Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [be] 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| 2 | Is it not clear that it is not ambulance staff which have withdrawn the emergency cover from London , but the management ?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 | So , if you feel strongly about male babysitters , speak out — while making it clear that it 's not personal , it 's just for the sake of your peace of mind . |
| 11 | ‘ It became clear that it was not possible to achieve desirable social change in the Third World by treating people as if they were isolated objects , living outside a social context . ’ |
| 12 | From documents in Israeli archives , it has become clear that it was not the Shahs personal decision to grant de facto recognition to Israel . |
| 13 | S made clear that it was not prepared to agree to B 's terms , and that the price was not yet finalised , but agreed to commence work . |
| 14 | However , as the evidence developed before him , it became clear that it was not necessary for the carers to sleep overnight and thus , plus they did not need bedrooms and therefore a four bedroomed bungalow with rooms for the plaintiff , her parents , the night sleeper and one for Clare or to be used as a spare room , would be sufficient . |
| 15 | This made it clear that it was not the governments objective to alter fundamentally the red relationship between auditor and client , nor were we looking to increase the costs of audit . |
| 16 | However , profit margins are tiny where they exist at all and ICI had made it clear that it was not chasing ‘ profitless prosperity . ’ |
| 17 | And I think I made it quite clear that it was not the quality of the Education Authority that was the basis of the Banbury School 's proposals , it was the County Council 's decision to go ahead on a consultation for tertiary education , an entirely different animal in Oxfordshire , and I , like Bob , would agree that the erm quality of education offered in Oxfordshire is first class . |
| 18 | Watching the event on TV it was clear that it was n't his putter that was the problem . |
| 19 | Or will our message be so weak and insipid that it is not worth having . |
| 20 | I am afraid that it is not as simple as that . |
| 21 | I was really afraid that it was n't the real thing — ’ |
| 22 | Well the price you actually see on the er we do n't say free cos it 's not |
| 23 | It is n't light and it is n't dark . |
| 24 | It is n't funny and it is n't clever |
| 25 | To crash a plane into Beckindale around about the anniversary of Lockerbie it is n't funny at all it 's not funny and it 's not clever . |
| 26 | I served an apprenticeship , worked hard and now I am in the wrong and it is not my fault . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ That might be funny if it were n't so utterly ludicrous . ’ |
| 30 | Peace reigns at last though , and everything in the smouldering remains of the garden would be rosy if it were n't for one little problem . |