Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] certainly not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The evidence shows that while it is swinging slowly , it 's still a long way from the centre and it 's certainly not swinging the other way . ’ |
| 2 | Well I was involved with these professionally , and they are a very high standard , and it 's certainly not going to solve our housing problem . |
| 3 | However , legal advice is not provided solely by lawyers and it is certainly not restricted to those operating within the professional structure described in Chapter 3 . |
| 4 | For a start Claridges Hotel , in London 's Mayfair , where the Russians would be staying , was fully bugged by MI5 on a permanent basis ( because so many ‘ interesting ’ foreign guests stayed there ) and it was certainly not going to miss the opportunity of eavesdropping on the two leaders . |
| 5 | Perhaps that type of patronage was of small value in comparison with the need to provide employment for friends , but it was all grist to the mill of a politician intent on keeping his interest solidly united , and it was certainly not scorned by those with bursaries in their gift . |
| 6 | Debt is common among the poor and unemployed but it is certainly not confined to them . |
| 7 | Nobody suggested discouraging emigration , but it was certainly not welcomed as eagerly as in earlier decades , and the flow may have declined a little . |