Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Im not saying Mel is fast — he ai nt … but he s not as slow as he looks ( he played right wing for Sheff Wed — the same size ) . |
| 2 | The idea of an ‘ internal world ’ is not however new in ethology ; it was indeed a prime preoccupation of one of its key founding fathers , Jacob von Uexküll , who through studies of the perceptual apparatus of a variety of species deduced the nature of the experiential worlds to which they gave rise . |
| 3 | It is not however mere history . |
| 4 | The form of class consciousness is not however available to historical subjects , such as the members of a class , but has to be derived from an analysis of the totality . |
| 5 | It is not however necessary to decide the point in the present case , and in any event cases of this kind are generally the subject of statutory régimes which legislate for the circumstances in which money so paid either must or may be repaid . |
| 6 | The court is not however powerless to regulate its own proceedings in this area . |
| 7 | To condemn this analysis as sexist is not however exact . |
| 8 | 10 In determining for the purposes of this Act whether a house is unfit for human habitation , regard shall be had to its condition in respect of the following matters — repair , stability , freedom from damp , internal arrangement , natural lighting , ventilation , water supply , drainage and sanitary conveniences , facilities for preparation and cooking of food and for the disposal of waste water ; and the house shall be regarded as unfit for human habitation if , and only if , it is so far defective in one or more of those matters that it is not reasonably suitable for occupation in that condition . |
| 9 | Section 11(1) of the Act requires advance written notice to be given to the police of any public procession ‘ intended ’ to demonstrate support for or opposition to the views or actions of a person or body , which is being held to publicise a cause or to mark or commemorate an event ‘ unless it is not reasonably practicable to give any advance notice of the procession . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ where the matter consists of or is contained in a fair and accurate report of proceedings publicly heard before a court or tribunal exercising judicial authority , provided the report is published contemporaneously with those proceedings or , if it is not reasonably practicable or would be unlawful to publish a report of them contemporaneously , is published as soon as publication is reasonably practicable and lawful . ’ |
| 11 | Liability of an effective supplier is envisaged under s2(3) as follows : ( 3 ) Subject , as aforesaid , where any damage is caused wholly or partly by a defect in a product , any person who supplied the product ( whether to the person who suffered the damage , to the producer of any product in which the product in question is comprised or to any other person ) shall be liable for the damage if ( a ) the person who suffered the damage requests the supplier to identify one or more of the persons ( whether still in existence or not ) to whom subsection ( 2 ) above applies in relation to the product ; ( b ) that request is made within a reasonable period after the damage occurs and at a time when it is not reasonably practicable for the person making the request to identify all those persons ; and ( c ) the supplier fails , within a reasonable period after receiving the request , either to comply with the request or to identify the person who supplied the product to him . |
| 12 | This expression has been widely interpreted by the courts as meaning anyone responsible for putting into circulation a product which is not reasonably safe . |
| 13 | See Lord Wilberforce in Stenhouse and Lord Reid in Esso : " … an agreement in restraint of trade is not generally unlawful if the parties choose to abide by it : it is only unenforceable if a party chooses not to abide by it " . |
| 14 | Although a particular soil may be a specific and well defined chemical substance , or a mixture of a group of chemicals , it is not generally necessary in cleaning practice to elaborate on the exact composition or structure of these materials . |
| 15 | Carbonate is not generally possible at present because , apart from one map from Poland ( Peryt et a/. 1978 ) , very little information has been published on the distribution of facies in the formation . |
| 16 | Commercial perfumes and aromatic waters are diluted in ethyl alcohol which is not generally available ( at least in Britain ) without a perfumer 's licence . |
| 17 | This can be a difficult task in countries where sex is n't talked about or where sex education for young people , including gay teenagers , is not generally available . |
| 18 | Legal aid is not generally available for tribunals , they are intended to be cheap and both sides are clearly expected to bear their own costs . |
| 19 | Having successfully applied the rules , and stuck to them , then the individual is not generally subject to exit charges and can fully use the tax advantages presented . |
| 20 | The components may be crystal grains and their arrangement is not generally subject to the three-dimensional periodicity and the energy-dependent packing laws of the crystal lattice — so that the permissible kinds of order differ from those of crystals . |
| 21 | However , when a distortion can not be removed from one market it is not generally efficient to ensure that all other markets are distortion-free . |
| 22 | The twin counties of Suffolk and Norfolk are home to several courses in the higher reaches of the golfing firmament , but the region is not generally renowned as a popular destination for holiday golfers . |
| 23 | A company is not generally liable to tax on distributions , which includes dividends , so prima facie a distribution will not go to reduce Newco 's group relievable losses ( see s208 Taxes Act ) unless it makes an election under s242 . |
| 24 | Following the lodging of Defences , procedure is not massively dissimilar to that in the Sheriff Court . |
| 25 | Rumours have been circulating that both groups and BR say the link is not financially viable without government funds . |
| 26 | He is not financially astute . ’ |
| 27 | We do n't wish to because it is not financially sensible for an organization which is cash rich to take all the money to the bank . |
| 28 | We must accept that study has proved that the Bible is not historically true in all its parts ; we must declare that no Christian need suppose the book of Genesis to be an accurate physical account of the making of the world , nor mind if study proves contradictions in the different accounts in the gospels . |
| 29 | But the modern world is not neatly distinct from traditional society , even in its most Westernized corners , and it would be a mistake for International Relations to suppose otherwise . |
| 30 | Because of the way in which direct access devices operate , it is not normally necessary or desirable for the lowest-level index to point to every record . |