Example sentences of "[verb] but it [is] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expansion of forestry by means of a policy of attrition and isolation of farms is occurring but it is not necessarily a process which in the long term will lead to a reasonable balance of land use . |
| 2 | that 's er one of those upright ones in there she said yeah I thought Claire might be interested in that and so I was thinking it was like the ones we 've seen but it 's not , it 's completely round and it 's on erm like a stand like that , you know , it 's an upright |
| 3 | I think there 's a pride that , that the majority of firemen are , are fairly clean and smart erm there are the odd ones that have to be told but it 's not the same sort of discipline now as there was , and I 'm not sure whether it 's right or wrong , all I see I , I enjoy the discipline when I had it , I sometimes wish it was brought back but er it 's not the time now it seems for that type of discipline , so I think they manage well but er I would like to see a little more but perhaps I 'm a bit old fashioned . |
| 4 | People always think we ignore them when they 're waiting but it is n't really like that . |
| 5 | At least , this might be the view that Norton-Taylor wishes to promote but it is not readily evident in his book . |
| 6 | Yeah I know what you mean but it 's not it does n't necessarily work out that way cos |
| 7 | and that 's where the back door is , in the other bedroom you 've got a ventilator you know but it 's not actually facing into the bedroom , it 's facing outwards towards the bathroom , you know and the stairs |
| 8 | I know but it 's not all that sort it 's erm I mean you enjoyed it |
| 9 | Such a test is of obvious value to the shoemaker and is the correct test to use but it is not an easy one to analyse in terms of material as opposed to constructional variables . |
| 10 | It is running but it 's not showing us anything |
| 11 | The incursion of party politics into local government is sometimes deplored but it is not a new development ( Widdicombe 1986 , Vol . |
| 12 | er how the candidates feel really about environmental issues , there 's a lot of lip service paid to environmentalism er popping green petrol in your car is not the way to save the planet , it helps but it 's not the only answer . |
| 13 | Anyway , it 's cut but it 's not . |
| 14 | What effects disturbances on the spiritual plane may have on our mental , emotional or physical well-being are more difficult to assess but it is not impossible that our view of ourselves as machines , with a denial of any spiritual aspect and a consequent loss of meaning in our lives , may be one cause of much of the unhappiness and frustration seen today with results as different as vandalism and cancer — aspects of destruction at one level or another . |
| 15 | It may take a little practice , there may be a telephone box or a house or two to remove but it 's not as difficult as it sounds . |
| 16 | ‘ I know I am being investigated but it is not something I would like to talk about . ’ |
| 17 | A police spokesman said the incidents are being investigated but it is not possible to speculate why vandals are concentrating on this car . |
| 18 | ‘ I always did but it is n't easy , is it ? |
| 19 | We do need to be able to show forgiveness in all the things that we do but it is n't easy and Jesus devotion to is a great challenge to us as to just how far we can go . |
| 20 | On April 3 the UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said with reference to the dispute that " the military option is not being excluded but it is not being planned " . |
| 21 | I can cough but it 's not coming nowhere . |
| 22 | I know what you said but it is n't even dried yet . |
| 23 | They prefer to be unlocked but it is not prison to them . ’ |
| 24 | the first , the first season like the football did seem to improve but it 's not |
| 25 | And other people other people think spelling should be changed but it 's not going to be and they 're still going to mark it one the exam if you do n't get it right . |
| 26 | Or if they do evaluate then it 's to say it 's not working but it 's not our fault , there could n't possibly be anything wrong with our thinking on this subject or this issue . |