Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , there are the so-called pronouns of laziness ( Geach , 1962 : 125ff ) , as in Karttunen 's well-known sentence ( see Lyons , 1977a : 673ff ) : ( 93 ) The man who gave his paycheck to his wife was wiser than the man who gave it to his mistress where it is not co-referential with his paycheck , but refers to what a repetition of that NP would have referred to ( namely the paycheck of the man whose mistress got it ) if it had occurred in place of it . |
| 2 | People frequently give sympathy where it 's not wanted — where the other person perhaps regards themselves as strong , determined , a fighter . |
| 3 | The currency of a provisional grant where it is not declared final is to be a period of one year ( subs . |
| 4 | ‘ MAFF exists to serve the interests of that industry although it is not simply there to look after farmers as too many commentators still assume . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ MAFF exists to serve the interests of that industry although it is not simply there to look after farmers as too many commentators still assume . ’ |
| 6 | eighty pound if it 's not one thing you know it 's fortnight ago from Co-Op it 's forty one P a packet , went last week it was forty six P a packet , so Richard and Angela went the other day for nan and they got me some at same time , she leant me the money , yeah , cos I was absolutely broke , gone back down again to forty one |
| 7 | It does n't have to have the polish of a broadcast programme if it is not going to be broadcast . |
| 8 | Even if the new President had entered his official residence , he would have no standing in his own community , and what , after all , is the point of a Maronite President if it is not to integrate the Maronites within the traditional confessional system which — readjusted in the Muslims ' favour — the Tayif agreement perpetuates ? |
| 9 | well you know I know that some people do but do n't back down afterwards and then say oh well never mind it was my fault cos it 's not your fault . |
| 10 | Not difficult to understand then why a stove can be a backpacker 's best friend — or worst enemy if it 's not suited to the use you intend . |
| 11 | There are of course passages where Klemperer 's gravitas is amazingly powerful , as in the first movement , but the first ‘ Nachtmusik ’ requires greater momentum if it is not to appear diffuse . |
| 12 | Television , for the NVALA , is a uniquely powerful medium , and one therefore that can have devastating effects on the social fabric if it is not checked . |
| 13 | Section 16(1) in the unamended form applicable at the relevant time stated : ‘ Where a term of a contract purports to exclude or restrict liability for breach of duty arising in the course of any business or from the occupation of any premises used for business premises of the occupier that term … ( b ) shall … have no effect if it was not fair and reasonable to incorporate the term in the contract . ’ |
| 14 | Certainly platelets do not normally adhere to arterial endothelium if it is not damaged but the explanation for this antithrombotic property of intact endothelium remains obscure . |
| 15 | I have also made a very rich soup from smoked salmon pieces , but be very cautious about your fish stock if it is not to be spoiled by excessive salt . |
| 16 | Anyway , it 's no crime if it 's not . |
| 17 | No such assurances have been given by the Opposition because it is not possible for them to do so . |
| 18 | And er one of the ways you can use is er National Savings Income Bonds , er which are er okay , but they 're , the trouble is they 're at a variable rate , so at the moment they 're paying seven percent , so that 's on National Savings Income Bonds , so that that person would get seven hundred a year at the moment gross , and of course er you do n't need to t to fill in an R eighty five for that type of investment because it 's not a bank or building society account . |
| 19 | But Intel insists that DEC was still showing interest in marketing the follow-on Paragon machine and that it pulled the plug on the deal because it was not satisfied with DEC 's level of commitment . |
| 20 | International law does not control force because it is not law . |
| 21 | In the building industry , not only in France but also in Sweden , West Germany , Italy , as well as in Britain , the main body was ( and still is ) both an employers ' and a trade association since it is not easy to separate the negotiation of wages from matters such as agreed arrangements for contract tendering . |
| 22 | The second fragment ( 23kb ) detected by the 680-bp probe is from an unrelated locus ( see Fig. 3 legend ) and serves as a control for the amount of DNA loaded in this experiment as it is not deleted . |
| 23 | The sad thing is such behaviour will only end up getting the poor stalker or ghillie the sack so it 's not worth the trouble . |
| 24 | The existence of Ulster 's British majority posed a similar difficulty although it was not fully recognised at Westminster until the general strike organised by the Ulster Workers ' Council in May 1974 . |
| 25 | ‘ There is still a place for old favourites such as viscaria , a plant I loved growing as a child although it is not much seen today . |
| 26 | ‘ At least he is symmetrical but his left leg has not had the same exercise so it 's not the same size as his right . ’ |
| 27 | Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe although it is not so on Earth ( see chapter 12 ) . |
| 28 | Article 100 would require a unanimous vote , therefore a member state could ‘ veto ’ the proposal if it were not satisfied with the content . |
| 29 | An agreement will only be regulated by the 1974 Act if it is not exempt . |
| 30 | I 'm having a bit of trouble with Spike 's laser printer at work cos it 's not a real It it says it 's a Hewlett-Packard Two Plus but it ai n't . |