Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | So although it is not as good as the inner routes it is nevertheless an extremely robust scheme in the department of transports terms . |
| 2 | We race constantly so it is not surprising that 90 per cent of accidents are caused by excess speed . ’ |
| 3 | Presumably he is taking the intention to be to charge the trust only if it is not an unduly great burden on the trustee . |
| 4 | The answer seems to be that this is regarded as quite proper if the advantage is mutual — possibly less so if it is not . |
| 5 | ( This option only appears if you have Full Menus selected so if it is not in the Options menu first activate Full Menus ) Use Freeze Panes to fix the position of the Split bars . |
| 6 | So if it 's not causing me any symptoms I should ? |
| 7 | Girls themselves may feel very sensitive and embarrassed to be having sex in their parents ' house , especially if it was not allowed before . |
| 8 | Relatively few rural residents appear to rely solely on public transport , perhaps because it is not regarded nowadays as a worthwhile alternative — Moseley et al . |
| 9 | Yet , perhaps because it was not televised , it produced mighty little stir . |
| 10 | Although the Chicago School made passing reference to Freud 's work in discussing the biotic level , it did not explore it in detail , perhaps because it was not fully available in English during the 1920s and 1930s . |
| 11 | At the present stage of scientific development , it is surely sad that a healthy human fetus should be destroyed merely because it is not of the sex the mother prefers . |
| 12 | It seems " fair " to both parties only because it is not obviously unfair to either of them , It is rather like the resultant of mechanical forces pulling in different directions . |
| 13 | What these contradictions add up to is the paradoxical point that the ‘ frozen moment of loveliness is more dynamic than the fluid world of reality only because it is frozen ’ , that art is more vivid than life only because it is not alive . |
| 14 | It 's only because it 's not so not erm stable . |
| 15 | Parisians remain unconvinced that the project will be approved , especially since it is not the only idea on the drawing board . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , the government claims that old currency left in interest-bearing accounts should hold its value , so long as it is not spent . |
| 17 | The conduct element is causing ‘ actual bodily harm ’ , which has been given the wide definition of ‘ any hurt or injury calculated to interfere with the health or comfort of the victim ’ so long as it is not merely transient or trifling' . |
| 18 | You can therefore put such a fodder crop onto tripods or a fence when damp , confident that it will dry out , so long as it is not loaded too tight . |
| 19 | Whatever ‘ turns you on ’ is okay , so long as it is not connected with modern materialism or the one-God religions , like Christianity , Judaism or Islam . |
| 20 | Article 20 of the Brussels Convention provides that where a defendant domiciled in one Contracting State is sued in a court of another Contracting State the court shall stay the proceedings so long as it is not shown that the defendant has been able to receive the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document in sufficient time to enable him to arrange for his defence , or that all necessary steps have been taken to this end . |
| 21 | With regard to " temporality " ( in the sense in which this concept was used above ) , this can not be regarded as a sufficient condition of particularity so long as it is not shown that temporality alone ( in the indicated sense ) ensures numerical identity of particulars ; and if we are to be able to justifiably claim that it is a necessary condition of particularity , we must first show that there can be no extra-temporal particulars . " |
| 22 | Just so long as it 's not ‘ gall ’ , ’ Lily said . |
| 23 | ‘ Long as it 's not you 'e 's interested in , ’ Fred said shortly . |
| 24 | And she likes telling people things , she does n't mind who she talks to , total strangers , interviewers , so long as its professional , so long as it 's not personal . |
| 25 | At first , this stress on ‘ natural religion ’ , as it was called , did not necessarily mean the abandonment of Christianity as revealed in the Scriptures ; so long as it was not inconsistent with reason , it could be accepted . |
| 26 | They were bound by it so long as it was not in conflict with their statutory duty . |
| 27 | Now it was again being ruled that the Yugoslavs should be handed over , so long as it was not necessary to use force — but to this a subsequent note now added a very important qualification . |
| 28 | An early morning call from Doogie and Miranda left a lot to be desired , especially as it was not yet nine o'clock . |
| 29 | Obviously as it is not my equipment I can not help myself . |
| 30 | Only when it was not possible to squeeze another inch from the land do they stop , allowing the coarse heather to take hold on the steep cliffs . |