Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basically the idea is that in sectors where it is not feasible to have competition in the market place ( with all the associated incentives to efficient performance ) then it may nevertheless be possible to have competition for the market . |
| 2 | Such a clause is a liquidated damages clause and is bind-ing upon the parties provided it is not a penalty . |
| 3 | From salmon sperm he also isolated a protein , named protamine , and observed that nuclein was closely associated with proteins if it was not actually a protein itself . |
| 4 | I will see that happening , but it is the freedom of schools to choose that is all important , and there are some particular elements of expertise which are not available to schools because it 's not available centrally , and I believe that giving schools their budgets goes a great way to meeting this . |
| 5 | Beside the fruit house is another store , invisible to passers-by because it is not only comparatively tiny but also underground . |
| 6 | Often , invoice discounting is more attractive to the larger companies that can manage their own sales ledgers , but it does expose the factor/invoice discounter to greater risks because it is not so closely involved in the client 's affairs . |
| 7 | At this stage you will notice that no attempt has been made to count the words as it was not possible to use the macro record facility for this operation . |
| 8 | Until now , foreign aid agencies have chosen to ignore the opium growing around them , or chosen to operate in areas where it is not cultivated . |
| 9 | Although quite early in World War I both sides moved underground into elaborate trench systems , there were areas where it was not possible to dig deep trenches . |
| 10 | There are sites where it is not only possible to visit and see the reconstructions , but also to take part in activities simulating the way people lived on that site in the past , or even to live there for several days to get some sort of impression of the way of life . |
| 11 | Objections were particularly strong from rural areas so it is not surprising that the Conservatives rejected the Redcliffe-Maud scheme . |
| 12 | The redoubtable Joseph Parker made four visits although it was not until 1887 that he made a lecture tour which was not a success due to ill health and financial disagreements . |
| 13 | The most popular route of ascent is from Ingleton and this is the one invariably followed by first-time visitors although it is not the best , and the much-trodden path is well populated on most days of the year . |
| 14 | He said that a company could suffer bad headhunting experiences if it was not entirely sure exactly what it wanted the search consultant to do . |
| 15 | Tom grinned an enormous grin across the table and said , ‘ You 're cheating , because a ) what are your natural circumstances if it 's not the very existence of coal , b ) I do n't believe Engels said it at all and , c ) even if he did , that does n't make it true because he was working with an outmoded scientific model . |
| 16 | In extreme circumstances if it is not possible to take leave before leaving due to work demands then it may be possible for the employee to be paid . |
| 17 | Well why would it be used in circumstances when it was not needed otherwise ? |
| 18 | Erm be careful with your titles cos it 's not easy to title them . |
| 19 | Why else should the notion of Frankenstein 's monster have affronted the imagination of generations if it was not their intuition of God that was affronted ? |
| 20 | If the answer is no , then you need to think about how you could improve that piece of work , somebody is speaking now it 's bad enough you owe me ten minutes if it 's not the best piece of work you 've ever done , why is n't it ? |
| 21 | There is often a pulley and cleat provided for this purpose but on some older boards where it is not present you will have to improvise by making a loop in the bottom of the line . |
| 22 | And there are some wonderfully positive people among those who have permanent disabilities or terminal illnesses so it is not just a case of being one of the ‘ lucky ’ ones . |
| 23 | It sounds like a meteoric rise , but Dermot says : ‘ We 've all paid our dues in other bands so it 's not quite as spectacular as it looks . ’ |
| 24 | If you ever try to do a ha a demonstration for anybody erm or a group of people involving a sort of manual skill , you find that it goes to pieces if it 's not a very well rehearsed skill , whereas you find you can actually get very your performance is a lot better when you 've got an audience if you know the skill very well . |
| 25 | And to this day I shall never be able to understand why so many of my generation , by the time they were in their teens , had a mouthful of dentures because it was not due to eating sweets . |
| 26 | Inevitably there are times and places when it is not possible to have a proper discussion on AIDS . |
| 27 | His father had been the son of a labourer who had earned 2d a day from ploughing , and such low-paid occasional work was typical of what was available for the children of farm labourers until , in such places as it was not in decline , they could be put to live-in farm or domestic service at around the age of fourteen . |
| 28 | The problem there was the children climbing the fence and with just having spent five hundred and eighty pounds putting a fence up , spent another fifty four pounds although it 's not in the budget , I accept that , er was er a necessary expenditure which I took a decision on straight away because I did n't want to see our five hundred pound fence being knocked down within a week of being put up . |
| 29 | Much of these data , however , are also suitable for hypothesis-testing — indeed the data are of higher quality than those generally used in research studies because it is not usually practicable to ask academics from a wide range of areas to adopt uniform teaching , assessment and reporting practices solely to permit educational research to occur . |
| 30 | Take the High Road , which has been running for 13 years , does n't make the ratings tables because it is not slotted in a peak viewing time across the country . |