Example sentences of "[coord] it [is] not [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well plus plus the fact that erm it 's not that you have n't got one , or it 's not that we 'd need you to drive it 's that you 're denying us the privilege of being able to send you . |
| 2 | I have not necessarily been understood , because they do n't always try to understand , but the feeling of warmth is either there or it is n't and that 's the only difference that counts . |
| 3 | I think you 're , you 're often asked to do reactive tasks when I 've done all my tasks , you know I 've got all my staff doing this , and then I 've got to help down on the shopfloor , and it 's not that I 'm doing something that I 'm , you know , I should be doing as a manager , it 's that I 've done all of mine , and I 'm going out to give them a hand . |
| 4 | And it 's not until that economic climate changes that people are l are able to relate to what the politicians say . |
| 5 | ‘ There are two thirds of the season left and it 's not as cut and dried as everyone thinks , ’ he claimed . |
| 6 | You 're right , Dorigo is definitely one of our most consistent defenders , and it 's not as though we 've been blessed with an abundance of them in recent years ! |
| 7 | But this time , all that is gone ; and it 's not because you have aged a lot , or changed . |
| 8 | I do n't really want to be seen as part of the team and it 's not because I do n't like them — they 're all nice people — it 's just that I do n't want to be The Word 's latest wanker . |
| 9 | of the , the national average and it 's not because erm they 're paying high wages to get the , the most able people , it 's because there are mechanisms , institutional mechanisms that keep wages high , there 's no market in the jobs for , th these are generalizations but I think they are fairly , fairly true erm becau there is no market for er for the jobs , for civil service jobs that appointments are made and it is much more important who you know than , than what , what you know and the old boy network , as it 's called , in this country is fairly important in the English Civil Service but a similar sort of network tends to be far more important in developing countries , something that is euphemistically called patronage erm but we might call the old boy network or er er jobs for the boys whatever , but erm |
| 10 | And it is n't that we do n't understand ; |
| 11 | And it is n't because the workers wo n't work hard enough , not when three million do n't even have the chance . |
| 12 | And it is not that she knows me to be bad or weak , or you either , but her conventional mind could not grasp that a thing so often impure , can be made absolutely and perfectly pure . |
| 13 | It is not that students will get turned off by being given unconnected dollops of philosophy and sociology , and it is not that bringing in specialists in philosophy and sociology will lead to an incoherent curriculum , although both are true . |
| 14 | He was still king in 779 when he granted land to the bishop of Rochester ( CS 228 : S 36 ) and it is not until 784 that a new king , Ealhmund , appears , granting land to the abbot of Reculver ( CS 243 : S 38 ) . |
| 15 | We are introduced to Imamu in the first sentence of ‘ The Disappearance ’ seeing as he is one of the main characters of the book , but although Boo Radley plays a large part in ‘ To Kill a Mockingbird ’ , I would n't consider him to be one of the main characters and it is not until we are well into chapter one that Boo is first mentioned . |
| 16 | The degree of splitting of the bone suggests equivalence to Behrensmeyer 's stage 2 weathering , but the degree of flaking is less : some flaking occurs , spreading out from breaks and splits in the bone , but it is not as well developed as seen in large mammal bone at weathering stage 2 ( Behrensmeyer , 1978 ) . |
| 17 | ‘ Our wine has been good , but it is not and never will be one of the great classic vintages of , say , the Bordeaux region . |
| 18 | Sir Daniel Fleming was certainly interested in the formerly productive mines in his fells around Coniston , but it is not until 1658 is there further note of mines and then not for copper viz : |
| 19 | ‘ I Believe ’ and ‘ Rachel ’ , already released as singles , will stand the test of time , but it is n't until you hear a song like ‘ Buffaloes ’ , with its breathy vocal and unashamedly pretty piano , that you see how and why Swim stand to make a big impression , if not here then in America , where their musical heart has its spiritual home . |
| 20 | ‘ I Believe ’ and ‘ Rachel ’ , already released as singles , will stand the test of time , but it is n't until you hear a song like ‘ Buffaloes ’ , with its breathy vocal and unashamedly pretty piano , that you see how and why Swim stand to make a big impression , if not here then in America , where their musical heart has its spiritual home . |
| 21 | Peter which on a map looks quicker but it is n't cos it 's a winding |
| 22 | But it is n't because of some secret triumph of racism it 's because the claim he 's making has been emptied of meaning . |
| 23 | But it is n't because you care about animals . |
| 24 | But it is n't because I 've just said to you several times that one point two billion for a single franchise is absolutely ridiculous . |
| 25 | ‘ And you have your Steve back , ’ he accused darkly , ‘ and it should be enough to satisfy us all , but it is n't because sometimes affairs leave behind a tangled web of anguish . |
| 26 | But it 's not that that 's keeping him away from tomorrow 's London marathon . |
| 27 | Fyfe : ‘ Yeah , but it 's not that we hate America . |
| 28 | But it 's not that I 'm trying to distance myself because I do n't want to be linked directly with that character . |
| 29 | But I , but it 's not that they 're mild , it 's just that I do n't like the flavour , the taste of them is just dreadful they just taste awful . |
| 30 | But he was talking to me , and he said , he said ah how , how you getting on over there , and he went yeah , yeah , it 's alright , you know , but it 's not where I want to be , you know , away from me family . |