Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who has been instrumental in this transformation of another person 's life through the impact of the Word of God and the Spirit of God will know that it is not his own doing . |
| 2 | He should know that it is not the Government who take action in these matters , but the Attorney-General . |
| 3 | We do know that it was not until the late summer of 1965 that he gave private indications of his intention to stand for a second term , and not until 4 November that he made his decision public . |
| 4 | Even this affects church life , as I shall show , but we must recognise that it is not only rank hedonism that flourishes under private banners . |
| 5 | However , he should recognise that it is not just the consumer who responds to ‘ market forces ’ . |
| 6 | Here the value of privacy may act against the interests of family members ; neighbours may consider that it is not their business to interfere and the beaten wife-at least before the growth of women 's self-help centres — may find that she has nowhere to go ( Pizzey , 1974 ) . |
| 7 | erm For example if erm two people are walking down the street and there 's a certain amount of jostling , then the victim , if he is a victim , may well consider that it 's not violent , or that it 's nothing out of the ordinary , or that it 's something which is acceptable , and then not take the matter any farther . |
| 8 | no you can wait because er you can wait because it 's not going to be that long |
| 9 | Yeah but you do n't know whether it 's not er people phoning up to find out who 's there and whether he 's there and all to do with burglaries and things . |
| 10 | Where a defendant has a bankruptcy order made against him , or being a limited company is subject to a winding-up order , the plaintiff in a simple money claim should consider whether it is not best to ask for the action to be adjourned generally and lodge a proof of debt . |
| 11 | I must stress that it was not a first-hand observation , but in fact is third-hand . |
| 12 | This can be a patch of grass or bare earth , a stone , a car mat , etc. , but do ensure that it is not large enough to cause problems if the model should touch it . |
| 13 | Will he ensure that it is not unfairly excluded as a result of the foreign dumping of inferior chain ? |
| 14 | The purchaser should ensure that it is not restricted from issuing notices of assignment by any of the announcement or confidentiality restrictions in the sale and purchase agreement . |
| 15 | It er , first of all I can confirm that an announcement is being made today er secondly secondly secondly I can confirm that it is not usual for such announcements to be made by way of oral statement . |
| 16 | Should this not be taken into account , and does it not appear that it is not taken into account in the voluntary code ? |
| 17 | It does n't matter that it 's not real silk . ’ |
| 18 | In such circumstances , the new Kinnock approach — as long as he can show that it is not irredeemably inflationary — might appear quite attractive to people who would not otherwise have considered voting Labour . |
| 19 | The onus , one would have thought , lies on those who would show that it is not the case that the fact that God , whether in the form of the Father or of Christ , has been seen as ‘ male ’ , is an underlying factor in western culture , distorting human relations . |
| 20 | Even a cursory examination of amendment 27 to the Maastricht Bill will show that it is not me but Mr Maxwell who is having trouble . |
| 21 | Time would show that it was not quite , perhaps , such a close union as the Queen thought and that mutual esteem between sovereigns , while useful , was no substitute for hard and fast agreements between states . |
| 22 | Under the " once-and-for-all " test what matters is that the income can be used to benefit the individual in question in the year of assessment in which it arises , and it does not matter if it is not possible so to apply that income in a subsequent year of assessment . |
| 23 | Have a guess does n't matter if it 's not right . |
| 24 | He did not succeed but it was not for lack of trying . |
| 25 | It 's something she would naturally do but it was not the job alone that spurred the gentleman to buy her flowers . |
| 26 | Might do because it 's not close gestures differ . |
| 27 | What I mean by this is the prevalence of the assumption that religion does not matter because it is not true — it is an illusion . |
| 28 | But the word can also be used to denote the idea that religion does not matter because it is not true . |
| 29 | I do n't laugh if it 's not funny . |
| 30 | And I like to think in fifty or a hundred years ' time it will not be possible for any orchestra to play sloppily and claim that it is not possible to do better . |