Example sentences of "[be] [coord] [pron] [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | You either are or you 're not . |
| 2 | It 's part of my character , it 's who I am and I 'm not gon na hide underneath any wig . |
| 3 | The thesis would be pointless if most mistakes are jurisdictional or if in most cases it was particularly controversial and difficult to establish which are and which are not . |
| 4 | I think one of the , the best things a member of the royal family has done , is Prince Phillip and Prince of Wa , and Prince of Wales have actually opened their mouths up and said they 're opposed to wha a lo a lo a lot of what the present government policies are and it 's not , not before time , in my opinion ! |
| 5 | Or they are but I 'm not a very good person to bring out these effects , I do n't know which is true . ’ |
| 6 | And be pretty sure we 're not as efficient as we sh as we should be and I 'm not just talking about |
| 7 | This is the last place I want to be and I 'm not at all interested in your background . |
| 8 | ‘ THE most disheartening thing is that I have always had a really strong idea about what I want the group to be and I 'm not very good at relating to people who think that their version of what my group should be is more important than mine , ’ complains Stuart Adamson , singer/guitarist with Big Country . |
| 9 | I 've got enough just to manage , but things are n't what they should be and it 's not what we were used to in the old days . ’ |
| 10 | I did receive your new forms yesterday which were the for the illustration , they 're , they 're gon na be but you 're not gon na have to send er , erm |
| 11 | I 'll tell you what it 's a sound argument for the time being but it 's not a sound argument if we 're involved in a management buy out . |
| 12 | What would employees below think to hear us shouting at the top of our voices about what is and what is not the correct Chinaman ? ’ |
| 13 | As has been found with regard to ‘ insider trading ’ , it is very difficult to define what is and what is not legitimate . |
| 14 | How can we determine what is and what is not obligatory ? |
| 15 | In relation to affirmative action , it was felt that the Act is very unclear about what is and what is not permitted . |
| 16 | Apart from anything else , this gives the executive enormous power in determining what is and what is not debatable — and therefore over the limits of the assembly 's power . |
| 17 | There is an urgent need to develop practical definitions of ‘ sustainable development ’ and to offer planning authorities much clearer guidance on what is and what is not environmentally sustainable . |
| 18 | The Vendor can not be expected to anticipate what is and what is not material to a Purchaser . |
| 19 | However , the dividing line between what is and what is not permissible is often difficult to draw , as Maugham LJ illustrated in the Wessex Dairies case : … although the servant is not entitled to make use of information which he has obtained in confidence in his master 's service he is entitled to make use of the knowledge and skill which he acquired while in that service , including knowledge and skill directly obtained from the master in teaching him his business . |
| 20 | He criticised them for being ‘ too optimistic as to what is and what is not possible to us ’ , and also for under-estimating the enemy 's ability to launch a major offensive . |
| 21 | We get smoke from the steel works across the valley , but we know what that is and we 're not afraid of it . ’ |
| 22 | It is it is and I 'm not fighting to get it back again . |
| 23 | This is adequate if one is simply trying to calculate who is receiving certain benefits , such as old-age pensions , from official sources , but if we are seeking a realistic conception of who is and who is not a dependant or a net contributor to the economy in a broader sense such definitions are not helpful ( Grundy , 1986 , p. 13 ) . |
| 24 | Only the methods and technologies of security advisers can tell who is and who is not a terrorist , a traitor , what is a civilian shelter , what is a central communications bunker . |
| 25 | ‘ But when you look at the legislation , which has been in many ways draconian for the situation which exists today , you have great difficulty in saying who is and who is not under the age of 16 . |
| 26 | Well I hope it is but they 're not good are they ? |
| 27 | In the course of the plays , these elements of the mythic equation ceaselessly combine , entwine , and recombine as the archetypes refract , reflect and fuse into each other ( ‘ and nothing is but what is not ’ ) . |
| 28 | The one who brings the money , well — ’ Mordecai hesitated — ‘ I do not know what he is but he is not a servant . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It is but it 's not that sort of novel . ’ |
| 30 | Possibly it is but it 's not a na proper signature , it 's a photocopied signature . |