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

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1 Wherever possible , jobs could be created at localities of most need , but a greater worker mobility than has been displayed in the past should be expected , and where it is not obtained , financial restrictions should be exerted to encourage fit , able but reluctant people to move from the old , worked-out pockets of industry to new opportunities elsewhere .
2 In small businesses like a grocery shop , a newsagent or a small restaurant most of the workers recruited are invariably speakers of the same community language , and where it is not a homogeneous linguistic group , there is a common language , a linguafranca which is not English but Hindi-Urdu ( among the South Asians ) .
3 Having been nurtured in this way and observed adult males receiving the same treatment , boys may expect similar preferential treatment and where it is not offered automatically , demand it as a right .
4 Learners of English need to learn where is appropriate and where it is not .
5 Acoustically , the KH has a promising blurry ring to it and although it 's not loud , due to the Floyd , it does seem to sustain particularly well .
6 And although it 's not strictly my business , and I do n't want to pry into things that are n't my concern , I do need to know why you told everyone that Gramps was Phena 's father — No … ’
7 Tony in charge of services and communication , Simon in charge of policy and development , Richard in charge of resource development , and although it 's not on the script and she said I must n't to the script , I ought to mention also Samantha who has joined us as head of communications on whom , you may thank for all the sort of visuals that we 're having , and the bright idea of videoing er , our Chairman .
8 Over and above that we think in a sense that it 's a series of disabilities , of intellectual functioning , and although it 's not by any means proven , we think that these are probably constitutional in origin .
9 If the house has a solid floor , that too must have a membrane which extends over the whole of it , and although it is not possible to see it , any defects will show in the form of damp patches under floor coverings , discoloration or loose vinyl tiles .
10 Most elderly people find that the visiting officers are friendly , patient , and helpful , and although it is not necessary for a relative to be present , no objection will be raised to this if the elderly person wishes it .
11 In most cases the horn will be fitted and although it is not necessary to prove why the horn did n't work when operated it may be of assistance to the court .
12 ‘ Stand ’ is proved by the observations of the officer concerned and although it is not necessary to prove the vehicle had been in the offending position for a particular period of time the court may find it helpful if the officer could give evidence , ‘ The vehicle was parked on Bradford Road from 20.00 hours to 21.00 hours etc . ’
13 And although it is not clear what was meant by ‘ real ’ crime , it is evident that certain kinds of common theft , damage and injury were regarded as wholly commonplace in pre-war years and hardly worth a moment 's thought .
14 Chirk had been held by Gloucester and although it is not stated in the grant the king was evidently promoting , or at least sanctioning , an exchange of interests .
15 Although compressed into less than 18 months there are certain similarities between the two revolutions , in their tactics as well as their phases , and although it is not explicit there is a remarkable comparison that may be inferred from Devillers ' brilliant essay in which he describes a Vietminh , at the end of 1946 , already losing momentum and because of that , driven to imprudent acts :
16 Glasgow , an industrial city beside the Clyde noted for shipbuilding , is larger than Edinburgh , and although it is not as beautiful as Scotland 's capital , its university was founded more than 100 years earlier , its art galleries are even more distinguished , its theatrical tradition is stronger , its churches possibly grimier , and its football teams more famous .
17 Merchants were able to secure exemption from it , and although it is not clear who emerged more strongly from disputes in the 1440s , by the 1450s control of the Staple seems to have passed to men hostile to it ( 84 , pp.261 , 270–1 , 273 ) .
18 Chirk had been held by Gloucester and although it is not stated in the grant the king was evidently promoting , or at least sanctioning , an exchange of interests .
19 She was made Head Girl and although it was not acknowledged by anyone in authority , she was already drinking too much .
20 The Colonel was there with his wife and children , and although it was not compulsory for the men to attend mass , there were a large number of legionnaires present , mostly Latin or East European .
21 This was the city she had dreamt about so often , and although it was not quite as clean and fairy-like as she had imagined , it possessed a quality of age and empire .
22 In England these were the buyers of boroughs and seats in Parliament , and although it was not possible to do this in Scotland , as there were never any ‘ rotten boroughs ’ in the English sense , those who arranged and meddled in the burgh elections were called ‘ Boroughmongers ’ after the English traffickers in boroughs .
23 And if it be not the fact , it can not be apparent to the judges …
24 And soon we 're going to get to the point where we 'll be producing strings , each one with consistently the same sound-picture — and if it 's not , then we 'll instantly know what part of the process or what inconsistency in the materials is causing the problem .
25 You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time .
26 You can feel how the child is positioned with your hands and if it 's not well , I turn it round until it 's in the right position .
27 so you felt that and that pulse point there if you press on it hard enough you can actually stop the one in the wrist and of course that is controlling the flow of blood to the rest of the arm and you leave a pressure point closed off like that for no more than ten minutes , because if you left it on for too long that it means not sufficient blood 's getting to the rest of the , the limbs and the limb must have its blood supply , so you leave the pressure on for ten minutes and then release it , say for ten seconds just so say that the hand comes back pinkish again and if it 's not slowing down , back on with the pressure again for another ten minutes and that 's how you use it , tap off , ten minutes at the most , tap on for a little while , if it 's leaked again reapply , ten minutes at the most , tap on again , okay and that 's how you 'll control it , so if you do have a sit a situation where the bleeding was bad cos you 've got a , a limb severed , you could n't perhaps put sufficient direct pressure over that limb , this done , right , to control the bleeding then you could use indirect pressure , here , breaking or here , right in the , no playing now please , no trying to find this one right now , do this one tonight , in bed and the old lady said now what are you doing to me , never you mind , go to sleep
28 And if it 's not one of the ones you 've remembered you think well it 's probably a C.
29 And if it 's not referenced here it may not be referenced anywhere else .
30 Erm and if it 's not it 's er I 'm not going to deny the fact that some people say you know this has been good for me for the last eighteen months erm I 'm er I 'm used to being self employed I 'm going to stay that way but I 'm looking at other avenues .
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