Example sentences of "[subord] [subord] it [be] not " in BNC.

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1 and Euston , I believe all those parish councils have written to the county surveyor , erm , wilfully the er H G V ban and saying how successful they think it is , now the proposals in this paper do n't have any particular effect on them , but I would want to pass on to the officers here in case it has n't erm quite registered , but this ban has been very much welcomed on the northern section of the A ten eighty eight where although it 's not a formal ban the affect on villages particular such as
2 It says , for example , you need documented work instructions except where it 's not necessary .
3 If I were reasonably satisfied that , other things being equal , substantially fewer persons would be murdered if the death penalty were available than if it were not , I should have opposed its abolition and would support its restoration .
4 Okay , so language would be much easier to learn if this hypothesis were true , rather than if it were not true .
5 cos if it 's not the wiring , the switch is alright
6 Yeah cos if it 's not achievable it 's pointless setting it
7 If if it 's not going to trial
8 Jack is not bothered what the tree looks like because it is not good enough to eat .
9 Because although it 's not serious , there really is no brilliant treatment for it .
10 The first session is the most important because if it is not run properly it also may be the last session for some clients .
11 This is because if it is not reserved as rent , the Stamp Office take the view that the application of the " contingency principle " means that stamp duty is payable on the full amount of VAT which may become payable over the whole term of the lease .
12 Because if it were not on you would not be able to see . ’
13 By a notice of appeal dated 1 March 1991 the defendant appealed on the grounds , inter alia , ( 1 ) that the donee of the power of appointment , the defendant 's mother , Mrs. Mary Steed , did not know that she had been appointed attorney by the defendant and accordingly could not have known that she had any power to deal with his property when she executed the transfer of 4 September 1979 , and that in those circumstances the plea of non est factum ought to have succeeded on the judge 's finding that the donee was tricked into signing the transfer ; ( 2 ) the judge having rightly concluded that the transaction as affected was not a sale , save possibly at such a gross undervalue as to vitiate it as a sale , should therefore have held that the transfer was void and ineffective ; ( 3 ) the judge having rightly concluded that he retained a discretion to rectify the charges register against the registered holder , notwithstanding , as he found , that ( i ) the title of the mortgagors , Mr. and Mrs. Hammond , was merely voidable and not void , and ( ii ) that the registered holders of the charge were bona fide mortgagees for value without notice of the facts giving rise to voidability , then wrongly exercised his discretion to refuse to rectify since the considerations in favour of rectification could hardly have been stronger and his refusal to exercise his discretion was tantamount to denying the effective existence of such discretion , as if it was not exercised on the facts of this case it could never , or virtually never , be exercised at all ; and that , in the premises , the judge had erred in law in placing excessive reliance upon ( i ) and ( ii ) above to the exclusion of the other considerations which favoured rectification .
14 After the offer closes , Mr Asil Nadir and other Polly Peck directors will resign from PPFE , though if it is not unconditional by December 14 , the privatisation offer , worth 6 per cent less , will go ahead .
15 But Bellarmine had a reply at the ready : ‘ For if it is not a matter of faith from the point of view of the subject matter , it is on the part of those who have spoken . ’
16 For if it is not , how can anybody know that the government is still ‘ derived from public opinion ’ , i.e. is still representative ?
17 I consoled myself ; for if it is not possible to be free , perhaps to be hidden is the next best thing , and Lili 's presence gave me , as the hours went by , the feeling that I was growing less visible .
18 Indeed , on average , each pair of cod produces only two offspring of opposite sexes that survive to breed in the course of their lives , for if it were not so , the population of cod would grow and grow , which it clearly does not .
19 On the earlier electronics , you ca n't use the double-length switch on the 580 and modular electronics , the knitting sequence is the same as when it is not in use .
20 She half mouthed the word , as though it were not quite suitable for a polite tea-table .
21 Surprise at the gentle way he lifted her breast as though it were not part of her .
22 He hoped he at least sounded businesslike , as though it were not a private call , and realized immediately that Alexandra would refuse to take the call if she knew it was him .
23 ‘ Well met , Michael Riven , ’ he said quietly , and the words were distorted in his mouth , as though it were not yet the right shape for them .
24 ‘ Perhaps it would be wise to search you ? ’ he asks , almost politely , as though it were not a rhetorical question .
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