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Example sentences of "of course it is not " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Of course it is not fair , but it is true .
2	Of course it is not only the nurse-patient relationship which contributes to the patient 's care and well-being .
3	Many elderly people who are in need fail to apply for a supplementary pension or allowance , because they are inclined to regard it as some kind of charity ( a much maligned word ) — which of course it is not , and there should be no loss of pride or dignity for those who apply for it .
4	‘ I suppose it is part of the old wrecking tradition of brandy for the parson and baccy for the clerk but of course it is not legal . ’
5	‘ I suppose it is part of the old wrecking tradition of brandy for the parson and baccy for the clerk but of course it is not legal .
6	I think that you would find them excellently suited to your purpose , but of course it is not my business to force your decision .
7	Colours may be overlaid , one over another , to produce an effect that is not unlike watercolour to look at , although of course it is not watercolour ; it is an alcohol based ink which dries very quickly — almost instantaneously in fact — and encourages rapid expression .
8	Of course it is not surprising that there is this incongruence .
9	But of course it is not enough to point out that such claims can be made implicitly .
10	The Ransome Multimower 30inch Reel-cutter with seven horse Villiers engine is not new — of course it is not — but it 's big .
11	At the moment we are working very hard to get all of our systems right , but of course it is not a once and for all process .
12	Of course it is not true for anyone that they lived the past 40 years in vain .
13	Of course it is not fair .
14	Now of course it is not normally practical for the community , the body politic , to exercise these rights itself so it entrusts them to a man or body of men whom it commissions to exercise them on its behalf .