Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] is [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Whatever reply I find for that one , obviously it is not going to be |
| 4 | Tim just said so he is n't having |
| 5 | So it is n't going to be used this week ? |
| 6 | This is the kind of data which is not relevant to his objectives and thus it is not recorded in his model . |
| 7 | Well that 's that is I think everyone who 's ever worked on computers , editing or word processors , has been very fascinated by the change of attitude that they 've had , that somehow it is n't finished . |
| 8 | Well that is I think everyone who 's ever worked on computers , editing or word processing , has been very fascinated by the change of attitude that they 've had , that somehow it is n't finished , it 's never finished . |
| 9 | And it is not it is not fixed it is not fixed or in geological terms , petrified . |
| 10 | There may be cases of an intermediate kind , where , though a person is appointed to settle disputes that have arisen , still it is not intended that he shall be bound to hear evidence and arguments . |
| 11 | You see also it is not signed . |
| 12 | ‘ She pretends to pay Alexei no heed ; but whenever he is not watching her , she looks to make sure that he will follow when she rides away . ’ |
| 13 | Well clearly it is not going to yield to any such analysis , and to believe that it will is to deny the reality of subjective life and to side with the behaviourists . |
| 14 | He poured his mother 's ashes in the place she is now and I am absolutely positive that he knows now she is not coming back . ’ |
| 15 | In the developed democracy there was pay for attending the Council , but ironically it is not attested before Thucydides ' account of how the oligarchs of 411 ( temporarily ) brought it to an end ( viii.69 ) . |
| 16 | Now it is not expected to go on much beyond spring of next year . |
| 17 | Well you is n't said seven ! |
| 18 | Surely she is not suggesting that only her side of the case should have been put . |
| 19 | Do n't think that just because a shampoo does n't lather well it is n't doing its job . |
| 20 | Well it is n't gon na take |
| 21 | ‘ Surely he is n't doing this on his own ? |
| 22 | Surely it is not asking too much to allow her to get on with her own life in her own way ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Surely it is n't asking too much of you to put some clothes on , Your Highness . ’ |
| 24 | Bardolet has gone on to win three rounds in a row — the first hat-trick by a GM Spain driver — but remarkably he is n't leading the championship . |
| 25 | ‘ At least she is n't going to throw another wobbly the second she sets eyes on you … but she 's not going to like the idea of leaving tomorrow . ’ |
| 26 | Lyotard holds that we can best understand the nature of the unconscious through examining precisely how it is not structured like a language , that the most important criterion of demarcation of the unconscious from the ego lies in the ways that the former does not operate as does language . |
| 27 | The baton is frequently of use to soloists , who are not all musicians , and whose eye profitably follows the baton 's movements , especially in slow tempos , which are always the hardest to follow : but then it is not heard . |
| 28 | If the speaker identifies discrimination with irrational feelings of hostility against blacks , then there exists the basis for a denial of prejudice : if the regiment is motivated by the desire to uphold tradition , then it is not motivated by feelings of antipathy towards blacks , and therefore it is not prejudiced . |
| 29 | But when we experience the work as play , then it is not work any more . |
| 30 | It is one of the greatest tragedies of the church in the west today that there is a similar grumbling and hardening of heart , so that the word of the Lord is simply not heard ; and if heard , then it is not obeyed . |