Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] it [is] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found that it is not unusual in some industries for prices to individual buyers to remain unchanged for several years . |
| 2 | ‘ As far as the clothing is concerned , it 's all in the reports , but to save you time I can tell you more or less what we found and it is n't a great deal . |
| 3 | The spokesman also admitted that it 's not the first time the ladies have been hauled over the coals for selling fags . |
| 4 | Wittgenstein argued that it is not possible to spell out necessary and sufficient conditions for an activity to be a game . |
| 5 | In the original report , however , we noted that it is not difficult to design , manufacture and market simple chip-based handhelds , especially straightforward spellcheckers . |
| 6 | We ask for three O eight to be referred or opposed if it is not and that you support motion three O nine as it 's in line with current policy . |
| 7 | In Owen v Grimsby Cleethorpes Transport [ 1992 ] PIQR Q27 the Court of Appeal stated that it is not always necessary for the pleadings in personal injury cases to be amended each time a fresh medical report leads to developments in the case . |
| 8 | The Medical Research Council 's Common Cold Research Unit showed that it is not the person who gets caught in the rain or sits in a draught who is likely to develop a cold but the one who has to work in the air-conditioned , centrally-heated , artificially-lit atmosphere found in many modern office blocks . |
| 9 | He also states that his analysis showed that it is not easy to increase market share through time . |
| 10 | One discussant then commented that it is not an either/or situation , that is , that either the government or the community should take sole responsibility for it , but it should be a responsibility shared by both government and community . |
| 11 | We need to know what happened if it is not it is not , like thalidomide and practolol , to be swept under the carpet of history |
| 12 | Much so-called ‘ atonal ’ music is only music with a tonal foundation so obscured or disrupted that it is not easily perceived . |
| 13 | part of that section is valid , and we say and we pleaded that it 's not so forth |
| 14 | In our earlier discussion of truth ( see Chapter 4 ) , we saw that it is not available in any absolute sense ; but this does not mean that ‘ anything goes ’ . |
| 15 | It 's thought Becky Blandford 's hat came off as she fell and it 's not certain whether it had a chin strap , like the one she 's wearing here . |
| 16 | There 's an assumption by some politicians that just because there is this immense change taking place in Eastern Europe , that this is victory for Western capitalism erm , I think there might be some of who might be a bit cautious about that victory and might believe that er there is still much that needs to be shared and understood and it is n't as simple as perhaps some political figures might suggest it could be . |
| 17 | ‘ I always did but it is n't easy , is it ? |
| 18 | But just now you said that it is not something seen as just your problem . |
| 19 | He said that it is not about additionality , but about the way that the Government are targeting the money . |
| 20 | ‘ Not really , because we wrote the songs before Phil left and it is n't our new drummer on the album , apart from one track ; it 's a mystery subscriber on the other tracks . ’ |
| 21 | I think we 're actually getting in each other 's way for the right reasons rather than the wrong reasons , like just said and it 's not a question of somebody else trampling on others er cos I 've heard this sporadically for some time . |
| 22 | I said cos it 's not very good |
| 23 | I know what you said but it is n't even dried yet . |
| 24 | Often the manufacturing procedures employed in this range of products are so wide and specialized that it is not economic for the company to provide them all internally . |
| 25 | Studies of adolescents have reported highly negative perceptions of the unemployment ( ag.Gurney , 1981 ) and Breagwell ( 1933 ) suggested that it is not un reasonable to assume that the attribution of attitudes to others , which attack one 's self esteem , may be casually linked to the insecurity and anxiety commonly felt by the unemployed . |