Example sentences of "[be] and [is] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the Policy Document , written in plain English , tells you everything about what is and is not covered ( Sun Alliance will provide you with a copy of the Policy if you wish ) . |
| 2 | Only the Policy document , written in plain English tells you everything about what is and is not covered ( we will provide you with a copy of the Policy if you wish ) . |
| 3 | Discourses are not just constituted by what is and is not written ; other signification systems are involved . |
| 4 | It might also be argued that the treatment of language in terms of sentences has been quite successful in revealing how language works , that within the sentence we can establish rules and constraints concerning what is and is not allowed , whereas beyond the sentence , such rules seem either to disintegrate or turn into rules of a different kind — social rules or psychological rules , which are not within the area of linguistic study at all . |
| 5 | But Aristotle is not just making a sociological point about what is and is not permitted to women in his society . |
| 6 | In 1992 the Prime Minister , John Major , indicated that his government would release more information , but it is still the executive that decides what is and is not released . |