Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] is [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matching the job to the person will ensure that he or she is not overloaded and makes an effective contribution to the enterprise . |
| 2 | The first do n't is not to believe that the child is lazy because he or she is not managing to spell . |
| 3 | The Board is obliged to publicise the escrow account the balance of which is paid to the person if he or she is not convicted or at the end of the five year period . |
| 4 | From birth , the baby and infant imbibes moral values and learns to control instinctual wishes so that he or she is not chastised by parents , or other agents of socialization . |
| 5 | If one suppresses the name , one does not suppress the rest of what is reported , so it is reported that someone , or perhaps more than one person who has been defamed , has done something in the course of the case and it may be that he or she is not known to the public and is of no interest to the public . |
| 6 | However , as with every part of the curriculum , there is a wider perspective to be taken into account , and that is the fact that there is a limit on what an individual teacher can achieve if he or she is not working in harmony with the rest of the school . |
| 7 | Little Paul spends a short time at Mrs Pipchin 's ( on the recommendation of Miss Tox , a former child-boarder ) , where he is not quelled as the others are , but thoroughly discomfits her with his sharp questions and grave stare . |
| 8 | I mean , if he did go off into the wilds of Anatolia , or somewhere remote like that — something might happen to him in some village , where he is n't known . ’ |
| 9 | The currency of a provisional grant where it is not declared final is to be a period of one year ( subs . |
| 10 | Even where it is not stated explicitly , it is often implied that the tenets of rationalism or humanism are indubitable and self-evident . |
| 11 | Similarly , where an agreement specifies the time for doing three things ( eg , taking procedural steps towards a rent review ) and two of the three are stated to have a time limit which is of the essence of the contract and the other one does not , then it follows that , in all probability , where it is not stated to be of the essence , it is not intended to be of the essence . |
| 12 | Where it is not supported , the reason is often , as suggested by Rundquist ( 1980 , 1983 ) , because the spending patterns are already set by the geography of demands ( one would not expect large spending on subsidies for cotton farmers in New Hampshire , for example ) and the goal of the pork barrellers is rather to get plenty of money for the programme than to direct it to certain areas rather than others . |
| 13 | Wherever possible , jobs could be created at localities of most need , but a greater worker mobility than has been displayed in the past should be expected , and where it is not obtained , financial restrictions should be exerted to encourage fit , able but reluctant people to move from the old , worked-out pockets of industry to new opportunities elsewhere . |
| 14 | Where it is not done , sale of the asset after some time has elapsed can generate substantial revenue at the cost of a relatively small disposal of asset value . |
| 15 | Where it is not done , sale of the asset after some time has elapsed can generate substantial revenue at the cost of a relatively small disposal of asset value . |
| 16 | Bernier constantly contrasts Mughal India and seventeenth-century France : the Jumna compares favourably with the Loire , he thinks ; adultery is easier in Paris than it is in Delhi : ‘ in France it only excites merriment , but in this part of the world there are few instances where it is not followed by some dreadful and tragical catastrophe . ’ |
| 17 | Comparison is also used to explain a current phenomenon by comparing the past experience of the group where it is occurring with that of a group where it is not occurring . |
| 18 | General guidance on the firm 's role ( where it is not lead advisor ) in respect of City Code transactions is given in Chapter 9 of the CFM . |
| 19 | Until now , foreign aid agencies have chosen to ignore the opium growing around them , or chosen to operate in areas where it is not cultivated . |
| 20 | Having been nurtured in this way and observed adult males receiving the same treatment , boys may expect similar preferential treatment and where it is not offered automatically , demand it as a right . |
| 21 | States that ‘ the process of environmental assessment should not be imposed where it is not required by the Directive ’ and gives guidance on the circumstances in which it should be used . |
| 22 | Where it is not forced there could be a competitive advantage in making a decision that is so difficult that other people would not be prepared to make it . |
| 23 | Sometimes it is omitted where it is historically expected to be present , and sometimes it is added where it is not expected . |
| 24 | Whether it is or it is n't does n't matter what does matter is its ' performance and to test this you have to fit the device . |
| 25 | But teasing should n't contain too much truth or it is n't teasing any more , it 's … it 's … ’ |
| 26 | In so doing , any hint of attempted indoctrination , conditioning , manipulation , even influencing and persuading , is misplaced because this dimension can only be grasped in freedom , or it is not grasped at all . |
| 27 | Either it is raining or it is not raining . |
| 28 | If your hair looks much straighter and flatter than usual the conditioner is either too heavy for your particular type of hair type or it is not washed out properly . |
| 29 | Although she is not pictured , will be known to many throughout the Group from her previous job at Ipswich working for and subsequent move to the region centre . |
| 30 | Although she is not qualified , Mrs Chaplin , who has a PhD in economics , spent five years as a trainee at a small firm of chartered accountants in Norwich and ran her own business . |