 10 | Either the society is , in such circumstances , alienated from its government and its laws or it is not . |
| 11 | If your hair looks much straighter and flatter than usual the conditioner is either too heavy for your particular type of hair type or it is not washed out properly . |
| 12 | Other members felt it inappropriate to distinguish between categories of third party : a State is either a party to the treaty or it is not . |
| 13 | Either it is raining or it is not raining . |
| 14 | I do not know whether he wishes to reconsider what on earth he means by saying that it is a flimsy excuse : either it is part of the law , or it is not . |
| 15 | Binomial distributions deal with a fixed population , each of whose members may possess only one of two possible elements ( the thesis is either cited in one year , or it is not ) , and the successive values of these elements are not dependent on the previous values ( a citation in one year does not imply a lack of citation in a following year ) . |
| 16 | But when one is dealing with associative use , we have to do with a binary distinction ; the adjective is introduced solely to indicate that its property , even though applicable to some other entity , is associated with the entity of its noun phrase , and here there are only two possible states — either the property is associated , in the view of the speaker , or it is not ( and of course by a slightly curious consequence of the communicational process , the state must always be the positive one , since if the property were not felt to be associated with that entity and needed for identification , then the adjective which designates that property would simply not appear ) . |
| 17 | Either , that long term flexibility beyond two thousand and six is a relevant consideration , or it is not . |
| 18 | In so doing , any hint of attempted indoctrination , conditioning , manipulation , even influencing and persuading , is misplaced because this dimension can only be grasped in freedom , or it is not grasped at all . |
| 19 | Either the car engine is on or it is not . |
| 20 | It can not , nor it is not . |
| 21 | And it is n't you . ’ |
| 22 | And it is n't just Porfiry 's trick . |
| 23 | When the curtains part and you see a white screen you know you 're watching a screen and it is n't real . |
| 24 | But the job of lifting the standards of people employed , giving them proper training , and paying a wage which breaks dependence on overtime and lifts morale : this together must far exceed the costs of the technology , and it is n't by any means clear what the bill will be or where the money will come from . |
| 25 | There are lots of bright and witty numbers but The Language of Love is the nearest to a heart-schmaltzy ballad and it is n't very convincing . |
| 26 | And it is n't enough for us to identify with our self , it is necessary to do so passionately , to the point of life and death . |
| 27 | ‘ The fame thing is n't something that I thrive on , and it is n't where creative energy stems from . ’ |
| 28 | Conversely , we sometimes do things with a horse that we intellectually reason should be all right , and it is n't ! |
| 29 | But I was the Annie character — you know — if you were a good girl you 'd be rewarded , and it is n't nice to make a fuss . ’ |
| 30 | And it is n't only last night I 'm talking about . |