Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] it is [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either it is raining or it is not raining . |
| 2 | The expansion of forestry by means of a policy of attrition and isolation of farms is occurring but it is not necessarily a process which in the long term will lead to a reasonable balance of land use . |
| 3 | One response to this has been to challenge the position of the majority in the province by suggesting that it is not the population of the province who should decide the issues at stake but the population of the whole of Ireland . |
| 4 | Will he give at least gentle guidance to LEAs suggesting that it is not reasonable for students to be excluded from discretionary grants merely because their parents have moved home ? |
| 5 | So , on the other hand , feminists want another kind of knowledge — based on believing that it is not enough to establish that Angelica Kauffman was productive and well respected in both difficult and popular forms of art . |
| 6 | Yet the high-momentum electrons and positrons observed must eventually be explained somehow and it is perhaps worth remarking that it is not new in physics for novel phenomena to be observed when looking for something else . |
| 7 | The divider sheets are not necessarily replaced when new statutes are added , so look for a recent statute in its proper chronological place , and if necessary check with the cumulative supplement before deciding that it is not included . |
| 8 | This acts as a commitment payment and demonstrates the seriousness of the vendors confirming that it is not their intention just to test the water and withdraw . |
| 9 | Micro Focus Plc makes a very good living out of a programming language that many believed would be long dead by now yet still shows no signs of fading away — but if object-oriented programming fulfils its promise and sweeps away the paraphernalia of the first 35 years of the computer industry , Micro Focus is going to have to be ready and waiting if it is not going to be swept away too . |
| 10 | I am waiting and it is not a time for you to be chatting . |
| 11 | People always think we ignore them when they 're waiting but it is n't really like that . |
| 12 | However , for the foal , providing that it is not extremely young , it is quite different ! |
| 13 | However , when it comes to the central problem faced by the Secretary of State and his colleagues — that of being re-elected — their only solution is to throw money at it , providing that it is not their money or that of their supporters but taxpayers ' money . |
| 14 | They are reasons for holding that it is not binding . |
| 15 | So enticing is the red gape of a cuckoo nestling that it is not uncommon for ornithologists to see a bird dropping food into the mouth of a baby cuckoo sitting in some other bird 's nest ! |
| 16 | An Information memorandum should include a form of wording emphasising that it is not a prospectus , that the information it contains is confidential and that neither we nor the directors of the company concerned accept responsibility for it . |
| 17 | If size permits it then adopt a central facility for photocopying as it is not an efficient use of your secretary 's time . |
| 18 | Demonstrating that it is not just Government ministers who get neurotic about the media , Meacher desperately blamed ‘ malicious and fabricated press reporting ’ . |
| 19 | Recondite though her theme may be , she succeeds , by focusing on its scientific aspects , in demonstrating that it is not without relevance to our own times , as becomes immediately apparent when she finds the origin of the movement in an information explosion . |
| 20 | I have been quoted as saying that it is not birth , marriage , or death , but gastrulation which is truly ‘ the important event in your life ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ I find myself in complete agreement with Professor Knight and would go further in saying that it is not credible that a karate chop to the base of the nose could cause a fracture of the anterior cranial fossa without considerable damage to the nasal structure . ’ |
| 22 | It goes without saying that it is not £75,000 in respect of each but the total earnings ’ figure which must not exceed £75,000 . |
| 23 | Now it is of course always possible to substitute ( x ) Fx for ( Ex ) Fx , replacing the existential quantifier , that is , with a universal quantifier plus negation , but there is nothing much to be gained by such a swap , for to paraphrase the proposition that something is human by saying that it is not the case that everything is non-human is merely to beg the question . |
| 24 | I would defend the system by saying that it is not inadequate in that it certainly guarantees quality and safety in this country , but it leaves much to be desired in that it is diverse and scattered throughout hundreds of different local authorities . |
| 25 | If the atheist uncovers ‘ His ’ identity , then lo and behold the theists start saying that it is n't God after all . |
| 26 | In this way the lawyer has a part to play within political movements , such as the peace movement , while acknowledging that it is not law alone that can bring about the changes we desire , but it is that movement as a whole that can and must do so . |
| 27 | At all events we shall not go wrong in assuming that it is not without good reason that he tells us of so impressive a roll call of nationalities on the day of Pentecost ( 2:5–11 ) . |
| 28 | At the specified time an offline handler screen will be displayed on the selected terminal ( assuming that it is not in use by another VMS user ) . |
| 29 | However , the 1031 visit itself , assuming that it is not misdated , suggests further trouble . |
| 30 | Example 4:8 Definition of rent linked to head rent " the reviewed rent " means the highest of ( 1 ) the rent contractually payable immediately before the relevant review date ( 2 ) the market rent and ( 3 ) per cent of the rent payable under the headlease ( assuming if it is not the fact that the headlease is in existence on the relevant review date ) Example 4:9 Alternative definition if at any time the rent payable under the headlease is increased the payable under this lease shall be increased with effect from the date as from which the rent payable under the headlease is increased so as to equal per cent of that rent |