Example sentences of "[is] [coord] [is] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Action : Keyword DESCRIPTION-IS , CODE-IS or BINARY-IS not found or wrongly spelt . |
| 2 | Have your detective say it is very important to tell whether something is or is not done in a certain way ; then show that thing being done in either of the ways mentioned ; but immediately before that happens put in , quite boldly , what it is you want to slip past your reader . |
| 3 | We may often be sure that we can judge by the quality of the drawing or painting , but there are always at least some cases in which our uncertainty is deepened by the absence of the expected signal , that it is or is not intended to be art . |
| 4 | When writing to the Claimant 's Doctor , it is essential that no guidance is given in our correspondence , as to what is or is not covered under the policy . |
| 5 | Whatever the citizens charter is or is not meant to do , will the Minister assure us that it is certainly not meant to replace his Department 's statutory obligations in relation to the tragic accidents with which the Health and Safety Executive should deal ? |
| 6 | I would only add that in a situation in which it is necessary to consider operating the machinery of the Convention , some psychological harm to the child is inherent , whether the child is or is not returned . |
| 7 | Whether any particular conduct is or is not threatening , abusive or insulting is , of course , a matter of objective judgment for the tribunal of fact . |
| 8 | However , as explained above , too much emphasis on economic analysis of each situation generates an impossible situation for firms who wish to know what is or is not permitted . |
| 9 | The other main dichotomy has to do with whether the dialogue is or is not attributed — that is , whether the text is explicit or implicit about who is speaking . |
| 10 | " A great player like Seve wants basically confirmation of what he is or is not doing right , " explained Bob . |
| 11 | Only the Policy Document , written in plain English , tells you everything about what is and is not covered ( Sun Alliance will provide you with a copy of the Policy if you wish ) . |
| 12 | Only the Policy document , written in plain English tells you everything about what is and is not covered ( we will provide you with a copy of the Policy if you wish ) . |
| 13 | Discourses are not just constituted by what is and is not written ; other signification systems are involved . |
| 14 | It might also be argued that the treatment of language in terms of sentences has been quite successful in revealing how language works , that within the sentence we can establish rules and constraints concerning what is and is not allowed , whereas beyond the sentence , such rules seem either to disintegrate or turn into rules of a different kind — social rules or psychological rules , which are not within the area of linguistic study at all . |
| 15 | But Aristotle is not just making a sociological point about what is and is not permitted to women in his society . |
| 16 | In 1992 the Prime Minister , John Major , indicated that his government would release more information , but it is still the executive that decides what is and is not released . |