Example sentences of "that [subord] it [be] not " in BNC.

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1 I spat on my finger , rubbed it in the soot , then applied it to my eyebrow so that although it was not too convincing at close range , from a distance it looked natural enough .
2 Use that cos it 's not not fiddling
3 Local residents again pointed out that so far all the dust that had blown had come from one three-acre section of the lake : ‘ The worry is that if it 's not attended to and if the entire 150 acres rise up and start blowing at the same time it could be a national disaster .
4 I remember that if it 's not one thing , it 's another . ’
5 I mean would , would , would n't you think it is a , a directive that if it 's not happening in your area you make it happen ?
6 But the difficulty is great , and the greatest danger is that if it is not well performed the music can seem banal .
7 There may be an advantage in laying down a procedure where the application is novel , and/or the parties believe that a particular approach is necessary and that if it is not stipulated an expert is likely to follow some other undesired procedure .
8 For John Simon , it was ‘ so puny a play that if it were not extended in all directions by Dustin Hoffman 's life-giving performance , it would barely be discernible to the naked eye .
9 Compaq Computer Corp 's first quarter earnings were better than the highest of Wall Street estimates and some analysts said that if it were not for a negative impact from currency translations , profits would have been a bit higher still .
10 With that came a warning that if it were not paid within six months , he would serve three years extra .
11 ‘ Perhaps , ’ Corbett lied for he knew that if it was not , the accident could well have occurred earlier .
12 The letter was couched in terms which contrived to suggest that if it was not acceptable then he would think of something better .
13 I said , that if it was not troublesome and presuming too much , I would request him to tell me all the little circumstances of his life ; what schools he attended , when he came to Oxford , when he came to London , &c. , &c. , He did not disapprove of my curiosity as to these particulars ; but said , ‘ They 'll come out by degrees as we talk together . ’ ’
14 When at the end of June it still was not finished , the buyer informed the seller that if it was not ready in another four weeks he would then regard the contract as repudiated .
15 So when counselling young people on this point we have to say that providing it is not contradictory to God 's will , ‘ be obedient ’ .
16 and we better get used to all that because it 's not going to change this afternoon .
17 No , no , you said that it was , you said that because it was not always in there maybe because the socket 's too shallow
18 Except that since it 's not longer in the budget it 's not available for future spending .
19 A tie-up with a foreign major is now on the cards — Siemens has long-standing ties with Fujitsu Ltd , and the company said that while it is not presently in co-operation talks with other companies , such a move is likely if industry problems persist .
20 It was noticeable that there was a willingness on the part of quite a number of voters to express as many preferences as there were candidates and the comment was sometimes made that while it was not too difficult to decide which candidates should be given first and early preferences and which candidates should be given last and later preferences it was less easy to decide the order of preference in which the middle range of candidates should be placed .
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