Example sentences of "but it is [not/n't] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How he heard of verre anglais is unclear , but it is not beyond belief that it stemmed from rumours that effervescing Champagne had become a popular drink in England . |
| 2 | But it is not about a pair of pure silk knickers at a cost that would keep a Sudanese village in staple meals for a month , rather it is sporting cotton , and giving the rest of the money to Oxfam . |
| 3 | Develop will be erm , shown , but it is not about running it 's about medieval Shrewsbury , many towns have these , the Yorvik one 's been spectacularly successful , and has been copied in places like Canterbury for those that saw Songs of Praise last night , with even , erm , it is evident that this will be a new visitor attraction for the town with a generation of jobs , permanent jobs in , in that er , facility , it will improve the erm , appearance of main entrance into the town centre , very important in terms of attracting other people in the future , unfortunately the Borough Council have n't quite got enough money , or they tell us . |
| 4 | But it is not via Lourdes that I would choose to enter Bigorre . |
| 5 | In his failure to sound the horn in time there is tragedy , but it is not of a very complicated kind . |
| 6 | But it is not for me to moralize . |
| 7 | I would not exclude a consideration of the greenbelt functions served by the area , but it is not for us to question the correctness of the approval by the Secretary of State for the Environment of the general extent of the greenbelt for York . |
| 8 | ‘ Being a local government lawyer can be an extremely exciting and rewarding career but it is not for people who want a quiet easy life . |
| 9 | It is for the European institutions to define those ’ floor-level ’ rights , but it is not for Brussels to say how they will be observed . |
| 10 | Anyway , it sounds like something to make long pisses much more interesting , but it is not for me , thanks to cruel fate . |
| 11 | Alum Pot is a fitting end to this chapter on Ingleborough , but it is not to be inferred that the words and photographs adequately describe the manifold attractions of this wonderful mountain ; literally they only touch the surface and do not probe the dark secrets beneath . |
| 12 | The object of the executors ' year is to protect the personal representatives from demands for immediate payment but it is not to be relied on to cover undue delay in dealing with the estate . |
| 13 | That may be the way the world does its business , but it is not to be the way the Lord 's people should do theirs . |
| 14 | But it is not to be ’ , said a disappointed Don Watson , chairman of the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union . |
| 15 | Both Alix and Liz are of the opinion that Esther 's relationship with her niece , with whom she shares her flat , is very odd indeed , but it is not to their advantage to discuss this with one another , or with Esther herself , and they never mention it . |
| 16 | But it is not to this distinction that the theory of the separation of powers points . |
| 17 | This is a highly intuitive environment which cuts down on training needs , but it is not to everyone 's taste , and it needs more development work behind the scenes if we have to write bespoke software . |
| 18 | Disciplinary research has a role , but it is not as a purveyor of solutions . |
| 19 | It is possible for sixth-form students in British secondary schools to take the Advanced- ( ‘ A ’ — ) level examination for school-leavers in such subjects as philosophy or economics or sociology , but it is not at all common , and incoming university students of these subjects usually begin at the beginning , with open minds but with the necessary commitment to learning . |
| 20 | But it is not at all clear that high dividends have been damaging , in themselves . |
| 21 | But it is not at all obvious to the audience how the couple have arrived at this happier state of affairs , neither is it entirely clear what Bill Alexander hopes to add by exercising his powers of invention on the play 's Prologue , in which an alcoholic tinker called Christopher Sly is persuaded by a group of gentry to think of himself an aristocrat — the story of the shrew being laid on as a suitable dramatic entertainment . |
| 22 | Small entrepreneurs in Japan hold tenaciously to the ideals of self-help and dedication to the work ethic , but it is not at all clear that their presence in the small firm sector is entirely based on free choice . |
| 23 | But it is not at all certain that the signifies " less than " rather than " consisting of , made from " , and there is also the possibility that the text should read . |
| 24 | Culpeper achieved fame as he gave his name to a certain type of tripod microscope made in the early eighteenth century , but it is not at all clear that he was its inventor . |
| 25 | Good thinkers automatically work at this level , but it is not at all easy to define . |
| 26 | This exhibits the powers of the human imagination but it is not at all easy to demonstrate in a book of this size . |
| 27 | Freud may have been writing at a time of increasing urbanisation resulting from rapid industrialisation , but it is not at all clear that his work has any specifically ‘ urban ’ connotations . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's a lot of talk about success in waiting lists but it is not at all clear that there is any great benefit that 's arisen here . ’ |
| 29 | But it is not on that subject that I address you . |
| 30 | But it is not on that judgment nor on that conviction that his place among the first of the heroes of Socialism or Co-operation depends . |