Example sentences of "[be] not [adj] it is " in BNC.

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1 I have followed the fitter directive but I am not convinced it is the best for the vehicle — should n't engine oil be used for engines and gear oil for gearboxes ?
2 But , one well-placed Labour MP said : ‘ Neil may have got away with it in 1983 , but I am not sure it is acceptable in 1992 . ’
3 One called Ilex macrocarpa , and I am not surprised it is n't on offer in the trade , has the biggest berries of all , but they are jet black and it loses its leaves in winter .
4 again there is no answer to that question , simply because the answer is so horrific , it does n't bear thinking about , but thank God all maybe safe , all will not be safe , but all maybe safe , God has provided a salvation that is available to all and if we are not safe it is because we choose to reject his s , his offers of mercy , so we thank God that all may be safe , but the solemn fact remains is that all will not be saved , well that leads us on to , to this third proposition , not only that the bible teach that all maybe saved , not only does it teach that all will not be saved , but it is quite clear that some will be saved whom we did not expect to be saved , we can be quite sure about that because judgment does n't rest with us , way back Abraham says perhaps one of the most important statements in his life when he said there in , in , in Genesis chapter eighteen and we actually sang the wo tho the quotation in the song we just sang a few moments ago where he says will not the judge of all the earth be right , judgement is not yours and mine , that 's God 's prerogative and the other song that we 've been , the song that we 've been singing , that song by faber there 's a wideness in God 's mercy lets be honest we are so narrow with our mercy , our gra , our expressions of grace is so limited , but there 's a wideness in God 's mercy and faber says it 's got the wideness of the sea , there 's a kindness in his justice , which is more than liberty , David knew all about that when he was given the option , he said oh I 'd rather fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men , I 'd rather that God dealt with me than that my fellow man dealt with me , because with him there 's mercy , with him there 's grace , with him there is , there is long suffering and there 's compa compassion and there 's love , and faber goes on with the love of God is broader than the measure of man 's mind and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind , now that 's all very well for the song writer to say that in a hymn and it sounds nice and it 's , it sounds good but is there a scriptural authority for this , is it really true , or is it just a nice song that we sing with , it does us good because we feel it 's a nice , there nice thoughts , well , surely we have it in the passage we 've been reading that there is there is a mercy with God , there is a kindness with God in ver in verse thirty of that chapter behold some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last it 's quite clear that some will be saved that we did not expect to be saved , and you can find example after example of this , it was a tremendous surprise to the onlookers when a very sinful woman annoyed to the feed of Jesus , it was a tremendous surprise to the Pharisee who rejected God , although he was such a good man , to find that the , er sorry to be rejected by God although he was a good honest upright man , and to find that the sinner was accepted by God , it was a tremendous surprise to the people when Zacchaeus who named you to be a sinner , an open twist there an evil man was saved by the Lord Jesus , you could save salvation has come to this house , it was a tremendous surprise when the law breaker who was dying on the cross beside the law Jesus was saved and went to be with him , with the Lord in paradise , it was a tremendous surprise to the disciples when Jesus preached the gospel and revealed himself to a gentile woman , who was an adulterer seven times over but he did and she was saved , it was a tremendous surprise to Ananias when the Lord revealed himself
5 ‘ I 'm not convinced it is a process that can be completed quickly . ’
6 I 'm not sure it is the same for children yet . ’
7 What he 's doing might be considered unfortunate for the baby — though I 'm not sure it is — but it could be of immense value to humanity as a whole . ’
8 Personally , I 'm not sure it is , though Dickie 's Head insists it is , and he should know .
9 And I 'm not sure it is n't all your fault . ’
10 one I 'm not sure it is , unless I 'm looking at the wrong
11 I mean I 'm , I 'm not sure it is .
12 Editor , — The important moral of David Bowsher 's editorial on paradoxical pain must be that if any analgesic drug is not effective it is always worth trying a chemically dissimilar drug of the same class before deciding that the pain will not respond to that form of analgesia .
13 If this is not possible it is advisable to use cushioned footwear for the aerobic warm-up .
14 If this is not possible it is up to the Partnership to provide funds from its own resources .
15 Laing acknowledges that the up-and-coming generation of managers are faced with a much faster-paced world than operated in most of his life , but he is not convinced it is any more difficult to be an executive today than in the past .
16 Incidentally , a horizontal dipole without parasitic elements is not unidirectional it is bi-directional , having exactly the same ‘ figure-of-eight ’ response as a ferrite rod antenna !
17 Six years ago Ireland was n't ready for this ; it is not certain it is ready for it today .
18 Arousal curve well understanding the need for arousal for me helped because I now understand that having nerves while you 're speaking is not unnatural it is n't something that you 're able to get rid of but you need to be able to work with it and practice to improve performance .
19 So , this qualified form of democracy entails that the government is representative of and responsive to public opinion ; and that where this opinion is not unanimous it is representative of and responsive to the majority .
20 ‘ Contrary to public belief , it 's not all it is cracked up to be , ’ said Whitney , whose first role is opposite Kevin Costner .
21 It is n't nice it is a beautiful thing .
22 Whilst contents insurance is n't compulsory it is strongly advisable .
23 Dr Hardy said he and Prof Mayer ‘ almost agree ’ on the mechanism of cell death , though he was not convinced it is common to Alzheimer 's and the spongiform encephalopathies , which are different diseases .
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