Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it is not " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the rest , it is distasteful where it is not dull . |
| 2 | Is it not clear that it is not ambulance staff which have withdrawn the emergency cover from London , but the management ? ’ |
| 3 | In any event , the Act makes it clear that it is not unlawful for a teacher to inflict corporal punishment ( as defined in the Act ) where it is necessary ‘ for reasons that include averting an immediate danger of personal injury to , or an immediate danger to the property of , any person ( including the pupil concerned ) ’ . |
| 4 | Although European railway executives see British rail traffic as important , it is quite clear that it is not crucial to plans for the development of a European network which will proceed whatever happens on the other side of the Channel . |
| 5 | Reporting that Judge Vaughn Walker has entered an order establishing a hearing date on summary judgement motions for May 5 in the look-and-feel suit brought against it and Hewlett-Packard Co by Apple Computer Inc , Microsoft Corp makes it quite clear that it is not prepared to tolerate any nonsense from anyone : the lawyer retained as its vice-president of law and corporate affairs is called William Neukom . |
| 6 | The opening fourteen chapters of Scale 1 provide a context of definitions for Hilton 's particular address to a recluse asking advice on the contemplative life which , in the first chapter , he acknowledges to be a demanding process : Although in defining active and contemplative life Hilton makes it clear that contemplative life belongs especially he , characteristically , makes it clear that it is not ruled out for actives . |
| 7 | I have to , I have to make it er perfectly clear that it is not part of the official business of the meeting . |
| 8 | The management of the trustees is really , I venture to think , of the nature of what is described in one of the rules as a private or domestic use , and so described for the purpose of making it clear that it is not to be allowed as a deduction . |
| 9 | ‘ British Coal have made it clear that it is not up to them , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Or will our message be so weak and insipid that it is not worth having . |
| 11 | I am afraid that it is not as simple as that . |
| 12 | I served an apprenticeship , worked hard and now I am in the wrong and it is not my fault . |
| 13 | If P is some occam term and x is a variable , we say that an occurrence of x in P is free if it is not in the scope of any declaration ( other than a parallel declaration ) of x in P , and bound otherwise . |
| 14 | You must remember that she was still hardly five years old and it is not easy for somebody as small as that to score points against an all-powerful grown-up . |
| 15 | The language is distinct and self-contained and it is not dependent on an established programming language . |
| 16 | Both male and female show broad white bars on the upper side of the wing in flight but several ducks display white patches of one kind or another and it is not a very useful diagnostic feature . |
| 17 | For those who have read the book the game will be easier but it is not a necessity . |
| 18 | We mention this because it is not unknown for some US authors to encash money orders and neglect to send the goods . |
| 19 | Thus an inductivist rationalist might rule that astrology is not a science because it is not inductively derivable from the facts of observation , whilst a falsificationist might rule that Marxism is not scientific because it is not falsifiable . |
| 20 | Sometimes people assume that the meaning of a pronoun is clear when it is not . |
| 21 | Conversely , to state the law as doubtful when it is not doubtful will also be penalised in marks . |
| 22 | Very shortly after that the barrister said ( also in the presence of the jury ) , ‘ I am sorry that it is not possible to comply with the jury 's request , but I accept your Honour 's ruling and the thinking that lies behind it . ’ |
| 23 | At Procedure Roll a defender may , very occasionally , succeed in persuading a Court that the pursuer 's case is so hopeless that it is not worth allowing evidence to be heard because even if that evidence was heard , it would not make out a case which would entitle the pursuer to succeed . |
| 24 | Lovell is emphatic that it is not a fast-track management programme but a way of offering highly motivated individuals the chance to fully develop themselves in technical , business and behavioural areas . |
| 25 | He is now upset that it is not our policy and keeps saying that the views in it must be the views of Ministers . |
| 26 | We had previously reported , however , that the imprecision of measurement of height is such that it is not possible , in the short term , to label a child a ‘ good ’ or ‘ poor ’ grower . |
| 27 | It is arguable that it is not , because since the contract allows the seller to vary the delivery date , the seller has performed exactly in accordance with the contract , and the buyer can not reasonably expect any other peformance . |
| 28 | In two respects , however , the definition is wider than at common law in that the Act ( a ) renders a species dangerous if it poses a threat to property and ( b ) allows for a species to be considered dangerous if it is not commonly domesticated in Britain , even though it may be so domesticated overseas . |
| 29 | The two causes were closely linked from the 1840s and it is not surprising that when Cassell visited New York in 1853 as a delegate to a World Temperance Convention he would also use Beecher at work in Ohio . |
| 30 | The genes producing these peptides are quite distinct but it is not clear whether both peptides are produced in all L cells , as dual localisation is only seen in a proportion of them . |