Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either the car engine is on or it is not . |
| 2 | For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 3 | This sale later fell through and it was not until the following August that Wyvis Hall was finally sold to a Mr and Mrs Langan for the much improved figure of £51,995 . |
| 4 | Towards the end of the 16th century when the President 's Lodge of Queens ' College was built its timber framework was plastered over and it was not until 1911 that the plaster was removed to reveal the massive but somehow delicate oak members which make up the frame . |
| 5 | However , much harder to anticipate is their sudden appearance in front of you from nowhere in the dark with lights on and it 's not just kids , it 's adults who should know better . |
| 6 | Daddy 's stuck this on and it 's not even right the way round . |
| 7 | walk in , here , this is the end of the where they all went too and that piece is a piece cut off and it 's not , it 's gripped together underneath |
| 8 | For example , easements over land are generally precisely identified in the document that set them up and it is not possible simply to remove one without the agreement of the person with the benefit . |
| 9 | It cracks me up but it 's not something I 'd |
| 10 | So , the fact that who works in the green grocers is just a bit of additional information , it 's not necessary for the the main part of the sentence , you can take it out and it 's not going to take , make any difference to the construction or the meaning of the sentence , it 's a bit of additional information . |
| 11 | In addition , Derry was a provincial town , distant from the corridors of power where lobbying could be carried out and it was not a natural locus for a pressure group like NICRA . |
| 12 | The evenings were drawing out and it was not yet dark but the hall of Moorlake was shadowy and insubstantial in the twilight . |
| 13 | But , if I go back and it 's not cleared up it might ruddy come back again ! |
| 14 | I checked it off when I got back and it 's not too bad . |
| 15 | and then coming back and it 's not fucking working properly ! |