Example sentences of "[det] [is] n't [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Females are larger than males , though of course this is n't much help unless you have a pair for comparison . |
| 2 | What 's here is anger and pain , and while this is n't easy to take , the hardcore is always a bitter pill . |
| 3 | But this is n't bloody ‘ Ferry Aid ’ , pal . |
| 4 | Sit beside the other person or if this is n't possible , at a 90 degree angle to them |
| 5 | Cut down your waiting time or if this is n't possible keep busy while you wait . |
| 6 | Sometimes this is n't possible , as care has to be taken to keep to public footpaths or ask landowners ' permission . |
| 7 | This is n't possible in the confines of a tank , so the new fish are hounded to death . |
| 8 | If this is n't possible , which seems to be the case in your situation , then the restaurant is in breach of contract and you could have a claim for compensation for disappointment , plus any expenses you may have incurred — for example , travelling costs to and from the restaurant . |
| 9 | This is why sound insulation should be taken into account when the building is designed : insulated breaks can be arranged to stop sound travelling , but this is n't possible after the structure is complete . |
| 10 | In an ideal world we would be recycling and re-using everything , but this is n't possible and we have a long way to go before we can turn all our waste into a resource . |
| 11 | ‘ The clubs have that much power over players it 's as if they own them , and this is n't good for the game in the North . |
| 12 | And she thought , quite calmly : this is n't good enough for me , I shall get further if I 'm pulled , I ca n't waste time in going first . |
| 13 | This is n't good enough . " |
| 14 | Members of a local action group say this is n't good enough . |
| 15 | ‘ This is n't new — it 's a problem in the sales departments of many organisations , ’ says Dr Sik . |
| 16 | This is n't new instructions for Wednesday morning . |
| 17 | Moving to profits for the book companies , these are slightly down , but this is n't indicative of a full year and the general outlook is er , is good . |
| 18 | After a while I thought , ‘ Hold on a minute , this is n't right . |
| 19 | ‘ This is n't right , ’ she says . |
| 20 | So it was ten amps with just the one , just the fifty ohm and now it , I mean this is n't right but just a , let's say that with both we 're going to get about eleven amps . |
| 21 | This is n't right . |
| 22 | No this is n't right , there 's something wrong there , that 's not complete . |
| 23 | This is n't surprising , of course , since the overall purpose of talking with someone is to impart information of some kind . |
| 24 | We can tell that the primary visual areas in rats and monkeys come from the same primordial tissue in the embryonic nervous system , but this is n't surprising since all of the cortex arises from this same region . |
| 25 | This is n't surprising . |
| 26 | ‘ Dammit , this is n't personal . ’ |
| 27 | The C E C I believe are gon na say this is n't necessary . |
| 28 | ‘ Surely this is n't necessary , is it ? |
| 29 | At seven , this is n't crucial , but I 'm well aware that this is the beginning of a tendency girls have to underachieve academically and in other walks of life . |
| 30 | This is n't such an irrelevant statement as it may sound — it is a fact that almost all the volcanoes in the world are within a couple of hundred kilometres of the sea . |