Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I served an apprenticeship , worked hard and now I am in the wrong and it is not my fault . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The language is distinct and self-contained and it is not dependent on an established programming language . |
| 5 | Perhaps there was something wrong but it was not that serious . |
| 6 | The grant-aid earned under the new Regulations was adequate but it was not generous and although class programmes were extended to new centres and programmes expanded in existing branches , the costs of provision also increased and the District required overdraft facilities until 1950 when a small surplus was secured . |
| 7 | He 's , he 's funny but it 's not , cos if Ryan 's , he 's not going to get anywhere , because he 's just a little shit , basically . |
| 8 | Er er the principle was that erm th the birth of a child is , it is painful but it 's not a pain too much for a mother to bear , that was the , the id the principle that they went on . |
| 9 | She felt light-headed and it was not just the swift change from lying down to standing . |
| 10 | Whilst the venue on this occasion was central and it was not the first time the A.G.M. had been held on a Friday evening , the Committee appreciates that perhaps the idea of holding the Meeting on the evening before the Dinner Dance to enable those travelling to London to attend both events was not a good one . |
| 11 | She says it the same sort of consistency as yogurt but it 's salty and it 's warm and it 's not very nice at all she said . |
| 12 | The narrow streets were crowded and it was not long before Gerald had discovered the cause of the exultant bedlam . |
| 13 | The genes producing these peptides are quite distinct but it is not clear whether both peptides are produced in all L cells , as dual localisation is only seen in a proportion of them . |
| 14 | Of course the debate in government and Parliament was crucial but it was not the only way in which the educational reform was tested at the time nor the only way to assess it later . |
| 15 | It may sound impossible but it is not . |
| 16 | It sounds simple but it is not , which is why for the time being Zurich seems to have stolen a march on its rivals . |
| 17 | Before setting off again yesterday , he said : ‘ We are nine days overdue but it 's not a big problem . |
| 18 | I thought there was a separate but it 's not , no it 's not is it ? |
| 19 | This sounds easy but it 's not when faced with 10 mean faces all wanting to ‘ splat ’ you . |
| 20 | I know I said it 's easy but it 's not that easy . |
| 21 | It may be real but it is not the truth . ’ |
| 22 | Such an education was republican and democratic but it was not egalitarian : it aimed to encourage , in Fumaroli 's words , ‘ the only nobility compatible with political democracy ’ nobility of spirit . |
| 23 | Now I do n't stand here in any sense of defending these salaries , in fact I think our policy is entirely right and it is not inflationary . |
| 24 | Many systems are menu-based and it is not necessary to recall the relation names . |
| 25 | ‘ Knowing when prisoners are ready to respond is the skill you learn to develop here ’ , said one ; ‘ the staff are a good lot and there is a positive culture in which to work — but you still have to work out when real work is possible and it 's not just meeting institutional demands . ’ |
| 26 | It would appear that states prefer to act legally where possible and it is not possible to claim that states are unaffected by legal prohibitions on war , but the regularity with which such a large proportion of states are prepared to use force illegally — despite their total commitment to law-abidingness within their territories and the apparent lack of any retributive consequences of such illegalities ( unless defeat in war is unhelpfully labelled as a punishment ) — raise doubts about the parallels between municipal and international law in terms of the parameters of the concept of law . |
| 27 | So it 's not obvious and it 's not natural unless as you said fractions cut up your pie . |
| 28 | The great increase in air traffic made accidents almost inevitable and it was not long until Ayrshire had its first major air crash . |
| 29 | Now the fight is just as hard but it 's not so romantic , so it seems people have lost interest . |
| 30 | That fine but it 's not helping |